Contemporary Issues in Financial Economics

Rita Biswas is Associate Professor of Finance at the University at Albany – SUNY, Albany, NY, USA.Michael Michaelides is Assistant Professor of Business and Economics at Allegheny College, Meadville, PA, USA.

• Chapter 1. Corporate Board Gender Diversity and Dividend Decisions: Evidence from India; Rama Sastry VinjamuryChapter 2. Do Country Level and Firm Level Governance Quality Influence; Bank Sustainability Performance? Refin Dimas Pratama and Ancella Anitawati HermawanChapter 3. Exploring a State-owned Bank’s Adoption of Sustainable Finance: Evidence from a Developing Country; Naufal Daffaveda Adam and Desi AdharianiChapter 4. How Green is Green Banking? An Analysis of Slack and Green practices in the Banking Industry; Malisa Salsabila and Desi AdharianiChapter 5. Relationship Between Financial Market Freedom and Economic Growth: An Empirical Evidence from India; Amlan GhoshChapter 6. The Effect of Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) Adoption on Earning Management - Empirical Evidence from an Emerging Country; Frista, Sidharta Utama, and Sylvia Veronica SiregarChapter 7. The Impact of Labor Rights on Equity Market Returns: A Cross-Country Analysis; Robin Lieb