In this study we use the latent variable asset pricing model to examine the pricing of A and B shares in the China stock markets. The hypothesis tested is whether markets for the A and the B shares of the same companies are segmented. We document only one latent variable in both A and B share...

We use financial data on poorly performing firms in Hong Kong to examine the motives behind paying out cash dividends when they suffer an earnings decline. We test three hypotheses behind the cash dividend policy: the maturity hypothesis, the free cash flow hypothesis, and the self-interest...

Using a conventional multi-region, multi-sectoral global trade analysis project (GTAP) model, we analyze the effects of India’s trade liberalization policies on its output, trade, and welfare. We also analyze three trade policy scenarios: full trade liberalization, joint cooperative trade...

Using the comprehensive 2000 and 2002 surveys of Chinese entrepreneurs conducted by the National Association of Private Entrepreneurs and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, we examine the characteristics and financial performance of private enterprises in China. Entrepreneurs, on average,...

Using 4-year data (1990, 1994, 1998, and 2002), we have provided a ranking of schools with international business (IB) orientation based on the membership of editorial boards of 30 leading international business journals. Participation on the editorial boards of quality journals is highly...

This study uses univariate and multivariate unit root tests to analyze the random walk behavior of real exchange rates for the period 1979-1989. The univariate test fails to reject the random walk model, but the multivariate test indicates that part of the real exchange rates is predictable, a...

After the stock reforms in 2005, China's equity warrants market became the second-largest in terms of trading value after Germany and surpassed Hong Kong in 2006. The growth of the warrants market in China has been constrained by the gradual expiration of reform-related warrants, excessive...

We use Granger causality tests and an EGARCH model to analyze the pricing relations in the US between two exchange traded funds, the iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index (FXI) and the S&P 500 Index Fund (IVV). Daily data indicates that Hong Kong home market basically drives the FXI returns in the...