Chinese listed companies have a two-tier (dual) governance structure that comprises a supervisory board/committee (SB); and the board of directors (BoD). However as there is no hierarchical relationship between them, the two boards are independent. This is different from the governance mechanism...

Chinese listed companies have a two-tier (dual) governance structure that comprises a supervisory board/committee (SB) and the board of directors (BoD). However as there is no hierarchical relationship between them, the two boards are independent. This is different from the governance mechanism...

China's listed companies have two-tier boards comprising of a supervisory board and a board of directors. The supervisory board has the responsibility to oversee and monitor the board of directors. Similarly, the role of the independent non-executive directors (INEDs) is to advise and monitor...

Stock markets continually reflect the assessment of CEOs' characteristics into stock prices hence we expect that there might be a link between CEOs' demographic characteristics and stock return volatility. We investigate the influence of CEOs' demographic characteristics (e.g. age, tenure,...