Pub Date : 2022-04-20DOI: 10.1142/s0219091522500126
K. Hidayat, Mokhamad Khifni, S. Rahayu, Muhammad Saifi
{"title":"A Cross-Tabulation to Know the Relationship Between Financial Performance and Leverage on a Company's Tax Reporting and Tax Compliance","authors":"K. Hidayat, Mokhamad Khifni, S. Rahayu, Muhammad Saifi","doi":"10.1142/s0219091522500126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s0219091522500126","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45653,"journal":{"name":"Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44784010","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-04-20DOI: 10.1142/s0219091522500114
P. Tsai, C. Ho, Pei-Su Tsai
{"title":"Competition effects of a new asset on a similar existing asset in the same market: The iShares versus the closed-end country fund","authors":"P. Tsai, C. Ho, Pei-Su Tsai","doi":"10.1142/s0219091522500114","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s0219091522500114","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45653,"journal":{"name":"Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45931885","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-04-20DOI: 10.1142/s0219091522500151
Ying Wu, Hong Yao
{"title":"An Analysis of State Capital Share and Its Implications to the Efficiency-Equality Nexus","authors":"Ying Wu, Hong Yao","doi":"10.1142/s0219091522500151","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s0219091522500151","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45653,"journal":{"name":"Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45716642","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-04-20DOI: 10.1142/s021909152250014x
Rui Sun
{"title":"Game of Power or Discipline: Minority Shareholders Activism in China","authors":"Rui Sun","doi":"10.1142/s021909152250014x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s021909152250014x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45653,"journal":{"name":"Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46330338","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-04-20DOI: 10.1142/s0219091522500138
Mahmud Hossain, Gerald J. Lobo, Santanu Mitra
{"title":"Tax Avoidance and Corporate Investments","authors":"Mahmud Hossain, Gerald J. Lobo, Santanu Mitra","doi":"10.1142/s0219091522500138","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s0219091522500138","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45653,"journal":{"name":"Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44473637","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-04-13DOI: 10.1142/s0219091522500096
G. Marcato, Tumellano Sebehela
The synchronized relationship between financial and fundamental prices has been topical for years now. It seems that option pricing theory has not been used to disentangle that relationship between two prices during merger and acquisition (M&A) activities. This paper uses Put-Call parity theorem to explore the divergence of financial and fundamental prices in any firm during the acquisition process. The results illustrate that price differentials are persistent; moreover, the differentials are caused by the exponential factor. Despite the fact that some principles are drawn from the real estate investment trust (REIT) literature, the results have wider implications for industries with similar traits to REITs.
{"title":"The Paradoxical Prices of Options","authors":"G. Marcato, Tumellano Sebehela","doi":"10.1142/s0219091522500096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s0219091522500096","url":null,"abstract":"The synchronized relationship between financial and fundamental prices has been topical for years now. It seems that option pricing theory has not been used to disentangle that relationship between two prices during merger and acquisition (M&A) activities. This paper uses Put-Call parity theorem to explore the divergence of financial and fundamental prices in any firm during the acquisition process. The results illustrate that price differentials are persistent; moreover, the differentials are caused by the exponential factor. Despite the fact that some principles are drawn from the real estate investment trust (REIT) literature, the results have wider implications for industries with similar traits to REITs.","PeriodicalId":45653,"journal":{"name":"Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41624718","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-03-03DOI: 10.1142/s0219091522500084
U. Kayani, C. Gan
The relationship between executive compensation and firm performance is well documented in the existing literature. However, in the case of Asia Pacific firms, the least attention is paid while investigating this relationship. This study examines the relationship between executive compensation and firm performance in the Asia Pacific firms throughout 2007–2019. We use the total salary paid to chief executive officers and equivalent, the total compensation paid to the CEO, and the equivalent and total salaries and bonuses paid to the CEO and equivalent as a measure of executive compensation. For the firm performance, both accounting measure (ROA) and market measure Tobin’s [Formula: see text] (TQ), and various control variables were used. We found that a firm performance has a positive relationship with total compensation paid to CEO and total salaries and bonuses paid to the CEO. Our results support the agency theory by confirming that higher CEO compensation will lead towards higher firm performance by motivating executives to maximize shareholder benefits. However, the total salary does not have any significant relationship. The overall result of the study indicates that the results of the Asia Pacific regions complement the results obtained in another part of the developed world. The results are supported by the social comparison theory. The study has a practical implication for policymakers, business owners, shareholders, and executives by suggesting aligning their business strategies based on compensation parameters for achieving the best firm performance.
