China's recent promotion of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has coincided with a
marked increase in the number of Chinese listed firms attracting female board members and …

While the relationship between state ownership and firm performance has been widely
researched, the empirical evidence has provided mixed results. This study applies panel …

Using a large panel of Chinese listed firms over the period 1998–2014, we document strong
evidence of investment inefficiency, which we explain through a combination of financing …

the last section is devoted to the conclusions and suggestions for future research. Corporate
leadership influences the moral capability and performance of organizations (Petrick & …

We provide a survey of the empirical archival literature on the effect of different facets of
corporate governance on financial reporting and audit quality in China. Our survey is …

This paper investigates the earnings management activities in Chinese listed firms and the
impact of the split share structure reform (SSSREF). We demonstrate that Chinese listed …

Share pledging is when shareholdings are used as collateral to obtain loans. While
uncommon in many developed economies, the practice is prevalent in the Chinese capital …

This study investigates the impact of oil price uncertainty on the cash holdings of firms. Using
a sample of the Chinese stock market for the period from 2007 to 2016, our empirical results …

How corporate governance mechanisms function in transition economies is a key topic for
corporate governance researchers and policy makers. We propose that alternative …

Corporate governance research in the context of emerging economies has received
increasing attention in recent years (Al-Malkawi, Pillai & Bhatti, 2014; Allen, 2005; Berglöf & …