The main purpose of our paper is to study the institutional nature and characteristics of executive share option plans (ESOPs) in Singapore, a fast-growing economy and an important investment location in Asia. Our study provides an interesting comparison between the characteristics of ESOPs in...

We examine the role of strategic interaction in explaining the valuation effect of new product announcements and employ Sundaram, John, and John's (1996) competitive strategy measure to operationalize the nature of a firm's competitive interaction. Using a sample of new product introductions...

Some empirical evidence suggests that the expected real interest and expected inflation rates are negatively correlated. This hypothesis of negative correlation is sometimes known as the Mundell-Tobin hypothesis. In this paper, we reinvestigate this negative relation from a long-term point of...

We examine the relation between lockup length and voluntary earnings forecast disclosures for IPOs in Singapore. Unlike firms in the United States, companies in Singapore are allowed to provide earnings forecasts in their IPO prospectuses. We find that forecasters are more likely to accept...

We find return comovement in stocks that conduct a similar extent of corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities. The return comovement is stronger among firms with lower CSR scores than among firms with higher CSR scores. Consistent with the affordable fund view, high-growth companies may...