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In this study, we examine characteristics of Specified Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) used as a financing tool for companies from China in period 2004-2011. We offer the evidence that, similarly to evidence from studies on reverse mergers focusing on China, SPACs that focus on China are...
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The growth in Chinese and Indian economies has witnessed an increase in the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activities over the last twenty years. The effects of M&As on Chinese and Indian listed companies' are analysed using average abnormal returns (AAR) and cumulative average abnormal returns...
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Using a large sample of the Chinese public firms, this study documents that the government intervention via state ownership can mitigate the stock crash risk. The mitigation effect of state ownership is more pronounced in the crisis periods and in the sample of firms with shares held by central...
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This paper employs a natural experiment research design to analyze the differences in the effects of the 2002 notice concerning private securities litigation issued by the Supreme People's Court on stock price performance in A/B-share markets. Using a sample of 162 twin A/B-shares issued by 81...
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Using data from the Chinese A-share market in 2004-2012, this paper shows how cognitive bias of individual analysts lead to counter-productive effect in less-developed financial markets. We form an ex-ante measure of analysts' expectation error, a measure suitable for markets with short history....
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Using the split-share structure reform in China as a quasi-natural experiment, we examine the effect of stock liquidity on investment efficiency. Consistent with feedback and incentive theories, investment efficiency increases after the reform but only for under-investing firms. Higher stock...
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We examine private issuance of public equity (PIPE) in China, and our results suggest that PIPE investors benefit from the price manipulation before and after issuance. These investors tend to cash out after lockup expiration and make large profits. We also find evidence that the trading of PIPE...
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