This paper studies the price implication of media censorship in the context of the long-standing foreign share discount puzzle in China. We conjecture that the government censors negative news and promotes positive news in Chinese media, leading to the premium on A-shares, which are mainly...

Political visit is an under-researched way in which governments influence firms and markets. Chinese state leaders (i.e. Politburo Standing Committee Members) often visit firms during their domestic inspection tours. This study shows that representativeness, political connections and alignment...

When systematic risk is high, or the market crashes, most risk-averse investors choose to exit the market; however, there are some contrarian investors who opt to make investments. We model such contrarian behaviors by incorporating investors' expectations of government policies into the...

This paper develops a risk-management view of CSR by arguing that CSR provides insurance-like effects in adverse corporate events. Since passive investors have diversified away most idiosyncratic risks, we predict that they demand less CSR as a strategic approach to manage risks. Using the...

This paper examines the role of mutual funds in enhancing financial reporting quality in China. Mutual funds are more sophisticated and influential than individual investors. Therefore, they are expected to be more effective at preventing executives from expropriating investors and manipulating...

The managers' pay-performance sensitivity (PPS) of closed-end funds is explicitly specified in the management contract as the marginal rate of funds' net asset value. By using the sample of US closed-end funds from 2006 to 2009, this paper investigates the relationship between the PPS and...

Can companies increase the liquidity of their shares through repurchases? On the one hand, the presence of informed insiders increases adverse selection costs; on the other hand, repurchasing firms increase the demand of shares and therefore improves the liquidity. This paper examines the...

We examine the impact of mutual fund ownership on stock price informativeness in China. Existing evidence shows that stock price informativeness is low in China, and attributes this to firms’ lack of disclosure incentives under the weak investor protection institutional environment. Mutual...

We examine the influence of auditors on mitigating corporate fraud in China, which is known to have weak legal enforcement, weak investor protection along with tight control of the media and labour unions. We find that firms with executives that have lower integrity, indicated by a greater...

This study examines the relation between the athletic experience of board directors and corporate outcomes. We predict that athletes' attributes, such as physical fitness, mental resilience, leadership, and team-working skills, enhance their monitoring role. Using a large sample from 71...