Financial Misconduct in Emerging Markets: Institutions, Market Consequences, and Regulatory Responses

Call for Papers

Journal: International Journal of Emerging Markets
Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Manuscript Submission Deadline: 01 January 2027

The International Journal of Emerging Markets invites high-quality submissions for its Special Issue on Financial Misconduct in Emerging Markets: Institutions, Market Consequences, and Regulatory Responses.

About the Special Issue

Financial misconduct—including fraud, insider trading, corruption, earnings manipulation, and market manipulation—poses a major threat to investor confidence, market integrity, and sustainable economic development. Although these issues have been widely studied in developed economies, their causes and consequences remain comparatively underexplored in emerging market contexts.

This Special Issue seeks theoretical, empirical, and policy-oriented research examining how institutional quality, regulatory enforcement, ownership structures, political connections, external monitoring, and technological change influence financial misconduct. It also welcomes research on fintech, digital platforms, crowdfunding, and crypto-assets, where evolving regulatory systems may create new risks for investors and capital markets.

Topics of Interest

Submissions may include, but are not limited to:

Insider trading and market manipulation
Corruption and political connections
Accounting fraud and earnings manipulation
ESG, sustainability, and corporate misconduct
Financial misconduct in fintech and digital finance
Crypto-related fraud in emerging economies
Enforcement quality and regulatory capacity
Investor protection and financial misconduct
Institutional investors and misconduct prevention
Media, transparency, and fraud detection
Cultural and informal institutions
Foreign direct investment and capital-flow consequences
Crowdfunding and financial market misconduct
State ownership, family control, and corporate governance

Preferred Article Types

The journal welcomes:

Original Research Articles
Theoretical Papers
Empirical Studies
Policy-Oriented Research
Interdisciplinary Studies

Submission Information

Opening Date for Manuscript Submissions: 01 August 2026
Manuscript Submission Deadline: 01 January 2027
Manuscripts must be submitted through ScholarOne Manuscripts.
Authors should select the Special Issue title during the submission process.
Submitted articles must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration elsewhere.
All submissions must follow the journal’s official Author Guidelines.

Guest Editors

Professor David Y. Aharon
Professor Menachem (Meni) Abudy
Professor Ender Demir
Professor Adam Zaremba

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