This paper evaluates whether performance of positive P/E firms are significantly different from negative P/E firms. It also investigates the characteristics of positive P/E firms and negative P/E firms and determine whether the differences in characteristics are statistically significant. Both...

Purpose – Since the initiation of the share split reform by the Chinese Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) in 2005, the private placement has become the major source of raising equity after IPO. The purpose of this paper is to investigate why listed firms in China prefer private...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between Chief Executive Officers’ (CEOs) compensation and corporate governance practices of publicly listed companies in New Zealand for the period 2005-2010. Design/methodology/approach – Prior literature argues that...