In this paper we examine the information content of extreme trading activity in the Chinese stock market. We find that zero-investment portfolios that are constructed by buying high-volume and selling low-volume stocks do not generate positive returns (high-volume return premium), which is...

Food security is one of the main challenges facing humanity, and increasing crop yields is critical to meet the growing global food demand. Grain production in China has remarkably improved since its founding in 1949, but the growth remains uneven across regions. The goal of this research was to...

The existence of herding behaviour challenges the validity of an Efficient Market Hypothesis. This study examines herding behaviour in the Chinese and Indian stock markets; our findings suggest that herding behaviour exists in both stock markets. The level of herding depends on the market...

This paper compares the operative performances of the banking institutions in China and India, taking into account the contentious issue of institutional differences in the banking sectors of these two economies, as reflected in the generation of non-performing loans. The study also examines the...