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Executive options with inflated equity prices
Linus Wilson, Yan Wendy Wu– The purpose of this paper is to solve the optimal managerial compensation problem when shareholders are either naïvely optimistic or rational.
An examination of the survivability of reverse stock splits
Karyn L. Neuhauser, Thomas H. ThompsonThe purpose of this paper is to examine the survivability of 810 reverse splits during the 1995-2006 period and show that companies that undertake reverse stock splits often fail…
Investor perceptions of the benefits of political connections: Evidence from China's A-share premiums
Fan Yang, Craig Wilson, Zhenyu Wu– The purpose of this paper is to investigate how foreign and domestic investors differ in their beliefs about the relative merits of a firm's political connections.
Value-relevance of financial statements: Evidence from A- and B-share markets in China
Chelsea Liu, Graeme Gould, Barry BurganThe Chinese capital markets are divided into two segments comprising of A-shares (traded by domestic investors) and B-shares (traded by foreign investors). Firms issuing A-shares…
The announcement and implementation reaction to China's margin trading and short selling pilot programme
Saqib Sharif, Hamish D. Anderson, Ben R. MarshallThe purpose of this paper is to investigate how the announcement and implementation of short sales and margin trading regulation affects Chinese stock returns and trading volume…
Ownership control and debt maturity structure: evidence from China
Wenjuan Ruan, Grant Cullen, Shiguang Ma, Erwei XiangThe authors examine the debt maturity structure of Chinese listed companies during the period when bond market was under-developed and the majority of commercial banks were owned…
Yet another careful re-examination of the SAD hypothesis
Mohammed S. Khaled, Stephen P. KeefThe focus is on the seasonal affective disorder SAD hypothesis of Kamstra, Kramer and Levi (KKL). Examines the arguments advanced by KKL (2012) in their reply to the criticisms of…
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