Large Shareholder Tunneling and Risk of Stock Price Crash： Evidence from China

Although several studies have examined the economic consequences of large shareholders＇ tunneling behavior, little attention has been paid to the negative effects of tunneling on firms＇ extreme events. In this article, we investigate how tunneling behavior affects firm-level stock price crashes. The findings indicate that the probability of stock price crashes is positively associated with the extent of tunneling behavior by large shareholders. The positive relationship is more pronounced after the split of share structure reform and is moderated by the firm＇s financial conditions. This study contributes to the emerging body of literature focusing on the economic consequences of tunneling and stock price crashes. The conclusions drawn from the study also provide a frame of reference for investor protection and investment portfolios based on large shareholders＇ tunneling behavior in China.     

Locality Stereotype,CEO Trustworthiness and Stock Price Crash Risk: Evidence from China

Journal of Business Ethics - Exploring the locality stereotype with respect to CEO’s trustworthiness, we find that firms whose CEOs are from more reputable hometowns have a higher likelihood...     

经营现金流透明度、市场关注度与股价崩盘风险

选取2008—2015年A股上市公司数据,实证分析经营现金流透明度与公司股价崩盘风险之间的关系,结果表明,相比于应计会计盈余,经营现金流具有更多的信息含量,对股价崩盘风险具有更强的解释力。进一步,考察市场关注度对经营现金流透明度与公司股价崩盘风险关系的调节效应,发现市场关注度对股价崩盘风险存在双重影响,主要表现为:一方面,市场关注度的提高增大了企业管理层的经营压力,使其更倾向于操纵现金流信息,进而导致现金流透明度降低,股价崩盘风险升高;另一方面,随着市场关注度的逐步提高,投资者消化、吸收与理解信息的能力也在不断提升,企业隐藏坏消息的能力受到限制,从而降低了经营现金流透明度对股价崩盘风险的影响,即表现为市场关注度越高,经营现金流透明度对股价崩盘风险的影响越弱。     

政府补贴与股价崩盘风险

本文以中国A股市场2007－2014年上市公司的数据为样本,基于企业寻租理论,实证检验了政府补贴对股价崩盘风险的影响,旨在为财政政策经济后果的研究提供新的经验证据。研究发现,政府补贴与上市公司股价崩盘风险之间呈显著正相关关系;在制度环境水平较低的地区,政府补贴与上市公司股价崩盘风险之间正相关关系更强;在产业政策支持的行业,政府补贴与上市公司股价崩盘风险之间正相关关系更强;进一步分析表明,企业寻租是两者正向关系的主要原因。本文的研究结果表明,管理层可以借助政府补贴粉饰公司业绩和隐藏公司负面消息。     

社会信任与股价崩盘风险

本文以我国2000-2014年沪深两市A股、非金融行业上市公司为样本,实证考察地区社会信任水平和股价崩盘风险的内在联系,以及正式制度如何影响这种内在联系.研究发现,上市公司所在地区社会信任水平越高,公司股价在未来崩盘的风险越小.这说明社会信任作为一种非正式制度,抑制了管理层隐藏坏消息的机会主义行为.进一步的研究发现,信任对股价崩盘风险的抑制作用仅在市场化程度较高和法律环境较好的地区存在.本研究不仅从学理上揭示了非正式制度、正式制度如何影响股价崩盘风险,而且为监管部门如何通过制度建设促进金融市场稳定提供了决策参考.     

制度环境、产权性质与公司慈善捐赠--来自沪深A股上市公司的经验证据

公司慈善捐赠驱动因素的研究已有很多成果,但从制度环境和产权性质角度进行研究的很少。本文以沪深A股上市公司为样本,系统考察了制度环境、产权性质对公司慈善捐赠的影响。研究证实,中国各地区制度环境差异显著影响公司慈善捐赠,制度环境的改善促进了企业捐赠水平的提高,且这种正向影响在非国有控股企业表现更为明显。非国有控股企业捐赠水平高于国有控股企业,且在国有控股企业中,地方政府控股国有企业捐赠水平高于中央政府控股企业。这些结论对理解制度环境在促进企业捐赠中的作用,认识中国不同产权性质企业慈善行动的深层含义具有一定的启示意义。     

