Purpose: This study aims to investigate the factors influencing Indian banks’ choice of green loan disclosure practices. The study analyzes the effect of financial and governance variables to understand the sustainable reporting (through green lending) behavior of Indian banks. Design/methodology/approach: The data on green loan disclosure has been hand-collected from the annual reports using a content analysis approach. Using the data of 26 banks for 12 years (2012–2023), the study uses the panel regression method to control for cross-sectional heterogeneity and generalized methods of the moment to address potential endogeneity issues. Findings: The empirical results depict that larger banks with sufficient risk capital and a strong corporate governance framework demonstrate greater disclosure of green loans. However, growth opportunities and higher market value impedes the reporting of green lending. Research limitations/implications: The findings of the study will enhance the extant literature on sustainability disclosure by integrating the financial sector companies in the context of an emerging economy. However, future research may include nonbanking finance companies as well. Social implications: Banks use societal deposits to invest in productive avenues, and therefore, it is paramount to understand their social and environmental consciousness while evaluating a financing proposal. This research provides a thorough understanding of the sustainable reporting of banks through the lens of green lending. Originality/value: This research provides unique evidence on the bank-specific determinants of green loan disclosure in an emerging economy context as against the extant literature which primarily focused on sustainable reporting of nonfinancial companies.

Stock market performances has been observed through a good deal of literature out of which it has been found out that the behavior of investors is affected through many parameters exist in the market like occurrence of any sudden event or influenceof Individual advice apart from the past behavior of the stock which is called rational information regarding stock performances as per the traditional finance theory. The main aim of this paper is to identify the mediating effect among various types of informationavailable in the market for investors to invest their money into the stock market as a part of different behavioral biases in the Gujarat State, India. Three types of constructs have been derived as a part of exploratory research design for this study byapplying exploratory factor analysis (EFA) which are Company History, IPO issues and Location benefit of the company out of the different variable taken for the study. Structural Equation modelling (SEM) techniques have been applied to check the mediatingeffect among these three constructs. The study has been concluded that Company information is an indirect construct, IPO issue is a dependent construct and Location of the company is a mediating construct which is revealing that there is a significant impact of Company information on the IPO issue done by any corporate in the market. IPO issue can also be affected by the Location of the company which has the mediating effect on it.

This research presents a scientific review of the existing literature on financial contagion, employing a bibliometric-content analysis approach to synthesize both quantitative and qualitative aspects of the research. Using 1,813 articles published on Scopus (1989–2024), the study unveils key metrics of research performance, including most influential authors, prominent journals, and highly impactful articles. Based on a descriptive analysis, the study highlights Allen F. (Shaen Corbet) as the most influential author based on the number of citations (number of articles). Contrary to prior research, the present study is one of its kind to unveil four critical knowledge clusters through content analysis, including (a) contagion analysis of global events, (b) financial spillovers in the banking sector, (c) financial contagion in the stock market, and (d) financial contagion in cryptocurrencies and emerging economies, along with future research directions. These knowledge themes explain the evolution of financial contagion as a unique domain. The present study, through scientific mapping of intellectual structures, provides critical implications for scholars and practitioners to direct their efforts and resources toward the underexplored research areas and deepen the domain of financial contagion.

The researcher has taken a broad approach to identifying the general characteristics influencing customer happiness for the automotive industry, taking into account the Gujarat state and consumer contentment with the automotive sector. In order to ascertai n these factors and determine whether there are notable differences in opinion among them, the researcher conducted a primary survey among respondents in the automobile sector, gathering 120 market responses and adding both closed - ended and open - ended ques tions to the analysis . In order to determine the study's goal, the researcher used the frequency distribution to determine the respondent profile and the chi - square test to see whether the respondent's opinions differed significantly from those of the market. When considering graduation as a qualification and business class individuals, it has been discovered that the majority of responders are male. In addition, they disagree on a number of issues that have an impact on features and categories, economic pricing, after - sales support, and br and loyalty .