Political risk insurance is an insurance product sold to firms as a means to protect them against some political risks associated with investing abroad. This paper argues that political risk insurance may in fact be a source of political risk. Looking at cases in the Asia-Pacific region, we...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose a decision-support methodology for public and private subjects involved in the enhancement of public properties. In particular, with reference to cases in which the disused public property can be sold and the range of functions that define the...

This paper critically assesses the relative merits of indirect and direct methods of international property investment. Despite similarities in the underlying asset base, each offers different qualities in terms of information costs, diversification, management and transaction costs, liquidity,...

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the economic consequence of the tax reductive strategy on stock price. The authors’ theory, empirically reinforced, suggests managerial tax aggressiveness endangers the corporation through a heightened risk in stock price crashing. Information opacity...

Purpose – The paper aims to explain regulatory issues and considerations as to future regulatory changes that Chinese regulators may implement with regard to the Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (QFII) regime. Design/methodology/approach – The paper describes: the regulators...

Purpose To discuss general legal considerations for non-US private equity sponsors who seek to market their funds to US institutional investors. Design/methodology/approach Explains relevant aspects of US securities laws, commodity exchange laws, pension and employee benefit plan laws, federal...

Purpose – This paper addresses the topic “The interaction between financial institutions and firms in the nonfinancial sectors” in the special issue of “Banking and finance in China.” The purpose of this paper is to examine the trading behavior and price effects of foreign institutions...

Purpose This paper aims to examine whether and how ownership structure and corporate governance have bearings on the investment efficiency of Chinese listed firms. Design/methodology/approach The authors measure the investment efficiency by following the work of Richardson ( ) and classify...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide some new empirical evidence on the weekend effect (one of the best known anomalies in financial markets) in Ukrainian futures prices. The analysis uses various statistical techniques. Design/methodology/approach The analysis uses various...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine volatility and the weak-form efficient market hypothesis (random walk) of world spot crude oil market. Design/methodology/approach – The study uses the generalized autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity (GARCH-M), exponential...