The International Journal of Banking and Finance (IJBF)

About the Journal

The International Journal of Banking and Finance (IJBF) is part of the ISBF efforts to provide a publication forum for international scholars in banking and finance to disseminate their theoretical, empirical and applied research through anonymously blind peer review process. Areas of interest for this journal include, but are not limited to, the following topics: corporate finance, investment and portfolio analysis, financial institutions, international finance, investment banking, banking crises, credit risk modelling, risk management, financial engineering, asset pricing, derivatives, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, behavioural finance, venture capital, real estate, accounting and financial reporting, monetary policy and financial economics.

Editorial Board

Editorial Information

The editorial policy of the IJBF follows the mainstream practices of having a small editorial team while drawing upon the support of a large international Advisory Board of scholars at senior levels. The Advisory Board provides oversight via feedback to the editorial team through their comments on each issue sent to them after publication.

Editor-in-Chief

Nur Adiana Hiau ABDULLAH

Universiti Utara Malaysia

Editorial Board

Mohd Zaini ABD KARIM
Universiti Utara Malaysia

Aisyah ABDUL RAHMAN

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Effiezal ABDUL WAHAB

Curtin University

Rubi AHMAD

Universiti Malaya

Jonathan BATTEN

Monash University

Chee Wooi HOOY 

Universiti Sains Malaysia

Yusnidah IBRAHIM

Universiti Utara Malaysia

Kamarun Nisham TAUFIL MOHD

Universiti Utara Malaysia

Woei Chyuan WONG 

Universiti Utara Malaysia

Advisory Board

Manuel Jose da Rocha ARMADA
University of Minho, Portugal

Obiyathulla Ismath BACHA

INCEIF, Malaysia

Harold BLACK

University of Tennessee, USA

David DING

Singapore Management University

S. GHON RHEE

University of Hawaii

Takao KOBAYASHI

University of Tokyo, Japan

Fauzias MAT NOR

Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia

Louis MURRAY

University College Dublin, Ireland

Graeme NEWELL

University of Western Sydney, Australia

Geoffrey POITRESS

Simon Fraser University, Canada

Martin YOUNG

Massey University, New Zealand

Min-Teh YU

National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

Managing Editor

Rasidah MOHD RASHID

Universiti Utara Malaysia

Editorial Assistant

Zamimah OSMAN

UUM Press

Universiti Utara Malaysia