This paper studies how economic policy uncertainty influences corporate investment for Chinese listed companies. We show that when the degree of economic policy uncertainty is higher, firms stand to lower their investment and vice versa. However, firms that have higher return on invested...

We examine the effects of credit market accessibility and legal protection on corporate innovation in a pseudo-multinational setting emphasizing the channels through which the credit market and legal protection affect corporate innovation. Credit market accessibility promotes innovation by...

We examine investors’ mutual fund selection ability in China. Using actively managed equity mutual funds between 2005 and 2011, we find that Chinese investors generally have no mutual fund selection ability, a result contrary to the smart money effect in the United States. We show that mutual...