...., 2019 ; Xu et al., 2021). R&D Green innovation ESG practices China The current study selected the world's second-largest Chinese economy to test the proposed mediating-moderating framework due to several reasons. Firstly, Chinese corporations are among the leading...

...Manuel Lobato; Javier Rodríguez; Herminio Romero-Perez Purpose In this paper, the authors study the risk profile of American depositary receipts (ADRs) from China before and after COVID-19. The sample includes both single and dual-listed ADRs. Design/methodology/approach The authors consider...

... Qamar can be contacted at: majqamar@gmail.com 02 04 2018 20 10 2018 04 12 2018 11 01 2019 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only China Overreaction G11 According to return reversal effect, stocks...

... profit efficiency while there are cost efficiency losses from diversification of revenue and earning assets. Practical implications Bank regulators and supervisors in China should consider establishing policies to reduce market concentration and encourage diversification of revenue, earning assets...

...Tongxia Li; Rahimie Karim; Qaiser Munir Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the determinants of leasing decisions for a sample of China’s non-financial small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach – Pooled ordinary least squares and Tobit models...

...Lei Xu; Ron P. McIver; Yuan George Shan; Xiaochen Wang Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to link literature on China’s real estate sector and the impact of governance, ownership and political connectedness on firm financial performance. Whether these factors impact listed real estate firms...

... complete years of return data as are available for each exchange, resulting in returns from 1987 to 2013 for Hong Kong, 1991 to 2013 for Shanghai, and 1992 to 2013 for Shenzhen. I obtain daily data from 1991 to 2013 for the Chinese three-month relending rate from the People’s Bank of China for use as my...

...Dr Monzurul Hoque; Haiyan Yin; Jiawen Yang; Jamshid Mehran Purpose – As part of the banking reform, major commercial banks in China went through initial public offerings (IPOs) in the past two decades. Has this change in the ownership structure led to improvement in their performance...

...Dr Haizhi Wang; Dawei Jin; Jianghui Liu; Liuling Liu; Desheng Yin Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the quality of financial reporting by banks in China, and the profit hiding behavior of banks in particular. Design/methodology/approach – Reported profit is compared...

...Dr Haizhi Wang; Peng Wang Purpose – This paper addresses the topic “The interaction between financial institutions and firms in the nonfinancial sectors” in the special issue of “Banking and finance in China.” The purpose of this paper is to examine the trading behavior and price effects...

... for shareholders rather than excessive pursuit of firm growth. For a profitable firm with adequate cash flow, a high leverage can restrain the management. The pecking order theory indicates that profitable firms with sufficient internal funds would borrow less. As the pecking order theory is more relevant in China...

...Dr Haizhi Wang; Xiaotian Tina Zhang; Yong Wang Purpose – The last decade witnessed the reform of China's financial sector, during which Chinese commercial banks’ ownership and operation had been significantly changed in order to improve efficiency. The purpose of this paper is to investigates...

...Dr Haizhi Wang; James C. Brau; Drew Dahl; Hongjing Zhang; Mingming Zhou Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of regulatory reform on the asset allocation and capitalization of Chinese banks from 2002 to 2007, a period following China's entry into the World Trade...

... that firms with state non‐corporate controllers are less likely to issue loan guarantees to related parties than other firms in China, suggesting that state controllers are less likely to expropriate minority shareholders than private controllers. Chen et al. (2009) compare performance of Chinese...

... Publishing Limited 2009 China Gearing Investments Debts Equity capital Since the seminal work of Modigliani and Miller (1958) , financial economists have strived to determine the degree of interaction between firms’ financing and investment decisions with unsettled evidence. Several...

...Fotios Pasiouras; Iftekhar Hasan; Haizhi Wang; Mingming Zhou Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of institutional developments – market economy, financial deepening, private sector, property rights and rule of law – affecting the bank efficiency in China. Design...

...Ahmed El‐Masry; Gang Wei; Mingzhai Geng Purpose This paper seeks to investigate some current issues of ownership structure and corporate governance in China. Design/methodology/approach The methodology is a review, analysing issues of ownership structure and reviewing problems in corporate...

... to perform strongly. Originality/value The main contributions of this paper are two‐fold: first, this is the first paper to examine the long‐term relationship between the stock market indices and macro‐economic variables in China, one of largest economies in the world. Second, heteroscedastic...

...Rosita Chang; Liming Guan; Jianguo Chen; Kwong Leong Kan; Hamish Anderson Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the risk factors for A‐shares listed on both Shenzhen and Shanghai Stock Exchange in China using variables from Akgun and Gibson. Design/methodology/approach The paper...

... are segmented by the inconvertibility of China’s currency, as well as by the structural change of investors. Meanwhile China listed companies need to improve their transparency and disclosure. Managerial Finance 62 China Stock Price Reactions to Financial Announcements: Evidence from Segmented Markets1...