Indices are a crucial part of the global investment business. The main objective of the study is to determine the impact of COVID-19 on stock indices to analysefinancial markets' response. The study applied a log-log simple regression model to analysethe effects of COVID-19 on stock indices by...

Indices are a crucial part of the global investment business. The main objective of the study is to determine the impact of COVID-19 on stock indices to analysefinancial markets' response. The study applied a log-log simple regression model to analysethe effects of COVID-19 on stock indices by...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the capital structure adjustment rate in different levels of product market competitions. We classified Chinese non-financial listed firms into highly, moderately, and less competitive firms and applied an unbiased dynamic panel fractional estimator...

This paper investigates the inter-temporal relationship between banking profitability, competition and risk of a sample of Chinese commercial banks by employing several profitability and risk indicators and using Seemingly Unrelated Regression (SUR) under a panel data framework over 2003-2009....

This paper examines the factors which affect the illiquidity from bond characteristics and market variables through four popular illiquidity measures. The paper also study how the illiquidity, equity volatility and stamp tax affect corporate bonds' yield spreads. Findings suggest that...

The rapid rise in the price of housing in Mainland China in the past decade raised concerns over the potential risks to the economy, leading to the implementation of a policy that placed a limit on housing purchases in many cities in 2010 and 2011. This paper, by using the...

The financing method of Chinese listed firms has been studied for a long time, but with inconclusive indications. This paper thus adopts Chinese listed firms' data from 2003 to 2015 to investigate the pecking order theory by testing the relationship between financing deficit and long-term debt...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the capital structure adjustment rate in different levels of product market competitions. We classified Chinese non-financial listed firms into highly, moderately, and less competitive firms and applied an unbiased dynamic panel fractional estimator...

The research investigates the relationship between ownership structure and the financial performance of Chinese manufacturing firms after the implementation of the 2005 reform of tradable and non-tradable shares. Using data from 2011 to 2014 and hand-collected ownership information, the results...

We explore the equity market impact of board announcements of corporate donations made in response to the May 12th 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in China. Our event study uses a sample of board announcements of corporate donations from Chinese A-share listed companies. We find that donor companies...