期望绩效反馈会影响股价崩盘风险吗?——基于中国A股上市公司的实证分析

以2003—2017年沪深两市A股上市公司为研究样本,实证检验消极绩效反馈下期望绩效差距对股价崩盘风险的影响。结果表明:当企业未实现组织期望绩效时,实际绩效低于期望绩效的程度越大,股价崩盘风险越高;较高的内部控制质量和控股股东持股比例能够弱化期望绩效差距对股价崩盘风险的正向影响。进一步分析发现,企业信息透明度在期望绩效差距与股价崩盘风险之间起部分中介作用。文章从期望绩效反馈的视角深入阐述了股价波动的成因,同时从内部监督的角度提出了平稳资本市场表现的对策。     

Stock Price Informativeness and Corporate Governance: An International Study

This study investigates the cross‐country relationship between firm‐level corporate governance and stock price informativeness. Using firm‐level data from 22 developed countries, we find that stock price informativeness, as measured by firm‐specific stock return variation and future earnings response coefficients, increases with the quality of a firm's corporate governance. Further analyses show that all mechanisms except board‐related governance relate positively to stock price informativeness. Finally, firm‐level corporate governance plays a more significant role in strengthening the stock return–earnings associations for firms in countries with strong institutional environments. This evidence highlights the role of country‐level legal investor protections in shaping the relationship between firm‐level corporate governance and stock price informativeness.     

Social Trust and Corporate Misconduct: Evidence from China

We study whether greater social trust is associated with a lower incidence of corporate misconduct. Both social norm and network theory suggest that social trust can affect managerial behavior and reduce the likelihood of misconduct behavior. Consistent with this prediction, we find that social trust is negatively associated with corporate misconduct behavior. Moreover, we show that, when media coverage is higher, the negative relation between social trust and corporate misconduct behavior is more pronounced. Further analyses suggest that social trust can help mitigate both disclosure-related and nondisclosure-related misconduct.     

中国股票市场行为与投资者情绪

The relationship among stock returns, market volatilities and individual investor sentiment is an important topic in behavioral economics and finance. This paper uses a unique data set—China’s newly opened stock trading accounts to test the relationships among stock returns, volatilities and individual investor sentiment in the Chinese stock market. It is found that there is a positive relationship between shifts in sentiment and stock returns, and that shifts in sentiment are negatively correlated with market volatility, that is to say, volatility increases (decreases) when investors become more bearish (bullish).      

Employee Protection and Corporate Innovation: Empirical Evidence from China

Through an analysis of survey data gathered from private firms in China, this study examines the impact of employee protection on corporate innovation ability. The results indicate that firms with more advanced employee protection have stronger innovation ability. Furthermore, the positive relationship between employee protection and corporate innovation ability is more pronounced in those enterprises with labor unions. Finally, a firm’s political connections strengthen the influence of employee protection on corporate innovation. These empirical findings highlight the positive consolidating effects of labor unions and political connections and will be of value to policy makers in emerging markets in gauging the important drivers of corporate innovation ability.     

Corporate Reputation and Philanthropy: An Empirical Analysis

This paper analyzes the determinants of corporate reputation within a sample of large UK companies drawn from a diverse range of industries. We pay particular attention to the role that philanthropic expenditures and policies may play in shaping the perceptions of companies among their stakeholders. Our findings highlight that companies which make higher levels of philanthropic expenditures have better reputations and that this effect varies significantly across industries. Given that reputational indices tend to reflect the financial performance of organizations above other factors (Fryxell, G. E. and J. Wang: 1994, Journal of Management 20, 1–14) and that elements of the literature emphasise that discretionary aspects of social responsibility, including corporate donations, may not be in the financial interests of organizations (e.g. Friedman, M.: 1970, “The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profits”, New York Times Magazine, September 13), this is a significant finding. It suggests that philanthropic expenditures may play a significant role in stakeholder management and may, in particular, lead to stakeholders holding more positive impressions of philanthropic corporations.     

