China Finance Review International: Volume 11 Issue 4

Familial altruism and reputation risk: evidence from China

Hanqing “Chevy” Fang, Yulin Shi, Zhenyu Wu

The authors study the effects of altruism and intention for succession on family firm's reputation risk-taking behaviors in Chinese publicly listed companies.

Catastrophe risk, reinsurance and securitized risk-transfer solutions: a review

Yang Zhao, Jin-Ping Lee, Min-Teh Yu

Catastrophe (CAT) events associated with natural catastrophes and man-made disasters cause profound impacts on the insurance industry. This research thus reviews the impact of CAT…

Geopolitical risk, economic policy uncertainty and asset returns in Chinese financial markets

Thomas C. Chiang

This paper investigates the impact of a change in economic policy uncertainty …

The global business cycle and speculative demand for crude oil

Elisabete Neves, Vítor Oliveira, Joana Leite, Carla Henriques

This paper aims to better understand if speculative activity is a factor or even the main factor in the run-up of oil prices in the spot market, particularly in the recent price…

Earnings management when firms face mandatory contributions

Yiyi Qin, Jun Cai, Steven Wei

In this paper, we aim to answer two questions. First, whether firms manipulate reported earnings via pension assumptions when facing mandatory contributions. Second, whether firms…

What do we know about cryptocurrency? Past, present, future

Mohammed Sawkat Hossain

The authors make a fundamental initial effort to conduct a systematic review analysis on “cryptocurrency,” mainly to analyze the way it has been changing the “stereotype”…