The IUP Journal of Applied Finance

Volume 32, Issue 2, April-June 2026

ISSN :0972-5105

Impact Factor: 2.22; Acceptance rate: 25%; Turnaround time: 10-12 months

A "peer-reviewed" journal included in EBSCO and ProQuest (Part of Clarivate) Database

It is a quarterly journal that showcases empirical research in applied finance. It provides research papers on Business environment, Trade and free trade agreements, Tariff liberalization, Imports and exports, FDI, Equity markets, Debt markets, Corporate finance, Financial services, Financial risk management, Portfolio management, International finance, Bank efficiency and regulation, Structural transformation, Regulatory efficiency, etc.

Focus Areas

  • Business Environment   |  
  • Regulatory Environment   |  
  • Equity Markets   |  
  • Debt Market   |  
  • Corporate Finance   |  
  • Financial Services   |  
  • Portfolio Management   |  
  • International Finance   |  
  • Risk Management   |  

Current Issue

Volume 32, Issue 2, April-June 2026
Tax Buoyancy in India: An Empirical Assessment

Author: Samir Ranjan Behera, Bichitrananda Seth, Anoop K Suresh and Ishika Pawar

Published Online: April, 2026

Keywords: Tax buoyancy, Johansen cointegration test, Autoregressive distributed lag model, Markov regime switching model, State of the economy

Bankruptcy Prediction in the Indian Retail Sector: A Cross-Model Analysis of Altman, Springate, and Grover Scores

Author: Chinmay Vibhute, Siddharth Phadtare, Vidi Panwar, Abhay Kumar and Rajneesh Ranjan Jha

Published Online: April, 2026

Keywords: Bankruptcy prediction, Retail industry, Altman Z-score, Springate S-score, Grover G-score, Credit risk modeling

Herding Behavior as a Mediator of Peer Influence in Retail Investment Decisions: Evidence from Urban Indian Investors

Author: Sahifa Moosa Muradbi Mazgaonkar

Published Online: April, 2026

Keywords: Peer influence, Herding behavior, Retail investment decisions

Influence of Bond Auctioning Methods and Volatility on Indian Sovereign Borrowing Costs

Author: Shiv Shankar

Published Online: April, 2026

Keywords: Auction, Discriminatory and uniform, Volatility, Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition, GARCH

Green vs. Traditional Energy Stocks: A Comparative Study of Risk Perception and Portfolio Diversification Strategies Among Retail Investors

Author: Ramya Yaligar and Ashwini A N

Published Online: April, 2026

Keywords: Risk Perception, Portfolio Diversification, Green Energy Stocks, Traditional Energy Stocks, Behavioral Finance, Retail Investors, India, ESG Investing

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Current Issue

Volume 32, Issue 1, January-March 2026
Locus of Control, Gambler’s Bias, Vicarious Learning and Emotional Self-Regulation: An Emotional Reading of Financial Decision-Making

Author: Alain Finet, Kevin Kristoforidis and Julie Laznicka

Published Online: January, 2026

DOI: 10.71329/IUPJAF/2025.32.1.5-31

Keywords: Behavioral finance, Emotions, Locus of control, Gambler’s bias, Vicarious learning, Emotional regulation

Rational Sources of Size Premium: Evidence from India

Author: Savita Devi and Ramesh Chander

Published Online: January, 2026

DOI: 10.71329/IUPJAF/2025.32.1.32-56

Keywords: Size premium, Asset pricing, Stock returns, Risk factors

Impact of Dividend Announcements on the Stock Returns of Nifty 100 Financial Companies

Author: Santosh Irappa Gongadi and A S Shiralashetti

Published Online: January, 2026

DOI: 10.71329/IUPJAF/2025.32.1.57-67

Keywords: Dividend announcements, Abnormal stock returns, Financial sector, Event study

Capital Structure Decisions and Firm Value: The Moderating Role of Transformational Leadership

Author: Mensah Marfo and Edward Annan

Published Online: January, 2026

DOI: 10.71329/IUPJAF/2025.32.1.68-101

Keywords: Capital structure decisions, Firm value, Transformational leadership, Trade-off theory, Pecking order theory, Resource-based view (RBV), Ghana stock exchange

Pandemic-Induced Shifts in Mutual Fund Performance: Evidence from Market-Cap-Oriented Schemes

Author: Sourav Das and Kiranjit Sett

Published Online: January, 2026

DOI: 10.71329/IUPJAF/2025.32.1.102-123

Keywords: Mutual funds, Performance analysis, Sharpe ratio, Treynor ratio, Jensen’s alpha