We propose measures of the total volatility spillover, the regional volatility spillovers of 11 countries, and the directional volatility spillovers between Chinese and world equity markets from February 1996 to December 2009, based on forecast-error variance decompositions in a generalized...

We examine the effect of insider share pledges on corporate fraud. We find a positive, causal relation between share pledges by controlling shareholders and detected corporate fraud. Firms whose controlling shareholders pledge have longer fraud detection cycles and receive lighter punishments....

Price limit is a prevalent policy that intends to control significant volatility in financial markets. In the financial markets with price limit, the trades will be prevented from occurring outside the specified price bands. This paper analyses and compares the effectiveness of three price limit...