This paper investigates the impact of “Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect Policy” on price difference and announcement effects of A Shares and H Shares, using daily data from Aug., 2014 to Feb., 2015. Data were obtained from Bloomberg. To be comparable, we collect simultaneous trading data. We...

We study how the information and trading environments of Hong Kong-listed Chinese companies (H-share firms) change once the companies return to the China A-share markets for listing. We examine the stock price synchronicity, liquidity commonality, and stock liquidity after dual-listing and...

This working paper was written by Kalok Chan (Chinese University of Hong Kong Business School), F.Y. Eric Lam (Independent Researcher)*, Giorgio Valente (Hong Kong Institute for Monetary and Financial Research) and Siyuan Wu (Chinese University of Hong Kong Business School).Trading venues have...

In a single market, liquidity supply has two dimensions--price measured by the quoted spread, and quantity measured by the quoted depth. A third liquidity dimension, market breath, should be added when multiple markets quote the same security and there are enforceable regulatory penalties for a...

We analyze how changes in government policy affect stock prices. Our general equilibrium model features uncertainty about government policy and a government whose decisions have both economic and non-economic motives. The model makes numerous empirical predictions. Stock prices should fall at...

While previous studies find little evidence of an increase in the placement of new orders before a market sensitive announcement, existing limit orders are revised significantly more often. In this study, we extend the research in three ways. First, we extend the range of announcements studied....

Using the special event of short selling ban removal in the Chinese stock market in March 2010, I study the relationship between short selling activities and future stock returns and the effect of short sale constraints on stock price reactions to earnings announcements. I find strong evidence...

11.08.2011 tarihli Sermaye Piyasası Kurulu duyurusunda, İstanbul Menkul Kıymetler Borsası'nda Ağustos 2011 döneminde yaşanan dalgalanmalar ve kayıplar gerekçe gösterilerek açığa satışlarda başlangıç teminatı oranının %50'den %70'e çıkarıldığı ifade edilmiştir. Söz...

We examine the impact of media coverage of the Capital Purchase Program (CPP) under the Troubled Assets Relief Program on the equity market valuation of participating bank holding companies (CPP banks). We document substantial negative coverage of the CPP and its participants over the five...