Binam Ghimire

Robert Gordon University - Aberdeen Business School

Associate Professor of Finance

Garthdee Road

Aberdeen, AB10 7QE

United Kingdom

http://www.banksandmarkets.wordpress.com

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (13)

1.

Detecting Anomalies in the 2020 US Presidential Election Votes with Benford’s Law

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 11 Dec 2020
Northumbria University, University of LondonUniversity of Northumbria at Newcastle and Robert Gordon University - Aberdeen Business School
Downloads 3,263 (8,004)

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US presidential election, Benford's law, election analysis, data irregularities

2.

The Financial Pandemic: COVID-19 and Policy Interventions on Rational and Irrational Markets

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 03 May 2020
Northumbria University, University of LondonUniversity of Northumbria at Newcastle and Robert Gordon University - Aberdeen Business School
Downloads 824 (64,028)
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COVID-19, event studies, policy intervention, financial market, efficient market hypothesis, SIR model

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Systematic Risk Determinants of Stock Returns after Financial Crisis: Evidence from United Kingdom

Journal of Finance and Investment Analysis, 5(1), 1-28. ISSN: 2241-0998 (print version), 2241-0996(online)
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 12 Mar 2018
Vu Quang Trinh, Dipesh Karki and Binam Ghimire
Newcastle University Business School, University of Northumbria at Newcastle and Robert Gordon University - Aberdeen Business School
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Stock market returns, stock exchanges, Fama and French, CAPM

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Taming the Blockchain Beast? Regulatory Implications for the Cryptocurrency Market

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 14 Jun 2019
Northumbria University, University of Northumbria at Newcastle, University of LondonUniversity of Northumbria at Newcastle and Robert Gordon University - Aberdeen Business School
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cryptocurrency, cryptocurrency regulation, anti-money laundering, event studies

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The Marginal Cost of Mining, Metcalfe's Law and Cryptocurrency Value Formation: Causal Inferences from the Instrumental Variable Approach

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 08 Aug 2019
Northumbria University, University of Northumbria at Newcastle, University of LondonUniversity of Northumbria at Newcastle and Robert Gordon University - Aberdeen Business School
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cryptocurrency, blockchain, hashrate, Metcalfe’s law, cost-based pricing, causal inference, instrumental variable

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A Generalised Seasonality Test and Applications for Stock Market Seasonality

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 11 Dec 2020
Savva Shanaev and Binam Ghimire
Northumbria University and Robert Gordon University - Aberdeen Business School
Downloads 340 (188,588)
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seasonality, seasonality test, market efficiency, return seasonality

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A Fitting Return to Fitting Returns: Cryptocurrency Distributions Revisited

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 18 May 2021
Savva Shanaev and Binam Ghimire
Northumbria University and Robert Gordon University - Aberdeen Business School
Downloads 325 (197,881)
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cryptocurrency, return distribution, skewness, kurtosis, goodness-of-fit

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When Bitcoin is High: Cryptocurrency Value, Illicit Markets, and US Marijuana Bills

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 31 Oct 2022 Last Revised: 25 Jan 2023
Northumbria University, Northumbria University, Northumbria University and Robert Gordon University - Aberdeen Business School
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Bitcoin, cannabis, illicit market, shadow economy, event study

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A Divergent Valuation Model for the Make-or-Buy Decision on Investments in Disruptive FinTech Innovation: An Incumbent’s Approach

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 27 Jan 2025 Last Revised: 07 Feb 2025
José Ruiz del Portal Tranche and Binam Ghimire
Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences and Robert Gordon University - Aberdeen Business School
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To Float or to Sink? Revisiting the Causal Effects of Exchange Rate Regimes

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 15 Jul 2020
University of LondonUniversity of Northumbria at Newcastle, Northumbria University and Robert Gordon University - Aberdeen Business School
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exchange rate regime, fixed exchange rate, economic growth, causal inference

11.

Insider CEOS and Credit Ratings

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 19 Feb 2025
Sam Houston State University, CalPoly Humboldt, Cal Poly Humboldt, Robert Gordon University - Aberdeen Business School and Independent
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G24, G40, Z13

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Trade vs. tradition: Decoding cultural distance and its impact on China's international trade

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 07 Feb 2025
Bin Yu, Xingyu Zhong, Binam Ghimire and Niranjan Sapkota
Zhejiang University of Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Robert Gordon University - Aberdeen Business School and University of Vaasa
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Consumer preferences, Consumer psychology, Cultural distance, Gravity model, Poisson pseudo maximum likelihood, Trade JEL Classification: C1, C5, F1, F14, P5

13.

Children’s Toy or Grown-Ups’ Gamble? LEGO Sets as an Alternative Investment

Posted: 02 Oct 2019
University of Northumbria at Newcastle, Northumbria University, University of Northumbria at Newcastle and Robert Gordon University - Aberdeen Business School

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LEGO, alternative investment, collectable, performance evaluation, risk factor