Journal of Corporate Finance Research released its 69th issue

The 1st issue of 2024 includes papers on the impact of ESG ratings on ETFs, market reaction on environmental disasters, dividend payment theories on Russian market, etc.

We present to your attention the 69th issue of the Journal of Corporate Finance Research (ISSN: 2073-0438.) Published since 2007, the Journal is included in the list of journals of the Higher Attestation Commission (VAK) of the Russian Federation (5.2.1. Economic theory (economic sciences), 5.2.4. Finance (economic sciences) and is indexed in the Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI). In the fall of 2023, the journal was accepted to the Scopus scientific database.

 The issue presents the following papers:

 1. Yuri Dranev, Mikhail Miriakov, Elena Ochirova, Gennadii Baranovskii - The Impact of ESG Ratings on Exchange-Traded Fund Flows

2.  Tingqian Pu, Abdul Hadi Zulkafli   –State Ownership Heterogeneity and Corporate Innovation: New Evidence from a Hierarchical Perspective

3.  Victoria Cherkasova, Daria Zakharova –Market Reaction to Environmental Disasters

4.  Oksana Soboleva, Elena Makeeva, Gayane Aslanyan -The Influence of Corporate Governance Mechanisms on Fraud Probability: Evidence from Russian Companies

5.  Anton Puzakov, Ashot Mirzoyan, Anastasia Galich –Dividend Payments by Russian Companies: A Signal to the Market or a Consequence of Agency Conflicts?

6.  Svetlana Menshchikova –Risk Premium for Emerging Market Equities Versus Developed Market Equities

7.  Nikita Tolstov –The Determinants of Sustainable Innovation Expansion Strategy: the Case Study of Companies from a Declining Industry

8. Valeriy Dudko, Svetlana Avrutskaya -Using Derivatives to Hedge Foreign Exchange Exposure in Russia: Academic Research Review

Full texts are available on the website of the Journal: https://cfjournal.hse.ru/issue/view/1431