Using a sample of Chinese listed firms from 2003 to 2018, we show that firms with a high dependence on government subsidies exhibit large stock price crash risk. We establish causality of government subsidy dependence on crash risk using instrumental variable regression and a...

We show that the implied cost of capital (ICC) and factor model-based proxies (FMPs) of cost of equity have negative (positive) association with corporate investment and external financing. ICCs show negative association with corporate investment and external financing by capturing the discount...

We evaluate the economic consequences of the performance commitment clauses for acquisition deals from 2007 to 2017 in China. We find that acquisition aggressiveness is positively associated with failure of delivering performance commitment. Such effect is alleviated in cash-paid deals but is...

We evaluate the financial risk and explore potential motivation of pervasive external guarantee activities. Using a sample of Chinese A-share listed firms during the period from 2008 to 2017, we find a positive association between external guarantees intensity and stock price crash risk. High...

We examine the role of political uncertainty in executive compensation for Chinese listed firms from 2005 to 2018. Using detailed disclosure of turnover of chief officials at the municipal level, we find that political uncertainty reduces executive compensation-performance sensitivity. The...

This study examines the relationship between analyst forecast dispersion or accuracy and supplier concentration of listed firms in China from 2008 to 2019. Our findings suggest that higher supplier concentration is associated with lower analyst forecast dispersion, which can be attributed to the...