In China, inadequate levels of cross-regional investment represent a challenge. Our study uses the bailout reform initiated in China in 2014 to test whether market-oriented reforms of this type can help stimulate national economic integration. We observed that following a bond default event, nonlocal listed firms tend to establish a higher proportion of subsidiaries in the province where the default occurred. This phenomenon can be attributed to China’s bailout reform signaling a reduction in local protectionism in financial and product markets. Meanwhile, we found that the effects of bond defaults on cross-regional investment are more pronounced under the following conditions: when the impact of the bond default is greater; when the economic and fiscal conditions of the province where default occurs are better; when local protectionism in the home province is higher; and when the degree of asset specificity of the listed firms is lower. Finally, we found that China’s bailout reform has led to positive economic consequences, including reduced operational risks and improved total factor productivity (TFP) of firms. Overall, our paper supplements the literature on bond defaults and cross-regional investment.

We incorporate econometrics approach into panel data methods to examine the impact of the board competence on the performance in Chinese banks. By investigating the biographical background of directors in the 20 largest banks during the period 2008 to 2016, our estimate shows that the board of directors play a prominent role in the performance. Especially, both the education background and the management experience have negative impact on the performance.

本文基于有限注意力假说, 用分析师共同覆盖构建公司相关性, 检验了 A 股市场关联公司之间股票的动量溢出效应. 研究发现, 以共同覆盖分析师数量作为权重构建的关联公司股票加权平均收益率, 能正向预测焦点公司未来 1∼12 月的收益率, 基于关联公司收益率构建的多空组合可获得 10%∼12% 的年化超额收益; 在截面回归中, 关联公司动量溢出效应较同行业或同地区公司的动量溢出效应更强. 异质性分析表明, 在拥有更多分析师共同覆盖、非明星或低学历分析师共同覆盖, 以及焦点公司股票被更多压力抵抗型机构投资者持有时,关联公司动量溢出效应更强, 说明该效应的成因与分析师和投资者的有限注意带来的行动迟缓和反应滞后相关. 本文的工作对 A 股市场跨资产动量效应给出了全新证据, 对市场监管与投资者决策具有参考价值.

This study finds that reducing political influence over local courts weakens local government debt capacity. We establish this result by exploiting the staggered roll-out of a judicial centralization reform aimed at alleviating local court capture in China and find reduced judicial favoritism towards local governments post-reform. The majority of local government lawsuits are with contractors over government payment delays. The reform not only increases government lawsuit losses but also exposes their credit risk, as payment delays without court support signal government liquidity constraint. Investors respond by tightening lending and increasing interest rates, which curbs government spending.

随着气候变化的加剧,气候政策在中国经济系统中发挥着越来越重要的作用。现有文献已经关注到气候物理风险对企业生产率的影响,但较少考察政策维度的气候风险即气候政策不确定性对企业生产率的影响。基于此,文章构建了公司层面的气候政策不确定性指数,并考察了其对企业全要素生产率的影响效应和作用机理。研究表明,气候政策不确定性会诱发企业升级困境,显著抑制企业全要素生产率提升。气候政策不确定性指数每上升 1 个标准差,全要素生产率下降约5.2% 个标准差。机制分析表明,气候政策不确定性会挤出实体投资和绿色创新投资,挤入金融投资,从而抑制企业全要素生产率提升。异质性分析表明,气候政策不确定性的影响在风险传导较强、风险应对较差以及政策引导比较薄弱的企业中更加显著。经济后果分析表明,气候政策不确定性所导致的企业升级困境会弱化其市场竞争力和价值链话语权。文章研究表明,政府应关注气候政策不确定性问题,通过营造更加稳定的气候政策预期来缓解企业升级困境。

This paper models the effect of corporate information preference on stock return volatility based on optimization problems of information decisions for firms and investors. Our model hypothesizes a positive correlation between corporate information preference and volatility. Utilizing the ideal institutional background of the Chinese stock market, we empirically confirm that corporate information preference has a positive impact on volatility, particularly for firms facing more severe financial distress, limited investor attention, and fewer analyst coverage. Our study provides a new perspective for analyzing the interaction between information supply and asset price dynamics.

We examine the impact of firm-investor communication on ESG issues through investor interactive platforms in Chinese stock exchanges from 2010 to 2022. Our regression analysis finds that increased ESG-based questions from investors and firms’ responses lead to increased stock liquidity, suggesting that investor-firm dialogues beyond financial aspects to include ESG-related themes contribute to greater information transparency. We posit that investors use such communication as a “voice” strategy, advocating firms for enhanced ESG disclosures and performance. This strategy yields a two-fold benefit: it aligns with investors’ ESG objectives and, alternatively, facilitates their exit through improved stock liquidity. Our robustness tests suggest a probable causal relationship between investor engagement on ESG issues and stock liquidity. Moreover, we find that a positive tone in ESG-based communications strengthens this relationship, prompting managers to enhance ESG disclosure transparency in response to investor pressure.

Using a comprehensive factor zoo, we document a notable factor MAX premium in the Chinese market. Factors with high maximum daily returns consistently outperform those with low maximum returns by 0.82% per month in the future, on a risk-adjusted basis. This premium remains robust controlling for various factor characteristics, and is not sensitive to the selection of factors. The factor MAX anomaly stands apart from lottery-type stock anomalies and contributes to elucidate most of these anomalies. The factor MAX premium concentrates in high-eigenvalue principal component factors, shedding light on the prevalent lottery preferences for factor investing in China’s A-share market.

为规范证券市场，证监会发布《关于严格执行退市制度的意见》。但退市后如何持续保护中小投资者权益，在具体实践过程中仍存在一些盲点。本文以山东航空股份有限公司修改公司章程为例，探讨上市公司退市后关于规章制度的一些盲点。具体如下：第一，修改公司章程中与大股东的关联交易时，并未明确指出大股东及其关联方是否应该回避表决。实践中，山东航空股份有限公司的控股股东及其关联方并未回避，导致修改公司章程中关联交易议案通过。第二，退市公司关联交易比例并无明确规定，由此可能导致关联交易比例过大。第三，控股股东利用自己绝对控股地位，否决中小股东合理提案。作者认为，针对本文提到的盲点，监管部门必须出台明确规定大股东及关联方在修改公司章程时应回避事项，而且还要明确规定关联交易的上限，持续保护退市后中小投资者权益。

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