Pacific-Basin Finance Journal

1993 - 2025

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Volume 28, issue C, 2014

Heads we win, tails you lose: Is there equity in Islamic equity funds? pp. 7-28

Nazrol K.M. Kamil, Syed Othman Alhabshi, Obiyathulla Bacha and Abul Masih

Do Islamic stock indexes outperform conventional stock indexes? A stochastic dominance approach pp. 29-46

Osamah Al-Khazali, Hooi Hooi Lean and Anis Samet

The Shariah compliance challenge in Islamic bond markets pp. 47-57

Saad Azmat, Michael Skully and Kym Brown

Capital adequacy and lending and deposit behaviors of conventional and Islamic banks pp. 58-75

Mastura Abdul Karim, M. Kabir Hassan, Taufiq Hassan and Shamsher Mohamad

Efficiency of Islamic banks during the financial crisis: An analysis of Middle Eastern and Asian countries pp. 76-90

Romzie Rosman, Norazlina Abd Wahab and Zairy Zainol

Professionalizing the role of Shari'ah auditors: How Malaysia can generate economic benefits pp. 91-109

Syed Najeeb and Shahul Hameed Mohamed Ibrahim

Performance of global Islamic versus conventional share indices: International evidence pp. 110-121

Catherine Soke Fun Ho, Nurul Afiqah Abd Rahman, Noor Hafizha Muhamad Yusuf and Zaminor Zamzamin

Issuer's choice of Islamic bond type pp. 122-135

Saad Azmat, Michael Skully and Kym Brown

Failure and potential of profit-loss sharing contracts: A perspective of New Institutional, Economic (NIE) Theory pp. 136-151

Aisyah Abdul-Rahman, Radziah Abdul Latif, Ruhaini Muda and Muhammad Azmi Abdullah

Islamic bank incentives and discretionary loan loss provisions pp. 152-174

Sayd Farook, M. Kabir Hassan and Gregory Clinch

Matching perception with the reality—Performance of Islamic equity investments pp. 175-189

Dawood Ashraf and Nazeeruddin Mohammad

Volume 27, issue C, 2014

Google search intensity and its relationship with returns and trading volume of Japanese stocks pp. 1-18

Fumiko Takeda and Takumi Wakao

Momentum effect in Australian equities: Revisit, armed with short-selling ban and risk factors pp. 19-31

Bob Li, Thomas Stork, Daniel Chai, Mong Shan Ee and Hong Nee Ang

Do foreign investors improve informational efficiency of stock prices? Evidence from Japan pp. 32-48

Wen He and Jianfeng Shen

Measuring liquidity in emerging markets pp. 49-71

Wenjin Kang and Huiping Zhang

Predicting future price volatility: Empirical evidence from an emerging limit order market pp. 72-93

Pawan Jain and Christine Jiang

Measuring systemic risk in the Korean banking sector via dynamic conditional correlation models pp. 94-114

Jaeho Yun and Hyejung Moon

Characterizing information flows among spot, deliverable forward and non-deliverable forward exchange rate markets: A cross-country comparison pp. 115-137

Kai-Li Wang, Chris Fawson, Mei-Ling Chen and An-Chi Wu

IPO firm value and its connection with cornerstone and wider signalling effects pp. 138-162

Paul B. McGuinness

Legal protection and underpricing of IPOs: Evidence from China pp. 163-187

Jianlei Liu, Konari Uchida and Ruidong Gao

Volume 26, issue C, 2014

The house money and break-even effects for different types of traders: Evidence from Taiwan futures markets pp. 1-13

Yu Chuan Huang and Shu Hui Chan

Value investing and technical analysis in Taiwan stock market pp. 14-36

Kuan-Cheng Ko, Shinn-Juh Lin, Hsiang-Ju Su and Hsing-Hua Chang

Disciplinary tools and bank risk exposure pp. 37-64

Mamiza Haq, Robert Faff, Rama Seth and Sunil Mohanty

The profitability of candlestick charting in the Taiwan stock market pp. 65-78

Tsung-Hsun Lu

Asymmetric Information and Volatility Forecasting in Commodity Futures Markets pp. 79-97

Qingfu Liu, Ieokhou Wong, Yunbi An and Jinqing Zhang

Short-sales constraints and liquidity change: Cross-sectional evidence from the Hong Kong Market pp. 98-122

Min Bai and Yafeng Qin

Does market timing persistently affect capital structure? Evidence from stock market liberalization pp. 123-144

I-Hsiang Huang

Spillover effect of US monetary policy to ASEAN stock markets: Evidence from Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand pp. 145-155

Lu Yang and Shigeyuki Hamori

Information attributes, information asymmetry and industry sector returns pp. 156-175

Narelle Gordon, Edward Watts and Qiongbing Wu

Why are rights offers in Hong Kong so different? pp. 176-197

Chin-Chong Lee, Wai-Ching Poon and Jothee Sinnakkannu

How close a relationship does a capital market have with other markets? A reexamination based on the equal variance test pp. 198-226

Lixiong Yang, Chingnun Lee and Fu Shuen Shie

Economic policy uncertainty and corporate investment: Evidence from China pp. 227-243

