We evidence a non-linear relationship between firm value and corporate social responsibility, adding to the mixed evidence on this relationship. We show that corporate social responsibility exhibits a dynamic process, which is largely dependent on a firm's industry, relative standing amongst...

We show that conventional aggregation of corporate social responsibility (CSR) raw scores and its interpreted impact on firm value is less than reliable. Instead, the value impact of CSR activities relies heavily on the industry-specific relative position of the firm. Firms that distinguish...

This reports evidences a lead-lag relationship between securities which experience high levels of short-selling and those that do not. This is based on evidence that short-selling increases the speed with which information, especially negative information, is absorbed into prices. Previous...

We provide a cross-country test on three theoretical models that might explain the relation between trading volume and short-horizon price pattern that gives rise to contrarian/momentum profits. Based on weekly returns of seven Pacific-Basin countries, including Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Hong Kong,...