The effect of liquidity risk on the performance of banks: Evidence from Jordan

This study aimed to determine the impact of liquidity risk on financial performance of Jordanian banks, where liquidity risk was measured by (Liquidity ratio, net working capital, cash and investment ratio to total deposits), and financial performance was also measured through the index (return on assets) and the modifying variable (bank size) measured through the natural logarithm of total assets was also added. To achieve the objectives of the study, the analytical quantitative approach was adopted. The study community consisted of all 13 commercial banks listed on the Amman Stock Exchange. All banks in the study community were selected as a study sample using the comprehensive survey method, and the statistical analysis program (SPSS) was used to test the study hypotheses. Based on the results of the statistical analysis, it was found that there was an impact of liquidity risk on financial performance measured by return on assets in Jordanian commercial banks listed on Amman Stock Exchange, and there was an impact for each of (current liquidity ratio, net working capital, cash and investment ratio to total deposits) on financial performance measured by return on assets in Jordanian commercial banks listed on Amman Stock Exchange. It was also found that the size of the bank contributes to modifying the effect of liquidity risk on financial performance measured by return on assets in Jordanian commercial banks listed on Amman Stock Exchange. The study concluded a set of recommendations, the most important of which are: commercial bank administrations should increase interest in exploiting their liquidity within acceptable risk limits to reach optimal ratios for financial performance by balancing the returns to be achieved with the potential risks of such expenses in a way that ensures the positive impact of liquidity risk on the financial performance of those banks.

The market reaction to profitability: Does leverage matter?

This study examined the market reaction to profitability by discussing the impact of dividends yield (DY) and earnings yield (EY) based on leverage (LVRG), as a control variable, on stocks’ prices (SP) of the industrial companies listed on Amman Stock Exchange (ASE), for the whole sample and the two subsamples (low and high leveraged companies). For this purpose, the data of the three samples were analyzed, for seven years from 2011 to 2017. The multiple regression analysis results showed that based on the leverage ratio (LVRG), as a control variable, there is a significant effect of DY on SP at 1% significance level, and an insignificant effect of EY on SP at 5% significance level, in the high leveraged sample. The impact of DY and EY on SP at 5% significance level in the whole and low leveraged samples is insignificant.

Impact of Audit Committee Characteristics on Dividend Yield of Jordanian Listed Financial Companies

The Audit Committee is responsible for overseeing the Board's corporate governance and oversight obligations, including the company's risk management system, internal control system, financial reporting, and internal and external audit tasks. The impact of Audit Committee features on Dividend Policy in financial companies listed on the Amman Stock Exchange was investigated in this study. Dividend Yield per Share was taken into account as part of Dividend Policy in the study, which was based on Jordanian financial enterprises' public financial reports. Multiple regression analysis was employed to examine the impact of AuditCommittee characteristics on DividendYield in Jordanian companies. The results indicated that AuditCommittee characteristics showed a significant effect on DividendYield per Share.

The Extent of the Impact of the Ownership Structure on the Cash Flows of the Service Shareholding Companies Listed on the Amman Stock Exchange

The study aimed to identify the extent of the impact of the ownership structure on the cash flows in the service businesses registered on the Amman Stock Exchange. While the study sample included (25) service businesses registered on the Amman Stock Conversation for the period between (2010-2019), and the study used the descriptive and analytical approach. The results showed that there is a statistically significant effect at the level of significance (α 0.05) of the ownership structure on the cash flow of Jordanian joint-stock service businesses The attendance of a statistically important result at the equal of significance (α 0.05) for the concentration of ownership on the cash flow of Jordanian public service shareholding companies, as the study recommended on the work of Jordanian companies to focus on the percentage of foreign owners by providing many advantages to investors such as obtaining more profits in If the percentage of their investment in companies increased in order to raise the level of work and performance of companies for the better.

The Mediating Effects of Key Audit Matters on the Relationship Between Audit Quality and Earnings Management: Evidence from Jordan

The relationship between audit quality and earnings management has not been tested with consideration of key audit matters as a mediating variable. This study examined whether audit quality (AQ) decreases earnings management (EM) in shareholding corporations through improving key audit matters (KAMs) in Jordan’s emerging environment. A regression analysis was carried out on a sample that included financial reports and auditor reports of 105 industrial and service shareholdings companies listed on the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) from 2017 to 2019. The study found a negative relationship between audit quality and earnings management. The results showed that audit quality increases key audit matters, which, in turn, decreases earnings management. Also, the study confirmed the mediating effect of KAMs between audit quality and earnings management. The study confirms the importance of key audit matters to provide more relevant and useful information for the users of financial reports and provides important indications to the regulatory authorities and standards bodies that key audit matters should be given more attention regarding the way that they are presented and disclosed.

