supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (71263034,71572087)
We show that peer effects influence corporate investment decisions. Using a sample of China's listed firms from 1999 to 2012, we show that a one standard deviation increase in peer firms' investments is associated wit...
supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (71263034, 71002111);the Humanities and Social Science Project of the Ministry of Education of China (10XJC630003);the Program of Higher-level Talents at Inner Mongolia University, China (Z20100103)
This paper examines the effects of board affiliation on the corporate pay gap.Using a sample of Chinese listed firms from 2005 to 2011, we find that boards with a greater presence of directors appointed by block share...