Using the WHO announcement on 11 March 2020 and the Federal Reserve Bank announcement
on 9 April 2020 as two events that represent the shock and the stimulus, this study …

Firms operate in a capital market, a product market, and a market for social pressure directed
at them by social activists, NGOs, and governments. An equilibrium in these three markets …

Based on the supply of stock market returns hypothesis, we argue that the unprecedented
adverse shock of COVID-19 on the countries’ economic growth translates into a negative …

Purpose This paper aims to examine the relationship between the nationality and educational
background diversity of directors serving on corporate boards and the firms’ corporate …

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of gender and ethnicity of
CEO and audit committee members (directors) on audit fees and audit delay in the US firms. …

Italy is strongly associated with the Catholic Social Teaching (CST) that represents the central
principles (doctrine) of the Roman Catholic Church. Using the frequency of words in the …

Purpose This study examines the market reaction to the World Health Organization (WHO)
announcement of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a global pandemic on …

Purpose Drawing from social capital, social network theory of stakeholder influence and
stakeholder management, the purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between …

Purpose This study aims to investigate the impact of strategic and institutional (normative)
corporate social responsibility (CSR) on brand value and brand reputation, based on the …

Purpose This study aims to examine the impact of corporate culture, measured by corporate
social responsibility (CSR), on the likelihood and severity of corporate fraud. CSR literature …