We investigate the impact of public environmental concern (PEC) on corporate green investments from the perspective of CEO turnover using the extreme event of PM 2.5 surge at the end of 2011 in China as a quasinatural experiment. Compared with non-heavily polluting companies, the probability of...

This study explores the influence of customer concentration on analyst following based on Chinese listed companies. Companies with higher customer concentrations have lower degrees of analyst following. The suppression effect of customer concentration on analyst following is more significant in...

Purpose – Confucianism underpins Chinese traditional culture and the values of the Chinese people. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between adherence to Confucianism and corporate irregularities. Design/methodology/approach –The authors use the historical numbers of...

Using the sample of China’s A-share listed companies from 2010 to 2019 and the index of jinshi density to measure the historical imperial examination system, we empirically test the influence of the imperial examination system on corporate social responsibility. We find that the imperial...