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.
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
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
Author: Sahifa Moosa Muradbi Mazgaonkar
Published Online: April, 2026
Keywords: Peer influence, Herding behavior, Retail investment decisions
Author: Shiv Shankar
Published Online: April, 2026
Keywords: Auction, Discriminatory and uniform, Volatility, Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition, GARCH
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
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
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
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
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
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