Journal of Asian Business and Economic Studies: Volume 27 Issue 1 , Open Access

Board characteristics and earnings management in Sri Lanka

Shanmugavel Rajeevan, Roshan Ajward

The purpose of this paper is to examine the association between designated corporate governance attributes and the degree of earnings management in selected quoted companies in…

Growth enterprise market in Hong Kong: Efficiency evolution and long memory in return and volatility

Trang Nguyen, Taha Chaiechi, Lynne Eagle, David Low

Growth enterprise market (GEM) in Hong Kong is acknowledged as one of the world’s most successful examples of small and medium enterprise (SME) stock market. The purpose of this…

Electricity consumption and GDP nexus in Bangladesh: a time series investigation

Sima Rani Dey, Mohammed Tareque

The purpose of this paper is to assess the empirical cointegration, long-run and short-run dynamics as well as causal relationship between electricity consumption and real GDP in…

Herding behaviour of Chinese A- and B-share markets

Xin-Ke Ju

The purpose of this paper is to examine the evidence of herding phenomenon, spill-over effects related to herding and whether herding is driven by fundamentals or non-fundamentals…

Fiscal sustainability in developing Asia – new evidence from panel correlated common effect model

Duy-Tung Bui

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the problem of fiscal sustainability for a panel of developing Asian economies.

External debt stock, foreign direct investment and financial development: Evidence from African economies

Daniel Agyapong, Kojo Asare Bedjabeng

The purpose of this paper is to examine the role external debt and foreign direct investment play in influencing financial development in Africa.

Channel capability and the effectiveness of new product strategies: Deepening the FMCG’s business

Roderikus Agus Trihatmoko, Roch Mulyani, Intan Novela Q.A.

The purpose of this paper is twofold: detecting, describing and providing a detailed understanding on the essence of buyer responses on the channel capability in deciding new…