Yizhong Wang, Carl R. Chen and Ying Sophie Huang

False discoveries in the performance of Australian managed funds pp. 244-256

Sangbae Kim, Francis In, Philip Inyeob Ji and Raphael Jonghyeon Park

Volume 25, issue C, 2013

Investor heterogeneity and the cross-sectional stock returns in China pp. 1-20

Wei Opie and Hong Feng Zhang

How product market competition affects dividend payments in a weak investor protection economy: Evidence from Taiwan pp. 21-39

Lanfeng Kao and Anlin Chen

How does the stock market value bank diversification? Empirical evidence from Japanese banks pp. 40-61

Michiru Sawada

Are foreign investors really beneficial? Evidence from South Korea pp. 62-84

Jacqueline L. Garner and Won Yong Kim

The impact of shareholding structure on firm investment: Evidence from Chinese listed companies pp. 85-100

Alex A. Chen, Hong Cao, Dayong Zhang and David G. Dickinson

Anonymity and order submissions pp. 101-118

Huu Nhan Duong and Petko S. Kalev

Is there a volatility effect in the Hong Kong stock market? pp. 119-135

Gilbert Nartea and Ji Wu

Interbank market, stock market, and bank performance in East Asia pp. 136-156

Masahiro Inoguchi

Effects of dividend tax and signaling on firm valuation: Evidence from taxable stock dividend announcements pp. 157-180

Nan-Ting Kuo and Cheng Few Lee

Tax reform and the identity of marginal traders around ex-dividend days pp. 181-199

Yun-lan Tseng and Shing-yang Hu

Are stock markets in Asia related to carry trade? pp. 200-216

Hung-Gay Fung, Yiuman Tse and Lin Zhao

Analyst coverage, optimism, and stock price crash risk: Evidence from China pp. 217-239

Nianhang Xu, Xuanyu Jiang, Kam C. Chan and Zhihong Yi

Investor response to a natural disaster: Evidence from Japan's 2011 earthquake pp. 240-252

Matthew Hood, Akiko Kamesaka, John Nofsinger and Teruyuki Tamura

Bank competition and financial stability: A comparison of commercial banks and mutual savings banks in Korea pp. 253-272

Jin Q. Jeon and Kwang Kyu Lim

Capital gains, illiquidity, and stock returns pp. 273-293

Xiaoyan Lei, Yuegang Zhou and Xiaoneng Zhu

Investor participation and underpricing in lottery-allocated Chinese IPOs pp. 294-314

Zhe Shen, Jerry Coakley and Norvald Instefjord

Volume 24, issue C, 2013

Revisiting early warning signals of corporate credit default using linguistic analysis pp. 1-21

Yang-Cheng Lu, Chung-Hua Shen and Yu-Chen Wei

An analysis of the impact of media coverage on stock price crashes and jumps: Evidence from Japan pp. 22-38

Hiroyuki Aman

Ex-dividend prices and investor trades: Evidence from Taiwan pp. 39-65

Hung-Ling Chen, Edward H. Chow and Cheng-Yi Shiu

The quality of securities firms' earnings forecasts and stock recommendations: Do informational advantages, reputation and experience matter in China? pp. 66-88

Jan Bartholdy and Tiyi Feng

Does the organisational form of the target influence market reaction to acquisition announcements? Australian evidence pp. 89-108

Syed M.M. Shams, Abeyratna Gunasekarage and Sisira R.N. Colombage

Hedging performance of Chinese stock index futures: An empirical analysis using wavelet analysis and flexible bivariate GARCH approaches pp. 109-131

Yang Hou and Steven Li

Insider trading, accrual abuse, and corporate governance in emerging markets — Evidence from Taiwan pp. 132-155

Hui-wen Tang, Anlin Chen and Chong-Chuo Chang

Conflicts of interest between banks and firms: Evidence from Japanese mergers pp. 156-178

Huong N. Higgins

Corporate governance and payout policy: Evidence from Korean business groups pp. 179-198

Lee-Seok Hwang, Hakkon Kim, Kwangwoo Park and Rae Soo Park

Short sales, margin purchases and bid–ask spreads pp. 199-220

Yan Zhao, Lee-Young Cheng, Chong-Chuo Chang and Cih-Ying Ni

Corporate governance, growth opportunities, and the choices of cross-listings: The case of Chinese ADRs pp. 221-234

Lee Hsien Pan, Chien-Ting Lin and Pei-Chi Yang

Does CEO pay dispersion matter in an emerging market? Evidence from China's listed firms pp. 235-255

Fang Hu, Xiaofei Pan and Gary Tian

What affects the cool-off duration under price limits? pp. 256-278

Pin-Huang Chou, Robin K. Chou, Kuan-Cheng Ko and Chun-Yi Chao

The dark side of independent venture capitalists: Evidence from Japan pp. 279-300

Yue Sun, Konari Uchida and Mamoru Matsumoto

The relationship between satellite and home market volumes: Evidence from cross-listed Singapore futures contracts pp. 301-311

Alex Frino, Frederick H.deB. Harris, Andrew Lepone and Jin Boon Wong

Political connections, founder-managers, and their impact on tunneling in China's listed firms pp. 312-339

Liangbo Ma, Shiguang Ma and Gary Tian