In this paper, we provide the first evidence of liquidity timing ability of mutual funds outside US. We propose a new model to study liquidity timing ability of mutual funds. The model matches the higher moment framework required for emerging market study. We find that on the average the mutual...

A non-normal stock return distribution is common in emerging markets. We propose a new liquidity timing model in a higher moment. Overall, fund managers are able to time the market-wide liquidity even in a higher moment environment. A co-skewness risk factor is statistically priced. High...

The United States is recognized as the largest economic entity in the world and its financial system has developed steadily through the guidance of the Federal Reserve System for over one hundred years. However, in recent years, the global economic downturn, coupled with the global COVID-19...

This study predicts and finds that chief executive officer (CEO) risk-taking incentives induced by stock option compensation increase a bank’s contribution to systemic distress risk and systemic crash risk. We also predict and find that this CEO incentive–systemic risk relation operates...