Advances in Pacific Basin Business, Economics and Finance (APBBEF) is a series designed to focus on interdisciplinary research in finance, economics, and management among Pacific Rim countries. All articles published are peer-reviewed and recommended by one editorial board member.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:1. Policy and management on financial markets and financial institutions; 2.

Options, futures, and other derivatives markets; 3. Corporate finance and investment decisions; 4.

Insurance and risk management; 5. Accounting, auditing, and taxation; 6.

Artificial intelligence and new technology in finance; 7. ESG and sustainability; 8.

Income, employment, and education; 9. Monetary and foreign exchange policy; 10.

Other economic policies among the Pacific Rim countries. APBBEF is indexed in ABI/INFORM, EconLit, EBSCO, ProQuest, ResearchGate, and Google Scholar.

Manuscript submission: Please use an email attachment in Microsoft Word format or PDF to Dr. Min-Teh Yu (mtyu@nycu.

edu. tw) or Dr.

Cheng-Few Lee (cflee@business. rutgers.

edu). .