Corporate Finance, Merger and Acquisition, and Climate Change

Dear Colleagues,

Economic performance may be significantly impacted by climate change. Given that global temperatures are predicted to climb dramatically over the next century, it is becoming increasingly crucial to comprehend how economic changes, such as as mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and dividend policy, relate to climate change (Hasan, 2024). Below-average temperature has a positive and significant effect on dividend payout and M&A policies (Hasan, 2024; Hasan and Islam, 2022). M&A is an important topic to research since it affects the futures of the acquiring companies significantly. According to Renneboog and Vansteenkiste (2019), the criteria that ultimately determine a deal's success are still unclear, despite several research on M&A by academics. According to Lodh et al. (2024), climate change risks (CCR) can have a significant influence on M&A behaviour and performance. It is imperative that managers include CCR into their formal risk management frameworks in order to prevent failed mergers and acquisitions (M&As) (Lodh et al., 2024) and guarantee steady dividend disbursements (Hasan et al., 2023).

I am writing to invite you to submit academic articles regarding, but not limited to, the following areas:

• Dividend policy;
• Dividend policy and emerging markets;
• Dividend policy and financial technology;
• Dividend policy and repurchase;
• Dividend policy and climate change;
• Dividend policy and risk;
• Climate change;
• Repurchase and climate change;
• Mergers and acquisition;
• Mergers and acquisition and climate change;
• Mergers and acquisition and risk;
• Mergers and acquisition and dividend policy;
• Mergers and acquisition and emerging markets;
• Mergers and acquisition and financial technology.

References:

• Hasan, F., & Islam, M. R. (2022). The relationship between behavioural finance and dividend policy: A literature review. Academy of Accounting and Financial Studies Journal. 26 (5), 1-11.
• Hasan, F., Kayani, U. N., & Choudhury, T. (2023). Behavioral Risk Preferences and Dividend Changes: Exploring the Linkages with Prospect Theory Through Empirical Analysis. Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management. 24(4), 517-535.
• Hasan, F. (2024). The impact of climate change on dividend policy in the UK stock market. International Journal of Managerial and Financial Accounting, 16(1), 119–137.
• Lodh, S., Deshmukh, N., & Rohani, A. (2024). Stemming the tide: Does climate risk affect M&A performance? Business Strategy and the Environment, 33(2), 858–881.
• Renneboog, L., & Vansteenkiste, C. (2019). Failure and success in mergers and acquisitions. Journal of Corporate Finance, 58, 650–699.

Dr. Fakhrul Hasan
Guest Editor

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• dividend policy
• financial technology
• repurchase
• risk
• climate change
• mergers and acquisition
• emerging markets