The COVID-19 pandemic is damaging economies across the world, including financial
markets and institutions in all possible dimensions. For banks in particular, the pandemic …

The severity and longevity of the recession caused by the 2007 financial crisis has
highlighted the lack of a reliable macro-based financial regulation framework. As a …

What is the relationship between the financial system and politics? In a democratic system,
what kind of control should elected governments have over the financial markets? What …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is, first, to empirically examine whether the appointment
of females (board gender diversity) to the corporate boards of UK financial institutions can …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to review the evolution of the global financial crisis,
draw lessons from it, and analyse its effect (s) on the Islamic financial industry (IFI) …

The outbreak of an influenza A (H1N1) pandemic in 2009 coincided with a severe global
financial downturn (2007–8). This paper examines the use of 'contagion'as a model for …

Traditionally, the mortgage market has been the domain of economists. Other social
scientists, most notably geographers, sociologists and political scientists, have studied it, but …

In the last three decades, the People's Republic of China (PRC) has managed to replace its
welfare-based urban housing system with a market-based housing provision scheme. With …

Audit committee adoption and firm value: evidence from UK financial institutions | Emerald
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Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to provide empirical evidences on the impact of
financial shocks on the Islamic banks vis‐a‐vis the conventional banks. Based on the …