We examine whether underwriters have an information advantage over other institutional investors in new public companies. We focus our attention on a sample of publicly traded firms that have become the target of an IPO-related securities class action lawsuit filed under Section 11 of the 1933...

Purpose – This study seeks to examine the peculiarities of the venture capital market in China and seeks to compare it with Western markets. Design/methodology/approach – The paper provides insights based on both the practitioner and academic literature in the field. Findings – It is noted...

This paper contrasts the stock liquidity and stock returns between Chinese state owned enterprises (SOEs) and privately owned enterprises (POEs) before and after the split-share structure reform initiated in 2005. This reform converted a huge volume of non-tradable shares into tradable shares...

This paper explores how implicit government guarantees affect the yield spreads of Chinese corporate bonds. We argue that quasi-municipal corporate bonds (“Chengtou” bonds), issued by local government financing vehicles (LGFVs), carry an implicit government guarantee and therefore enjoy a...

This paper explores whether and how political connections affect the likelihood of completing a cross-border M&A deal for Chinese publicly listed, but privately-owned enterprises (POEs) and the resulting firm performance. In line with our proposed political connection trade-off theory, we find...

This paper explores how implicit government guarantees affect the yield spreads of Chinese corporate bonds. We argue that quasi-municipal corporate bonds (“Chengtou” bonds), issued by local government financing vehicles (LGFVs), carry an implicit government guarantee. Using a sample of...