Aims and Scope
The mission of the Journal of Studies in Corporate & Market Finance is to stimulate research and critical reflection on financial issues shaping contemporary organizations and markets. Topics covered include:
- Corporate finance and financial decisions: capital structure, equity and debt financing, agency costs, dividend policies, and corporate governance.
- Mergers, acquisitions, and restructurings: external growth strategies, synergies, financial valuation, value creation, and risk management in M&A operations.
- Financial markets and investment behavior: informational efficiency, volatility, behavior of institutional and individual investors, role of financial intermediaries.
- Financial products and innovation: traditional and derivative instruments, financial engineering, fintech, blockchain, and cryptocurrencies.
- Risk management and international finance: credit, market, and liquidity risks, behavioral finance, integration and regulation of international markets.
- Governance and financial responsibility: corporate transparency, shareholder relations, financial communication, and corporate social responsibility (CSR) in finance.
- Banks, financial institutions, and regulation: role of commercial and central banks, prudential supervision, Basel accords, monetary policies, and financial stability.
- Sustainable finance and ESG: integration of extra-financial criteria, socially responsible investment, green bonds, and climate finance.
- Financial crises and systemic stability: speculative bubbles, banking crises, public interventions, resilience of financial systems.
- International comparative analyses: comparison of financing and governance practices in developed, emerging, and developing countries.
This broad thematic coverage makes the journal a privileged forum for publishing theoretical, empirical, and interdisciplinary research in corporate and market finance.