Handbook of Research on New Challenges and Global Outlooks in Financial Risk Management (Advances in Finance, Accounting, and Economics)

Financial risk management has become increasingly important in the last years and a profound understanding of this subject is vital for managers, practitioners, investors and students of finance and related areas. This book provides the major trends regarding research on financial risk management, as well as the practices of different countries and economies. It is a compilation of the state of the art, new trends, and theoretical and empirical studies on the domain of enterprise risk. It is a critical reference source that discusses the financial instruments firms use to manage the different kind of financial risks, such as interest rate risk, corporate risk, credit risk, liquidity, and default risk. This book focuses on international risk management practices, and its relationship to firms' performance, and other dimensions of companies. It will present research on topics such as several types of financial risk, management of risk, hedging strategies, corporate governance and risk management, and behavioral finance and risk, and more. It is ideal for regulatory authorities, accountants, managers, academics, students, and researchers seeking coverage on the theoretical, empirical, and experimental studies that relate to the different themes in these global subjects. Title Page Copyright Page Book Series Editorial Advisory Board List of Contributors Table of Contents Detailed Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgment Chapter 1: Financial Risk and Corporate Governance Chapter 2: The Relationship Between Risk and Firm Performance Chapter 3: Gender Diversity and Financial Risk Chapter 4: Gender Differences in Risk Tolerance Chapter 5: Corruption, Credit Risk, and Bank Profitability Chapter 6: Risk Governance and Bank Performance Chapter 7: Loss Aversion in Companies Whose Location Is Affected by Fire Chapter 8: Risk of Business Bankruptcy Chapter 9: The Impact of Social Screening on the Performance of US and European Funds Chapter 10: Stock Market Volatility Chapter 11: Environmental, Social, and Governance Assets Chapter 12: Managing the Current Risks of Companies Chapter 13: Boosted Decision Trees for Credit Scoring Chapter 14: The Role of Big Data Research Methodologies in Describing Investor Risk Attitudes and Predicting Stock Market Performance Chapter 15: Determining Consumer Purchase Intention Toward Counterfeit Luxury Goods Based on the Perceived Risk Theory Chapter 16: Insider Transactions and Performance Chapter 17: Does Technical Analysis Win? Chapter 18: Hedging Effectiveness of the VIX ETPs Compilation of References About the Contributors Index Risk affects many different companies, industries, and institutions, and the COVID-19 pandemic has caused more challenges than before to arise. In the wake of these new challenges, new risk management strategies must arise. Risk affects many companies differently, though in the aftermath of a global pandemic, similar management strategies may be adapted to maintain a flourishing business. Financial risk management has become increasingly important in the last years, and a profound understanding of this subject is vital. The Handbook of Research on New Challenges and Global Outlooks in Financial Risk Management discusses the financial instruments firms use to manage the difference kinds of financial risks and risk management practices in a variety of different countries. This book offers an international focus of risk management, comparing different practices from all over the world. Covering topics such as bank stability, environmental assets, and perceived risk theory, this book is a valuable research source for regulatory authorities, accountants, managers, academicians, students, researchers, graduate students, researchers, faculty, and practitioners. "This book discusses the financial instruments firms use to manage the different kind of financial risks, such as interest rate risk, corporate risk, credit risk, liquidity and default risk and is intended to help the reader understand the risk management practices in different countries, and their relationship to firms' performance, and other dimensions of companies"-- Provided by publisher Focuses on international risk management practices, and its relationship to firms' performance, and other dimensions of companies. The book presents research on topics such as several types of financial risk, management of risk, hedging strategies, corporate governance and risk management, and behavioral finance and risk, and more.