激进避税行为与股价暴跌风险——外部监管视角与因果识别策略

企业的激进避税行为通过积累大量负面信息而增加股价暴跌风险.本文采用2004-2017年中国A股上市公司数据,考察企业激进避税行为对股价暴跌的影响及其机制.研究结果发现,企业避税显著增加了股价暴跌风险."金税三期"工程的双重差分检验、PSM检验、工具变量以及一系列稳健性检验证实了这一影响的因果效应.企业避税对股价暴跌风险的影响依赖外部监管强度,在分析师跟踪人数较多、被"四大"审计、机构持股比例较高和法治环境较好的企业中,企业的负面信息难以囤积,避税增加股价暴跌风险的影响效应被弱化.另外,异质性分析发现,企业避税对股价暴跌的影响在国有企业、透明度低的企业以及市场化程度低的企业中更加明显,可能的原因是国有企业的委托代理问题导致了较高的信息不对称,在透明度低和外部市场化程度低的企业中,避税行为也伴随较高的信息不对称,负面信息的不断囤积导致股价暴跌风险加剧.因此,强化企业外部监管和税收征管有利于提高企业信息披露质量并促进资本市场的稳定发展.     

Stock Price Response to Earnings Announcements: Evidence From the Nigerian Stock Market

The author examines the stock market reaction to annual earnings information releases using data for a sample of firms on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. Using the event study method, the author found that the magnitude of the cumulative abnormal returns is dominated by significant reactions 20 days before the earnings release date, which suggests that a portion of the market reaction may be due to private acquisition and, possibly, abuse of information by insiders. The persistent downward drift of the cumulative abnormal returns, 20 days after the announcement, is inconsistent with the efficient markets hypothesis.     

Corporate Social Performance in China: Evidence from Large Companies

Based on a contest analysis of the official websites of top 100 companies in China in 2007, the paper reports the social performance of large Chinese companies. We try to focus on and answer the following three questions about CSP of large companies in China: (1) how is their overall social performance?; (2) what are the social issues they addressed?; and (3) what are the stakeholders they addressed? The results are also compared among different ownership companies and among different industrial companies. The findings indicate that CSR/CSP in China is still in the beginning stage, and?CSR/CSP is different among different industrial companies.

     

Imperfect Duties and Corporate Philanthropy: A Kantian Approach

Nonprofit organizations play a crucial role in society. Unfortunately, many such organizations are chronically underfunded and struggle to meet their objectives. These facts have significant implications for corporate philanthropy and Kant’s notion of imperfect duties. Under the concept of imperfect duties, businesses would have wide discretion regarding which charities receive donations, how much money to give, and when such donations take place. A perceived problem with imperfect duties is that they can lead to moral laxity; that is, a failure on the part of businesses to fulfill their financial obligations to nonprofit organizations. This article argues the problem of moral laxity rests on a misinterpretation of Kantian ethics and, therefore, is really not a problem at all. As such, we argue corporate philanthropy while an imperfect duty should be interpreted more akin to perfect duties and, as a consequence, moral laxity does not arise for those corporations committed to acting on the basis of the moral law. More specifically, firms have duty-based obligations on the basis of benevolence, and as good corporate citizens, to help fund non-profit organizations.     

Anti‐Corruption and Corporate Tax Burden: Evidence from China

We examine whether the Chinese government's anti‐corruption enforcement reduces corporate tax burdens. Using a difference‐in‐difference approach, we find tax burdens of firms located in corrupt political leaders’ jurisdictions are lower after these leaders were deposed. An analysis of two tax policy changes shows that the reduction in tax burden is more pronounced when corrupt politicians had more power in levying taxes.     

The Effects of Ownership Structure on Corporate Financing Decisions: Evidence from Stock Market Liberalization

We analyze the impact of firm‐specific stock market liberalization events on the capital structure and debt maturity decisions of firms from emerging market economies. We differentiate between firms based on their ownership structures at the time of liberalization and analyze their post‐liberalization behavior regarding corporate financing decisions. Our empirical results show that single–class‐share firms (typically with stronger corporate governance and better information environments) respond differently to their dual–class‐share counterparts. Liberalization results in lower debt reliance for the former group while the latter lengthen the maturity of their debt portfolios. Jel Classification: F30; G15; G32.     

控制权私利与公司效率:以我国A股上市公司为例

对于控制权私利是否导致公司无效率的问题至今尚无定论。本文以上市公司控制权交易溢价为控制权私利,以公司业绩变化、投资政策和财务政策变化三类指标来衡量公司效率,采用我国上市公司1997-2005年间的控制权交易样本数据,实证结果发现,在我国现阶段上市公司控制权私利与公司效率正相关。