Sustainable Development in Banking and Finance 7th International Conference on Banking and Finance Perspectives, Famagusta, Northern Cyprus

This volume presents current developments in the fields of banking and finance from an international perspective. Featuring contributions from the 7th International Conference on Banking and Finance Perspectives (ICBFP), this volume serves as a valuable forum for discussing current issues and trends in the banking and financial sectors. The most recent theoretical and applied models for explaining sustainable development in banking and finance, in addition to other sectors, are discussed. This volume is designed for academics, policymakers, banking analysts, and insurance and financial institutions to discuss the complexities of these disciplines from multiple viewpoints.

1.The Effect of COVID19 on the Relationship between Environmental Performance and Financial Performance: Insight from the US Tourism Sector.- 2.Understanding Drivers of Boom and Bust in Cryptocurrency Markets.- 3.Unraveling Profitability Determinants of Insurance Companies in Kazakhstan: Exploring FirmSpecific and Macroeconomic Factors.- 4.The Impact of Size and Book to Market Ratio on Excess Return Using FamaFrench 5 Factor Model: The Case of Egypt.- 5.Machine Learning for Cobalt Price Prediction.- 6.Driving Financial Performance: Exploring the Impact of ESG Policies in Telecommunication Companies within the CIS Region.- 7.Detecting Manipulation: Anomaly Analysis of Annual Reports of Firms Listed on Borsa Istanbul Using Benford's Law.- 8.Analysis of Banking Soundness in Terms of Country Effect: A Worldwide Evidence using the Bankers Top 1000 Banks’ Database.- 9.Does Renewable Energy Innovation a Key to Reduce Ecological Footprint? Empirical Evidence from the United States.- 10.Behavioral Black Swan Investment Strategy and Global Stock Market Contagion Dynamics.- 11.Impact of Country-Level Factors on Green Bonds Issuance:  Comparison between BRICS and G7 Countries.- 12.The Impact of Board Characteristics on R&D Investments: The Role of Education Level and Age.- 13.Green Finance Dynamics: Exploring the Factors Impacting Global Bond Markets.- 14.Dynamic Connectedness between Uncertainty and Energy Cryptocurrencies:  Evidence from TVP VAR Connectedness Approach.

Nesrin Ozatac is a professor at Eastern Mediterranean University (Northern Cyprus). Since 2015, she is the chair of the Department of Banking and Finance. Her research interests lie mainly in the area of banking, microfinance, financial development and energy finance.

Nigar Taspinar is an assistant professor at the Department of Banking and Finance in the Eastern Mediterranean University (Northern Cyprus). Her research interests are in financial management, banking, applied time series analysis, and energy economics and finance.

Bezhan Rustamov is an assistant professor at Rauf Denktas University (Lefkosa, Northern Cyprus). He also serves as the Chair of the Department of Banking and Finance since 2019. His research focus is on corporate finance, energy finance, economic and financial development.