This paper studies how the banking system was affected during the crisis by investigating risk transmission and shock impact mechanisms. After classifying the sample banks in China into state-owned commercial banks (SOCBs), joint-stock commercial banks (JSCBs), and city commercial banks (CCBs),...

Our paper examines how large shareholders manage goodwill impairment to inflate earnings as well as the role of audit functions in this setting. The influence of large shareholders on corporate decisions is well documented, however, overlooked in goodwill literature. Using data from China, we...

Business owners of privately held firms have multiple opportunities to decide how much taxable income to take out from their firm and how much to retain within the firm. However, undistributed profits within firms, i.e. retained earnings, are typically invisible in income data, distorting our...

Purpose - This study aims to examine the effect of ownership concentration and foreign ownership on tunneling activities in Indonesia. Design/methodology/approach - The population in this study were manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange from 2014 to 2018. The total...