Following the 2008-9 financial crisis, large banks increasingly issued contingent convertible bonds (CoCo bonds) to increase their capital buffers – a policy supported by national bank regulators. This paper examines whether the issuance of CoCo bonds provides the same reduction in bank...

Utilizing the latest research results in the fields of psychology and sociology, this study examines the relationship among fund manager behavior on the Chinese WeChat social media service, IPO discounting, and earnings volatility. Based on the Big Five model, described by Costa and McCrae in...