Finance Research Letters

Papers
(The H4-Index of Finance Research Letters is 92. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Repo haircuts: Market practices and the impact of minimum requirements on leverage473
Cross-country spillover effects of interest rate and credit constraint policies461
Unveiling the Yin and Yang of expansionary monetary policy: Differential impact on inequality in China based on a national-level survey426
Editorial Board383
Invest in depth or breadth? The influence of multidisciplinary practices on the valuation and legitimation of living artists361
Firm financialization: The role of policy inconsistency351
How green screening influences risk transmission among stock-bond indices: Insight into the dependence structure337
Does corporate social responsibility affect the performance of cross-border M&A of emerging market multinationals?334
Correlation impulse response functions277
Price discovery share: An order invariant measure of price discovery247
Transmission effects of real estate risk on municipal bond spreads238
Does smart transformation in manufacturing promote enterprise value chain upgrades?237
Risk contagion between commodity and China's stock markets under the impact of major events236
Regional social capital and stock price crash risk: Evidence from the US230
Environmental policies on the systematic risk of critical metals companies227
Social governance, financial regulation, and corporate investment efficiency204
The impact of economic policy uncertainty on IPO underpricing: Evidence from China203
Development of corporate artificial intelligence and the quality of export products198
Limit Order Book dynamics and order size modelling using Compound Hawkes Process194
Strategic IPO timing of technology innovation-driven enterprises: A differential game analysis of market returns, disclosure costs, and industry dynamics192
Detecting exuberance phenomena in thematic investing192
Risk spillovers among energy, metals, and agriculture commodity markets: A network perspective192
Foreign equity lookback options with guarantees182
The equity market response to climate change litigation180
Are borrowing costs affected by audit market structure? Evidence from market concentration173
Do local innovation systems promote successful equity crowdfunding campaigns? Evidence from Italy171
The effect of COVID-19 vaccine on the international financial markets167
Small price bias in the cryptocurrency market. A cognitive bias revealed by emotions on social networks166
Legal background of corporate management and corporate audit quality165
A complementary valuation model and exit multiples165
Soybean futures responses to meteorological disaster risk —— Empirical evidence from the Chicago board of trade164
Learning about unprecedented events: Agent-based modelling and the stock market impact of COVID-19162
Management buyouts in times of economic policy uncertainty161
Crises and changes: The impacts of CSR expenditure on loan and subsidy allocation in China's Pre- and Post-Pandemic periods160
How do Equity Investors Assess the Efficiency of Global Financial Institutions?160
Does individual SREP results reveal real news?158
Can prospect theory explain anomalies in the Chinese stock market?152
Ecological rule of law, financial constraints, and investment in heavily polluting enterprises151
Option pricing with a two-piece lognormal distribution149
Infection, invasion, and inflation: Recent lessons146
Energy transition investments and carbon emissions: asymmetric and dynamic effects across developed and emerging economies144
Green governance: The entry of green investors and stock liquidity142
How AI adoption shapes ESG performance in manufacturing: The mediating role of digital transformation139
Market learning about the stand-alone value of the acquirer138
Institutional investor stability, executive equity incentives, and corporate innovation136
Human capital and corporate social investment: The effect of public policy135
Demographic change and natural interest rate of China135
Crowdsourced governance: From glassdoor insights to shareholder activism134
VAT credit refund policy and corporate risk-taking: Evidence from China132
Management's commitment to integrity and corporate financial risk132
A novel approach to sustainable mean-variance portfolio optimization: Accounting for ESG-related uncertainty130
Does the introduction of CSR criteria into CEO incentive pay reduce their earnings management? The case of companies listed in the SBF 120129
Correlation among climate risk, climate policy uncertainty, and carbon-intensive stock markets in China126
Sentiment changes and the Monday effect125
Tax Authority Enforcement and Corporate Social Security Contributions: Evidence from China124
Are gross financial inflows expansionary or contractionary? Evidence from emerging economies122
Manual task intensity and male-female wage gap: Evidence from China122
Does stepping-back from IFRS pay off? Evidence from European unlisted firms’ cost of debt120
Does 3D printing technology promote OFDI? Evidence from Chinese listed companies119
ESG ratings and female corporate leadership: Evidence from African firms117
Community activism, Social ties and ESG campaign success116
Online public opinion and firm investment preferences115
Climate variability and catastrophe bond premiums114
Determinants of stock attention and behavioral preferences: Evidence from China's retail investors113
Financial institution agglomeration and corporate labor allocation efficiency—Based on the context of government debt expansion111
Does tax policy affect corporate environmental investment?111
Institutional investor networks and crash risk: Evidence from China111
Is it a matter of governance or judicial favoritism? Legal expertise at an executive level and its use in cases of corporate financial fraud109
Financing allocation efficiency and firm productivity: Evidence from a Chinese quasi-natural experiment108
Risk spillovers across energy markets: Insights from the Russia–Ukraine conflict105
The Return and Volatility Connectedness of NFT Segments and Media Coverage: Fresh Evidence Based on News About the COVID-19 Pandemic104
Belt and Road Initiative: Driving innovation in tech enterprises through global value chains104
Effects of China’s capital controls on individual asset categories103
Management equity incentives, market dynamics, and corporate R&D investment103
Digital economy, green total factor energy efficiency constraints and corporate resilience103
Valuing cryptocurrencies: A model of price and hashrate103
How the Economic Policy Uncertainty (EPU) impacts FinTech: The implication of P2P lending markets103
Bank efficiency and undesirable output: An analysis of non-performing loans in the Brazilian banking sector102
Tax incentives, financial subsidies and high-quality development of enterprises102
Investor sentiment and corporate earnings management100
Green gains: The impact of REITs' environmental performance on sustainability-linked loan interest rates100
Firm-level perception of competition and innovation: Textual evidence from China98
Green bond and corporate environmental investment: The moderating effect of environmental concern98
To green or not to green: The influence of board characteristics on carbon emissions98
Impact of SciTech – Finance integration policy implementation on SME innovation performance: Mediating effect of tax burden98
Focus on the impact and predictive analysis of digitalization and green finance on the transformation of mineral and energy companies98
Coexistence of Bitcoin, fiat money, and risk-free bonds97
Does ESG performance improve firm creditworthiness?97
Digital finance, data elements, and artificial intelligence innovation96
Climate governance, CSR strategy, and corporate environmental decoupling96
Corporate credit risk and bond yield spreads: Market reactions to the spreads94
Global value chain participation and income inequality within enterprises: An empirical study based on Chinese-listed companies94
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