Since the opening of China’s securities market, there have been a number of bull and bear cycles. This paper discusses how executives use the market timing approach to manage earnings in different cycles to maximize firm value. We find that Chinese listed companies choose to release more...

The random inspection of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) is an important policy for practicing "standardizing regulatory behavior and innovating management modes". This study investigates how CSRC's random affect capital market information efficiency from the perspective of...