Because a political crisis may negatively affect stock returns, it is important for investors to know which firms will be affected less adversely by such a crisis. This study shows that firms that are controlled by families or have high growth opportunities will experience larger declines in...

The main purpose of this paper is to study the effect on the stock price that a Taiwanese company may experience when announcing it is engaging in foreign direct investment in China. This study has been able to observe the influence of political risk on the FDI announcement effect during one of...

We examine stock market reactions to the announcement of outside director appointments in Taiwan. Our empirical findings indicate significantly positive reactions to such announcements, as cumulative abnormal returns reach 4.776 percent. We also find that abnormal returns are positive and higher...