International Journal of Financial Studies

🎉 Editor's Choice Article! #IJFS_MDPI 📝 Hedge Fund Activism, Voice and Value Creation 🎓 by Bouras Christos and Efstathios Karpouzis 🔗 Read at: mdpi.com/2227-7072/13/4… #abnormal_returns #hedge_fund_activism #information_revelation #Schedule13D #voice

📢 New Special Issue Online! #IJFS_MDPI ✒️ "Tax Policy, Corporate Behavior, and Financial Performance” 📆 Deadline: 31 January 2027 🎓 Dr. Elena Cigu and Dr. Adelina Dumitrescu Peculea 🔎 Be the first to submit your abstract via the link: mdpi.com/journal/ijfs/s… #newSi #mdpi

📢 New Special Issue Online! #IJFS_MDPI ✒️ "Contemporary Issues in Banking and Financial Services” 📆 Deadline: 31 October 2026 🎓 Guest Editors: Dr. Alberto Citterio and Prof. Dr. Rossella Locatelli 🔎 mdpi.com/journal/ijfs/s… #newSi #mdpi

🎉 Editor's Choice Article! #IJFS_MDPI 📝 Impact of ESG Preferences on Investors in China’s A-Share Market 🎓 by Yihan Sun, Diyang Jiao, Yumeng Peng and Sang Hu 🔗 Read at: mdpi.com/2227-7072/13/4… #ESG_investing #responsible_investment #multicollinearity_analysis

📢 New Special Issue Online! #IJFS_MDPI ✒️Asset Pricing and Stock Markets in Emerging Economies: Navigating Uncertainty 📆31 December 2026 🎓Dr. Francesco Guidi and Dr. Mamad S. Pourhosseini 🔎mdpi.com/journal/ijfs/s… #newSi #mdpi

🎉 Editor's Choice Article! #IJFS_MDPI 📝 Financial Discrimination: Consumer Perceptions and Reactions 🎓 by Miranda Reiter, Di Qing, Kenneth White and Morgen Nations 🔗 Read at: mdpi.com/2227-7072/13/3… #financial_institutions #bias #racism #consumer_vulnerability

🎉 Editor's Choice Article! #IJFS_MDPI 📝 Liquidity Drivers in Illiquid Markets: Evidence from Simulation Environments with Heterogeneous Agents 🎓 by Lars Fluri, Ahmet Ege Yilmaz, Denis Bieri, Thomas Ankenbrand and Aurelio Perucca 🔗 Read at: mdpi.com/2227-7072/13/3…

🎉 Editor's Choice Article! #IJFS_MDPI 📝 Exchange Rate Forecasting: A Deep Learning Framework Combining Adaptive Signal Decomposition and Dynamic Weight Optimization 🎓 by Xi Tang and Yumei Xie 🔗 Read at: shorturl.at/haonL #exchange_rate_forecasting #deep_learning

🎉 Editor's Choice Article! #IJFS_MDPI 📝 When Financial Awareness Meets Reality: Financial Literacy and Gen Z’s Entrepreneurship Interest 🎓 by Eva Kicová, Jakub Michulek, Olga Ponisciakova and Juraj Fabus 🔗 Read at: mdpi.com/2227-7072/13/3… #financial_literacy #GenerationZ

🎉 Editor's Choice Article! #IJFS_MDPI 📝 Predictive Power of ESG Factors for DAX ESG 50 Index Forecasting Using Multivariate LSTM 🎓 by Manuel Rosinus and Jan Lansky 🔗 Read at: mdpi.com/2227-7072/13/3… #financial_markets #econometrics #forecast #machine_learning #LSTM #ESG

🎉 Feature Paper #IJFS_MDPI 📝 Taxes, Growth, and Equity: The Illusions of Fiscal Policy 🎓 by Anil Hira, Tim Swartz and Jiguo Cao 🔗 Read at: mdpi.com/2227-7072/14/2… #fiscal_policy #spending #taxation #economic_growth #inequality #political_economy #public_finance

✨Call for Reading! #IJFS_MDPI Issue Cover Paper (February 2026): "Index of the Cycle of Money: The Case of Cyprus" 🎓Authors: Constantinos Challoumis, Nikolaos Eriotis and Dimitrios Vasiliou 🔎mdpi.com/2227-7072/14/2… #index_of_the_cycle_of_money #structure_of_the_economy

📢 New Special Issue Online! #IJFS_MDPI ✒️ "Advances in Corporate Disclosure Practice—Novel Insights” 📆 Deadline: 31 December 2026 🎓 Guest Editor: Dr. Muhammad Ishfaq Ahmad 🔎 Be the first to submit your abstract via the link: mdpi.com/journal/ijfs/s… #newSi #mdpi

🎉 Editor's Choice Article! #IJFS_MDPI 📝 Board Expertise Background and Firm Performance 🎓 by Chiou-Yann Lee, Chun-Ru Wen and Binh Nguyen Thi Thanh 🔗 Read at: mdpi.com/2227-7072/12/1… #artificial_neural_networks #multi_threshold_model #financial_performance

🎉 Editor's Choice Article! #IJFS_MDPI 📝 AI-Driven Financial Analysis: Exploring ChatGPT’s Capabilities and Challenges 🎓 by Li Xian Liu, Zhiyue Sun, Kunpeng Xu and Chao Chen 🔗 Read at: mdpi.com/2227-7072/12/3… #financial_analysis_and_reasoning #financial_modeling #ChatGPT4o

🎉Editor's Choice Article! #IJFS_MDPI 📝International Diversification and Stock-Price Crash Risk 🎓by Alireza Askarzadeh, Mostafa Kanaanitorshizi, Maryam Tabarhosseini and Dana Amiri 🔗Read at: mdpi.com/2227-7072/12/2… #stock_price_crash_risk #internationalization #agency_costs

🎉 Feature Paper #IJFS_MDPI 📝 Online Search Activity and Market Reaction to Earnings Announcements 🎓 by Saurabh Ahluwalia 🔗 Read at: mdpi.com/2227-7072/14/2… #information_aggregation #earnings_announcements #market_reaction #investor_attention #price_discovery

🎉 Editor's Choice Article! #IJFS_MDPI 📝 Enhancing Forecasting Accuracy in Commodity and Financial Markets: Insights from GARCH and SVR Models 🎓 by Apostolos Ampountolas 🔗 Read at: shorturl.at/X66iX #commodity_markets #volatility #forecasting #FIGARCH #SVR

📢 Call for Reading! #IJFS_MDPI We invite you to read all publications from the #closed Special Issue "Advances in #Behavioural #Finance and #Economics 2nd Edition"! Find it here: mdpi.com/journal/ijfs/s… #mdpi #specialissue #IJFS

🎉 Editor's Choice Article! #IJFS_MDPI 📝 The Measurement and Characteristic Analysis of the Chinese Financial Cycle 🎓 by Siyuan Qiu 🔗 Read at: shorturl.at/tv4yv #financial_cycle #FCI #GARCH_model #MS_model #macroeconomic_effects