While research on cross-listed firms is abundant, little evidence is obtained for banks that are usually excluded from the research sample, especially for the ones from emerging markets. This paper examines the operating performance of Chinese banks surrounding the stock listing. The results...

We investigate the relationship between media attention and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) greenwashing using the data of Chinese A-share listed companies from 2011 to 2020. Our results show that media attention can inhibit corporate ESG greenwashing behavior. Moreover, this...

This paper investigates the effect of sustainable labour practices on the financial performance of listed premium board firms in Nigeria between years 2012 – 2020. This is done with a view to determine how the labour practices policy adopted by Nigerian firms influences financial performance;...

Purpose- The-Study has aim to investigate how different board diversity attributes like age, gender, education and experience effect on firm-performance of non-financial-firms that is listed in Pakistan-stock exchange (PXS).Design/methodology/approach- A total of 100 non-financial firms listed...

Investors and automated traders use firm data to make financial decisions. Computers occasionally misunderstand text due to the intricacy and ambiguity of natural language. Machine learning mitigates some of the drawbacks of traditional approaches. To automatically extract information from input...

This paper examines that analyst network reputation shapes information efficiency in the stock market. Using a analyst-firm pair dataset from the Chinese Stock Exchange from 2011 to 2021, analyst network reputation is constructed by multi-attribute decision making and synthetic evaluation...

Using Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect program as a quasi-natural experiment, we examine whether and how stock market liberalization affects corporate R&D disclosure in China. Contrary to the positive impact of stock market liberalization on overall firm disclosure, we find that stock market...

Saudi Arabia has now opened its markets to foreign investors in line with its strategy to diversify its economy. However, investors need to feel confident that Saudi enterprises are being monitored and regulated appropriately. This study identifies the impact of improvements in Saudi corporate...