The objective of this paper is to investigate the dynamic effects of fundamental factors on housing prices in China. We examine how quickly and strongly housing prices react to changes in these factors. We especially want to test whether these reactions change after China adopted a new system...

Background: Entrepreneur was the key factor of venture capital-backed star-ups, and control rights serve as an important incentive to attract entrepreneurs' human capital investment.Objective: In this article, we investigate the ways in which the specificity and exclusiveness of entrepreneurs'...

In recent years Canadian shareholders have become more active in submitting proposals on a variety of issues. Our analyses show that proposals submitted by institutions or coordinated shareholder groups gain stronger support than those submitted by individuals and religious groups. In addition,...

This paper investigates bond return predictability and its economic value. Using regression models, we first examine both the statistical and economic significance of bond return predictability in the Chinese market, and analyze the non-Markov and stochastic volatility properties of bond yields....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study filer identities and voting outcomes of Canadian shareholder proposals and their impact on shareholders' wealth during the period from 2001 to 2008. Design/methodology/approach – In total, 762 Canadian shareholder proposals and related...

This paper investigates the asymmetric characteristics of returns and volatilities of various Chinese commodity futures within the threshold stochastic volatility (THSV) framework with various distribution assumptions. To gauge the capabilities of THSV models in volatility forecasting, the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study filer identities and voting outcomes of Canadian shareholder proposals and their impact on shareholders' wealth during the period from 2001 to 2008. Design/methodology/approach – In total, 762 Canadian shareholder proposals and related...