The Impact of Social Responsibility on the Market Value for Services Corporations, Service Type as a Marketing Variable

The study aims to know the impact of social responsibility as a cost and also to show the market value of the Jordanian services corporations listed on the Amman Stock Exchange. “Services type” was used as a variable for the relationship rate in this study. The descriptive approach was used and applied to the data of 37 companies during the period from 2012-2019. The researcher also used statistical methods such as the arithmetic mean and standard deviation to describe the study data, and the test of linear regression and correlation analysis, in order to test the study hypotheses. Among the most important results that have been reached, there is an impact of social responsibility as costs and the disclosure of the market value of services companies. The study also showed a modified effect of services type on the relationship between social responsibility disclosure and market value.Based on the preceding, the study recommended expanding the social responsibility disclosure, which helps the company build a strong name as a desirable institution, which enhances the image of the company and the name of the product in the services market and among customers.

Forecasting stock returns on the Amman Stock Exchange: Do neural networks outperform linear regressions?

Different models have been used in the finance literature to predict the stock market returns. However, it remains an open question whether non-linear models can outperform linear models while providing accurate predictions for future returns. This study examines the prediction of the non-linear artificial neural network (ANN) models against the baseline linear regression models. This study aims specifically to compare the prediction performance of regression models with different specifications and static and dynamic ANN models. Thus, the analysis was conducted on a growing market, namely the Amman Stock Exchange. The results show that the trading volume and interest rates on loans tend to explain the monthly returns the most, compared to other predictors in the regressions. Moreover, incorporating more variables is not found to help in explaining the fluctuations in the stock market returns. More importantly, using the root mean square error (RMSE), as well as the mean absolute error statistical measures, the static ANN becomes the most preferred model for forecasting. The associated forecasting errors from these metrics become equal to 0.0021 and 0.0005, respectively. Lastly, the analysis conducted with the dynamic ANN model produced the highest RMSE value of 0.0067 since November 2018 following the amendment to the Jordanian income tax law. The same observation is also seen since the emerging of the COVID-19 outbreak (RMSE = 0.0042).

An Empirical Study for the Correlation Between Disclosed Related Party Transactions and the Market Value of Companies Listed on the Amman Stock Exchange

This study examines the correlation between related parties’ transactions (RPT) and company’s market value in Jordan. In this study the related party transactions were covered through operationalized into three forms that are: Transactions with parent company, subsidiaries and affiliated companies (TPSAC), Transactions with associated companies (TAC) and Transactions with main shareholders, directors and/or managers (TMSDM), in order to see the impact on company’s value.This study considered all the companies listed in Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) at the end of year 2018 with total number of 226 companies for all sectors. After excluding companies with missing data, the final sample size was 218 companies; covering almost 96% of population. Multiple regression test was used to examine the study’s hypotheses. The result of the study indicates that the related party transactions (RPT) Shown a positive effect on (TQ) which represents the company’s value with presence of the control variables (audited by one of the big four audit firms (BIG), size of the company (SIZE), return on assets (ROA), and dividend yield (DIV). The results also show the increasing influence of the independent variable on the dependent variable with presence of the control variables.

The ability of cash flows to predict the earning: Evidence from Jordan

This study aims to investigate the ability of cash flows components to predict the earning and to know the extent of the relationship between accounting profits and cash flow measures. The study sample consisted of 77 industrial companies listed on the Amman Stock Exchange in Jordan for the period from 2006 to 2019. This study relied on the regression method to test the relationship between the study variables. The study findings showed that the cash flows from operating, investing, and financial activities have a statistically significant impact on predicting future earnings. The study also examined the effect of length of operating cycle and company’s size on the predictive ability of cash flows regarding future earnings. The main results for this aspect are that large companies and short operating cycle companies have higher prediction ability for future earnings than small and long operating cycle companies. This paper provides evidence of the information content of cash flows for future earnings in emerging markets like Jordan and is important for Jordanian shareholders by enabling them to evaluate company’s performance. AcknowledgmentsI would like to thank Amman Arab University for its great support, and for funding this study.

The effect of applying the principle of independence on the quality of internal auditing in the Jordanian companies listed on the Amman Stock Exchange: أثر تطبيق مبدأ الاستقلالية على جودة التدقيق الداخلي في الشركات الأردنية المدرجة ببورصة عمان

This study aimed to identify the effect of applying the principle of independence on the quality of internal auditing on firms listed at the Amman Stock Exchange. To achieve the objectives of the study, the descriptive analytical approach was followed, and the study sample consist of a sample of (100) of employee in the companies that listed on the Amman Stock Exchange. The most important findings of the study are that there is a strong degree of agreement among the study participants on the extent of applying the principle of independence in the companies listed on the Amman Stock Exchange, and the general mean for its phrases was (3.86). The study also concluded that there is a good and positive degree of agreement on the quality of the internal audit found in the Jordanian firms listed on the Amman Stock Exchange from the viewpoint of workers in companies at a good level, and The general mean for its phrases was (3.35). Finally, the study found that there was a significant effect on applying the principle of independence to the quality of internal audit in the firms listed on the Amman Stock Exchange. And that the application of the principle of independence in the Jordanian companies listed on the Amman Stock Exchange is responsible for enhancing 27.5% of the quality of internal auditing, which is a good and effective percentage.