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An analysis of China's derivatives market and accounting for derivatives

Book Chapter
Huang, H., & Gao, S. (2009)
An analysis of China's derivatives market and accounting for derivatives. In Financial Sector Reform and the International Integration of China, (134-148). Taylor & Francis
An analysis of China's derivatives market and accounting for derivatives.

Impact of Carbon Emission Trading System Participation and Level of Internal Control on Quality of Carbon Emission Disclosures: Insights from Chinese State-Owned Electricity Companies

Journal Article
Tan, D., Bilal, , Gao, S., & Komal, B. (2020)
Impact of Carbon Emission Trading System Participation and Level of Internal Control on Quality of Carbon Emission Disclosures: Insights from Chinese State-Owned Electricity Companies. Sustainability, 12, https://doi.org/10.3390/su12051788
In recent years, the quality of carbon emission disclosures has become a central area of concern for different stakeholders of companies. Specifically, stakeholders of state‐o...

Markowitz efficiency and size effect: evidence from the UK stock market

Journal Article
Hwang, T., Gao, S. S., & Owen, H. (2013)
Markowitz efficiency and size effect: evidence from the UK stock market. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11156-013-0390-8
Academics and practitioners have frequently debated the relationship between market capitalization and expected return. We apply the Markowitz efficient frontier approach to d...

Investors' Reactions to Analysts' Forecast Revisions and Information Uncertainty: Evidence of Stock Price Drift.

Journal Article
Hou, T. C., Hung, W., & Gao, S. S. (2014)
Investors' Reactions to Analysts' Forecast Revisions and Information Uncertainty: Evidence of Stock Price Drift. Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, 29, 238-259. https://doi.org/10.1177/0148558X14530129
This study examines the relationship among analysts’ earnings forecast revisions, information uncertainty, and stock returns and provides new evidence that stock price drift o...

Fraudulent Financial Reporting: Corporate Behavior of Chinese Listed Companies

Book Chapter
Zhu, J., & Gao, S. S. (2011)
Fraudulent Financial Reporting: Corporate Behavior of Chinese Listed Companies. In Research in Accounting in Emerging Economies; Accounting in Asia, (61-82). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/s1479-3563%282011%290000011008
Purpose – This study investigates the nature, types, and methods of fraudulent financial reporting committed by Chinese listed companies with a view to understanding corporate...

Determinants of audit committee meeting frequency: Evidence from Chinese listed companies

Journal Article
Yin, F., Gao, S., Li, W., & Lv, H. (2012)
Determinants of audit committee meeting frequency: Evidence from Chinese listed companies. Managerial Auditing Journal, 27(4), 425-444. https://doi.org/10.1108/02686901211218003
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the determinants of audit committee meeting frequency in Chinese listed companies. Design/methodology/approach – A multip...

Dividend tunneling and joint expropriation: empirical evidence from China's capital market

Journal Article
Lv, H., Li, W., & Gao, S. S. (2012)
Dividend tunneling and joint expropriation: empirical evidence from China's capital market. European Journal of Finance, 18, 369-394. https://doi.org/10.1080/1351847X.2011.579741
This paper examines the association between cash dividends and the shareholders balancing mechanism (SBM) using the exogeneity and endogeneity assumptions of corporate ownersh...

Stock Options and Credit Default Swaps in Risk Management

Journal Article
Al-Own, B., Minhat, M., & Gao, S. (2018)
Stock Options and Credit Default Swaps in Risk Management. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 53, 200-214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2017.09.021
The use of stock options and credit default swaps (CDS) in banks is not uncommon. Stock options can induce risk-taking incentives, while CDS can be used to hedge against credi...

The impact of social and economic development on corporate social and environmental disclosure in Hong Kong and the UK.

Journal Article
Xiao, J. Z., Gao, S. S., Heravi, S., & Cheung, Y. C. Q. (2005)
The impact of social and economic development on corporate social and environmental disclosure in Hong Kong and the UK. Advances in international accounting, 18, 219-243. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0897-3660%2805%2918011-8
This study compares corporate social and environmental disclosure (CSED) in Hong Kong (HK) and the U.K. through a content analysis of 334 annual reports prepared by 69 listed ...

Corporate environmental reporting on the web-an exploratory study of Chinese listed companies

Journal Article
Zhang, T., Gao, S. S., & Zhang, J. J. (2007)
Corporate environmental reporting on the web-an exploratory study of Chinese listed companies. Issues in Social & Environmental Accounting, 1, 91-108
While the literature has given a considerable attention to internet financial reporting, limitedstudies mainly from developed economies have emerged to explain and predict cor...
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CEO stock-option compensation, the credit default swap use, and the risk of European banks

2011 - 2015
This thesis investigates two main aspects related to the use of credit default swaps (CDS) by European banks. ...
Bassam Al-Own | Director of Studies: Dr Marizah Minhat | Second Supervisor: Prof Simon Gao

The Influence of Islamic Religion on Corporate Social and Environment Disclosure

2004 - 2009
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure (CSRD) have received much attention...
Zakaria Aribi | Director of Studies: Prof Simon Gao | Second Supervisor: Dr Jane Zhang

Credit risk management in rural commercial banks in China

2006 - 2013
Credit risk is one of the most general risks that exist in the financial market and a major risk faced by financial institutions. Credit risk m...
Yang Wang | Director of Studies: Dr Jane Zhang | Second Supervisor: Prof Simon Gao

Financial reporting with XBRS and its impact on the accounting profession

2006 - 2015
Since 2010, XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) has been widely adopted throughout the world. In 2013, both the HMRC ...
Zhenkun Wang | Director of Studies: Prof Simon Gao

Risk Disclosure and the Cost of Capital

2003 - 2009
Bassam Rajab | Director of Studies: Morrison Handley-Schachler | Second Supervisor: Prof Simon Gao

Informational value and stock price formation: An event study of EU-wide stress tests from 2010 to 2018

2015 - date
Kolja Gauer | Director of Studies: Dr Piotr Jaworski | Second Supervisor: Prof Simon Gao

Accounting for Carbon Emission Trading: Usefulness, Framework and Application

2019 - date
Chendi Wang | Director of Studies: Prof Simon Gao | Second Supervisor: Dr Matthew Bonnett

Corporate Carbon Reporting and Disclosures: A Quality Rating Framework

2017 - date
Fangchao Xu | Director of Studies: Prof Simon Gao | Second Supervisor: Dr Maria Mina Rosero

Culture, trust and security - an empirical study of consumer attitudes towards e-commerce in Chinese societies

2004 - 2011
David Wu | Director of Studies: Prof Simon Gao | Second Supervisor: Linda Juleff

An assessment of the patentability of business methods in the US and European jurisdictions and an evaluation of the implications

2006 - 2013
Advances in information technology have enabled the design and developm...
Li Sun | Director of Studies: Dr Duncan Spiers | Second Supervisor: Prof Simon Gao

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