{"title":"Executive Compensation and Firm Performance Relationship","authors":"U. Kayani, C. Gan","doi":"10.1142/s0219091522500084","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s0219091522500084","url":null,"abstract":"The relationship between executive compensation and firm performance is well documented in the existing literature. However, in the case of Asia Pacific firms, the least attention is paid while investigating this relationship. This study examines the relationship between executive compensation and firm performance in the Asia Pacific firms throughout 2007–2019. We use the total salary paid to chief executive officers and equivalent, the total compensation paid to the CEO, and the equivalent and total salaries and bonuses paid to the CEO and equivalent as a measure of executive compensation. For the firm performance, both accounting measure (ROA) and market measure Tobin’s [Formula: see text] (TQ), and various control variables were used. We found that a firm performance has a positive relationship with total compensation paid to CEO and total salaries and bonuses paid to the CEO. Our results support the agency theory by confirming that higher CEO compensation will lead towards higher firm performance by motivating executives to maximize shareholder benefits. However, the total salary does not have any significant relationship. The overall result of the study indicates that the results of the Asia Pacific regions complement the results obtained in another part of the developed world. The results are supported by the social comparison theory. The study has a practical implication for policymakers, business owners, shareholders, and executives by suggesting aligning their business strategies based on compensation parameters for achieving the best firm performance.","PeriodicalId":45653,"journal":{"name":"Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45887953","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-02-26DOI: 10.1142/s0219091522500072
Kevin M. Zhao
This paper examines the causal relationship between the expectation of exchange rate and the Hong Kong H-share discount relative to China A-shares over the period 2006–2015, during which the Chinese currency transitioned from a pegged regime to a managed floating regime. Results show that the expected appreciation of the Chinese yuan leads to the decline in the H-share discount after controlling for the effect of different market sentiments and several other factors that explain the foreign share discount in the existing literature. Our results remain robust after adopting alternative model specifications.
{"title":"The Expectation of Exchange Rate and Foreign Share Discount: The Evidence from Hong Kong H-Share Discount","authors":"Kevin M. Zhao","doi":"10.1142/s0219091522500072","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s0219091522500072","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines the causal relationship between the expectation of exchange rate and the Hong Kong H-share discount relative to China A-shares over the period 2006–2015, during which the Chinese currency transitioned from a pegged regime to a managed floating regime. Results show that the expected appreciation of the Chinese yuan leads to the decline in the H-share discount after controlling for the effect of different market sentiments and several other factors that explain the foreign share discount in the existing literature. Our results remain robust after adopting alternative model specifications.","PeriodicalId":45653,"journal":{"name":"Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43108315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-02-26DOI: 10.1142/s0219091522500047
Yan Yan, Xiaohui Yang
This study investigates analysts’ attitudes toward the cooperation/conflict between hedge fund activists and target firm management by examining the impact of managerial ability on analyst recommendations around hedge fund activism. We find that analysts are more likely to reiterate recommendations and less likely to downgrade recommendations for target firms with high managerial skills following the arrival of hedge fund activists. This may be because analysts recognize advantages associated with target firm management’s superior ability that enables managers to avoid costly fights with hedge fund activists. We also show that stronger managerial ability is associated with the higher analyst forecast accuracy during hedge fund intervention. Our results are robust to a cross-sectional analysis of recommendation changes after activists’ takeover. Collectively, our evidence supports the positive impact of managerial ability on analysts’ opinions within the context of hedge fund activist campaigns and sheds light on the information gathering and processing ability of financial analysts.
{"title":"Analyst Recommendations: Evidence on Hedge Fund Activism and Managerial Ability","authors":"Yan Yan, Xiaohui Yang","doi":"10.1142/s0219091522500047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s0219091522500047","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigates analysts’ attitudes toward the cooperation/conflict between hedge fund activists and target firm management by examining the impact of managerial ability on analyst recommendations around hedge fund activism. We find that analysts are more likely to reiterate recommendations and less likely to downgrade recommendations for target firms with high managerial skills following the arrival of hedge fund activists. This may be because analysts recognize advantages associated with target firm management’s superior ability that enables managers to avoid costly fights with hedge fund activists. We also show that stronger managerial ability is associated with the higher analyst forecast accuracy during hedge fund intervention. Our results are robust to a cross-sectional analysis of recommendation changes after activists’ takeover. Collectively, our evidence supports the positive impact of managerial ability on analysts’ opinions within the context of hedge fund activist campaigns and sheds light on the information gathering and processing ability of financial analysts.","PeriodicalId":45653,"journal":{"name":"Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"64364319","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-02-26DOI: 10.1142/s0219091522500060
Ki C. Han, A. Jalal, K. Simonyan
We investigate the link between corporate investment and the momentum effect in stock returns. We argue that the momentum effect in a firm’s stock returns tends to be generated as a result of a series of information exchanges between stock market investors and firm insiders regarding the firm’s investment opportunities. Our theoretical setup predicts that past winners (losers) are likely to increase (decrease) their net investment, and the more they invest (disinvest) the more likely they are to realize positive (negative) returns in subsequent periods. Our empirical tests using a large sample of firms in 1984–2017 provide support for our hypotheses. We further design a momentum trading strategy, which buys past winners with positive predicted changes in net investment and sells past losers with negative predicted changes in net investment, and demonstrate that this trading strategy generates superior returns compared to a simple momentum trading strategy.
{"title":"Corporate Investment and Stock Return Momentum","authors":"Ki C. Han, A. Jalal, K. Simonyan","doi":"10.1142/s0219091522500060","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s0219091522500060","url":null,"abstract":"We investigate the link between corporate investment and the momentum effect in stock returns. We argue that the momentum effect in a firm’s stock returns tends to be generated as a result of a series of information exchanges between stock market investors and firm insiders regarding the firm’s investment opportunities. Our theoretical setup predicts that past winners (losers) are likely to increase (decrease) their net investment, and the more they invest (disinvest) the more likely they are to realize positive (negative) returns in subsequent periods. Our empirical tests using a large sample of firms in 1984–2017 provide support for our hypotheses. We further design a momentum trading strategy, which buys past winners with positive predicted changes in net investment and sells past losers with negative predicted changes in net investment, and demonstrate that this trading strategy generates superior returns compared to a simple momentum trading strategy.","PeriodicalId":45653,"journal":{"name":"Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48403010","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}