We examine, both theoretically and empirically, the determinants and performance impact of three measures of CEO incentives: pay-performance elasticity (PPE), semi-elasticity (PPSE), and sensitivity (PPS). Larger, more R&D intensive, and low-idiosyncratic risk firms have higher PPE and PPSE,...

This study examines the effect of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) on their underlying AmericanDepository Receipts (ADRs). We find that percentage of ADR shares owned by ETFs increasesdramatically in the past two decades. Contrary to U.S. firms, ETF ownership is positivelyassociated with stock...

Using a sample of Chinese public companies initiating cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As) from 2008 to 2015, we examine whether fraud revelations by regulators affect corporate cross-border M&As. We find that acquirers with a history of fraud are less likely to complete cross-border...

This paper documents the dramatic improvement in institutional, legal and regulatory environment for the exiting of foreign venture capital in China. It also discusses the recent developments, advantages and disadvantages of various China venture-backed IPO listing channels, including overseas...

For the past fifty years in the United States, venture capital (VC) has provided initial funding to innovative entrepreneurial enterprises, while the European venture capital industry has only really emerged over the past decade. Using quarterly data from 1993 to 2003, this paper examines and...

The globalization of financial markets has led to an integrated world market. Emerging economies such as China and India have opened up their markets to foreign investors. New instruments such as exchange-traded funds are being created, and current instruments are being expanded to include real...

China repos trade in the over-the-counter interbank market as well as the stock exchange. This paper examines the behaviours, sources, and drivers of the spread between China’s exchange and interbank repo rates from December 2006 to June 2018. After adjusting for different day-count quoting...

The impact of the global financial crisis since 2007 has been deep and broad, blanketing the financial and economic landscape and hammering the hedge fund industry. Using both active and inactive hedge fund return data from the CISDM database from January of 1994 to March of 2009, we measure...

Using a bivariate, asymmetric generalized autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity model, we examine the patterns of information flows for three financial futures contracts that are dual‐listed on U.S. and Asian markets (i.e., Nikkei 225 Index, Eurodollar, and dollar–yen currency...