Corporate governance, ownership structure and capital structure: evidence from Chinese real estate listed companies

Y Feng, A Hassan, AA Elamer - International Journal of Accounting & …, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper aims to contribute to the existing capital structure and board structure
literature by examining the relationship among corporate governance, ownership structure …

Mixed-ownership reform and private firms' corporate social responsibility practices: Evidence from China

B Li, L Xu, RP McIver, X Liu, A Pan - Business & Society, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
China's historical mixed-ownership reform (the Reform) has prioritized enhancing the
efficiency and financial performance of its large state-owned enterprises (SOEs) through …

Green M&A, legitimacy and risk‐taking: evidence from China's heavy polluters

B Li, L Xu, R McIver, Q Wu, A Pan - Accounting & Finance, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Green merger and acquisition (M&A) activities may improve heavy polluters' regulatory and
organisational legitimacy, allowing greater access to resources and enhancing risk‐taking …

[HTML][HTML] Board structure and financial performance in the logistics sector: Do contingencies matter?

K Govindan, AS Karaman, A Uyar, M Kilic - Transportation Research Part E …, 2023 - Elsevier
Drawing on agency, stewardship, and contingency theories, this study examined whether
board structure is associated with corporate financial performance and—if so—whether firm …

[HTML][HTML] Fintech business and corporate social responsibility practices

B Li, F Guo, L Xu, S Meng - Emerging Markets Review, 2024 - Elsevier
Through a proprietary dataset of listed firms on the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock
Exchanges, we establish a positive link between firms' financial technology (Fintech) …

China's local government debt and firm tax burden

Y Yao, M Guo, P Jiang, L Xu - Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
We establish a relationship between China's local government debt (LGD) and the tax
burden on firms. Using datasets of LGD and listed firms from 2009 to 2021, we find that LGD …

State-owned venture capitals and bank loans in China

L Wu, L Xu, P Jiang - Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Venture capitals (VCs) often do not withdraw upon initial public offerings (IPOs) but continue
to have impacts on firm financing behaviour. Through a proprietary dataset of 21,811 firm …

Fintech business and firm access to bank loans

L Xu, Q Liu, B Li, C Ma - Accounting & Finance, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Firms have widely participated in financial technology (Fintech) in recent years. Through a
proprietary dataset of listed firms on the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges, we find …

The impact of supply chain finance on firm cash holdings: Evidence from China

A Pan, L Xu, B Li, R Ling - Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
We establish a link between supply chain finance (SCF) and a firm's cash holdings through
a proprietary dataset of listed firms on the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges. Our …

Supply chain finance and firm diversification: Evidence from China

L Xu, B Li, C Ma, J Liu - Australian Journal of Management, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
We establish a link between supply chain finance (SCF) and the diversification of core firms
through a proprietary dataset of listed firms on the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock …