Asia-Pacific Journal of Financial Studies

Papers
(The median citation count of Asia-Pacific Journal of Financial Studies is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
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The Korean Spotlight: The Effect of Culture on Stock Returns Through Investor Attention*16
Industry Specialization and Audit Quality: Evidence from Audit Firm Switches in China*15
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Are Chinese or US Institutional Investors Better at Monitoring Corporate Earnings Management? Evidence from Chinese Stocks in the US Cross‐Listing Market11
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Does Digital Transformation Alleviate Stock Price Delays: Evidence from China*9
Does Green Bond Issuance Enhance Market Return of Equity Shares in the Indian Stock Market?*9
The Unintended Effects of Stock Pledging: A Perspective on the Shareholder–Creditor Conflict*8
Do Foreign Investors Monitor Managers in Merger and Acquisition? Evidence from China*8
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Non‐Investor Institutions' Site Visits and Corporate Social Responsibility*6
Negative Performance Aspiration Gap and Stock Price Crashes: Based on Behavioral Theory and Agency Theory Perspective*6
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Local Financial Agglomeration and Corporate Green Innovation*5
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CEO Restricted Stock, Incentives, and Corporate Innovations*4
Weak Instruments, Degree of Risk Aversion and Equity Premium: Evidence from Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan4
CEO Risk Incentives and Innovation Premium*4
Chinese Capital Markets During the Past Three Decades: editor's note4
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Does Geopolitical Risk Matter for Cross‐Industry Risk Contagion: The Roles of Real Linkage and Information Channels*4
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Directors' and Officers' Liability Insurance, Liquidity Risk, and Stock Returns: Evidence from Taiwan's Stock Market3
Media Coverage and Labor Investment Efficiency: Evidence from China*3
Exploring Nonlinear Linkage between Corporate Financialization and Innovative Efficiency: Identification and Governance of Excessive Financialization*3
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Innovation in Financial Inclusion Policies with Digital Transformation: Evidence from South Korea*3
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Window Dressing, Fund Performance, and Fund Flows: Insights into Taiwan's Equity Mutual Funds*2
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Does the Textual Tone of Analyst Reports Have Valuable Information? Korean Evidence*2
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What Drives Stock Market Underreaction to Liquidity Shocks? Evidence from Korea*2
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The Signaling Role of IPO Lockups: Evidence from SMEs in Korea2
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Corporate Social Responsibility Rating, Corporate Governance, and Financial Distress: Evidence from China1
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Climate Risk Exposure and Firm Default Risk: OECD Insights into the Moderating Role of Innovation1
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ESG Controversies and Firm Value: Moderating Role of ESG Performance*1
Peer Innovation Tone and Corporate Innovation Adjustments: Evidence from China*1
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Co‐CEO Structure and Earnings Smoothing Incentives1
Early Financial Education, Financial Literacy, and Gender Equity in Finance*1
One Country, Two Calendars: Lunar January Effect in China's A‐Share Stock Market1
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Procyclical Credit Rating Policy*1
Alternative Alpha Seeking Strategy with EVA Long‐Short: Evidence from the Korean Stock Market*1
Controlling Shareholders' Value and Corporate Tax Avoidance*1
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Does Tax‐Favored Policy Improve the Profitability of Environmental Protection Firms? An Empirical Study from the Implicit Tax Perspective1
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Does Co‐CEO Adoption Lead to Better Stock Performance? An Empirical Analysis Focusing on High‐growth Firms1
Do Audit Efforts Reduce Stock Price Crash Risk? The Role of Corporate Governance1
Corporate Investment in the Absence of Peer Firms' Disaggregated Cost Information*1
Call for Papers0
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Banks and Climate Risks0
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The Impact of Directors’ Foreign Experience on Environmental Information Disclosure: Evidence from Heavily Polluting Chinese Firms0
Does Bold Forecast After Job Change Improve Forecast Accuracy? Evidence From Korean Sell‐Side Analysts0
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Special Issue on FinTech and Related Issue0
The Roles of Finance in ESG Management0
How Can Local Policy Uncertainty Encourage Firm Innovation: A Competitive Advantage Channel*0
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Business Strategy and CEO Compensation: Evidence from the Hospitality and Tourism Industry*0
Surplus Optimization in Defined Benefit Pensions Using the Regime‐Switching Model: Occupational Pension Plans in South Korea*0
Understanding Corporate Bond Defaults in Korea Using Machine Learning Models*0
Managerial Over‐Optimism and Research and Development Investment: Evidence from Korean Initial Public Offering Firms*0
The Effect of the Financial Structure Decision and Governance Mechanism on Shareholders' Wealth: Nonlinearity Evidence from a Petroleum‐based Economy0
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Does Environmental, Social and Governance Performance Lessen Analyst Optimistic Bias: Evidence from China*0
Can the MD&A Tone of Listed Firms’ Annual Reports Predict Their Future Performance? Empirical Evidence Based on Machine Learning Text Analysis*0
Can Reform of Information Disclosure by an Exchange Restrain Corporate Fraud? Evidence from China*0
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Effect of Institutional Depositors on Banks' Dividend Policy: Evidence from Korea during the Global Financial Crisis*0
Improving Retirement Coverage Durability with Target Volatility Strategy for Changing Interest Rate Environment0
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Forecasting Korean Stock Returns with Machine Learning0
Extreme Liquidity Risk and the Cross‐Section of Expected Returns: Evidence from China*0
Stock Market Reactions to Supply Chain Disruptions and Recovery from the 2022 Shanghai Lockdown*0
Impact of Investor Sentiment on Stock Returns*0
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Local Newspaper Layoffs and Workplace Safety*0
Price Limit Relaxation and IPO Underpricing in Korea0
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Less Volatile Value‐at‐Risk Estimation Under a Semi‐parametric Approach*0
Family Feud: Succession Tournaments and Risk‐Taking in Family Firms*0
The Role of Social Media in Financial Risk Prediction: Evidence from China*0
Unintended Consequences of End‐of‐Year Rush Toward Innovation: Evidence from Patent Application Filings*0
Friendly Juridical Representative Directors and Managerial Investment Decisions—Yes, the Derivatives Hedging Matter*0
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Does Industry‐specific Disclosure Regulation Affect Accounting Estimation Intensity?*0
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A Survey of Asian Family Business Research*0
Government–Business Relations and Corporate Cash Holdings: Evidence from China*0
Are Environmental and Socially Responsible Firms More Resilient? Korean Firms During the COVID‐19 Crash*0
Control Beyond Ownership: Open‐Book Accounting in Unbalanced Supply Chain Networks*0
Market Responses to Private and Public Targets: The Role of Goodwill Valuation*0
Canadian Bank Capital and Liquidity Creation*0
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Do CEOs Who Are Raising Daughters Reduce Company Risk‐taking?*0
Distress Resolution through New Block Formation: Implications for Ownership Concentration*0
Firm Misvaluation and Corporate Social Responsibility*0
The Role of Marital Status in the Online Lending Market: Evidence from the Renrendai Platform0
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Proximity to Political Power, Government Subsidies, and Investment Efficiency: Evidence From China*0
Does Information Disclosed in “Use of Proceeds” from Prospectuses Affect IPO Initial Underpricing?0
Stock Pledge by Controlling Shareholder and Corporate Social Responsibility*0
Do Interactions Between Investors and Management Result in More Conservative Accounting Information?*0
Media Coverage and Cash Holding Adjustment*0
Comment Letters and Reporting Quality: Evidence from Financial Restatements*0
The Role of Second‐Tier Exchange in Corporate Valuation: Evidence from Korea*0
Media Attention and Labor Investment Efficiency*0
Multiple Large Shareholders and Firm Performance: Evidence from China*0
When Nature Strikes: Banking Stability, Carbon Pricing, and Proactive Climate Risk Management0
Corporate Bond Market Reaction to the Mandatory ESG Disclosure Act: Is Sustainium Sustainable?*0
Effect of Shadow Banking Activities on Firm Risk and Performance: Entrusted Loan Evidence from Chinese Listed Firms*0
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Market States and Lottery Preference: Evidence from Chinese Open‐End Funds*0
Intangible Capital and Market Reactions to Earnings News*0
Big Data and Machine Learning in ESG Research*0
Political Uncertainty and Corporate Social Responsibility in a Transition Economy0
The Mediating Effect of Internal Control for the Impact of Institutional Shareholding on Corporate Financial Performance*0
Executive Financial Literacy and Corporate Performance: Evidence from Small and Medium‐Sized Enterprises in China0
Corporate Philanthropy and Analyst Forecast Accuracy: Evidence from China0
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Sustainable Finance: ESG/CSR, Firm Value, and Investment Returns*0
Concentrate or Diversify? Economic Policy Uncertainty and Supplier‐Base Concentration0
Unintended Consequences of Leverage Regulation: Evidence from Korea*0
Do Cost Behaviors Affect Cost of Equity: Evidence from Seasoned Equity Offering?0
The Voice of Risk: Wall Street CEOs' Voice Pitch and the 2008 Financial Crisis*0
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Can Corporate Site Visits Improve ESG Ratings?0
How Do Banks Price Climate Risk? Evidence from Firm‐Level Lending in China0
Employee Characteristics and Corporate Risk‐Taking: Focusing on Tenure0
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Ex‐Officers on the Board: Military Experience and Corporate Ethics0
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Corporate Social Irresponsibility and Firm Value: International Evidence from Media Coverage0
The Influence of Cornerstone Investors on IPO Pricing Uncertainty and Market Sentiment: Empirical Insights from New Economy Listings on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange0
Relaxation of Antitrust Regulations and Shareholder Returns: Evidence from the Korean Market*0
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Comprehensive Asset Pricing Tests in the Korean Stock Market0
Does Differentiated Key Audit Matter in Unqualified Audit Reports Indicate Increased Financial Misstatement Risk? Evidence from China*0
Judicial Effectiveness and Cost of Debt: Evidence From A Quasi‐Natural Experiment in China*0
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An Extension of the Five‐factor Affine Term Structure Model: Predicting Future Bond Returns*0
Female Directors' Foreign Experience and Environmental and Sustainable Performance*0
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Pricing Liquidity Risk in the Korean Corporate Bond Market*0
The Power of Collaboration: How Collaboration Depth Shapes Forecast Performance in Analyst Teams0
How Does Corporate Social Responsibility Affect Credit Default Swap Spreads?0
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Does Geographical Proximity Matter in Small Business Lending? Evidence from Changes in Main Bank Relationships*0
Volatility Spillovers Among the Three Places Across the Taiwan Strait: Evidence from a BEKK‐CARR Approach*0
Research and Development Expenditure, Audit Fees, and Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure: Evidence from Chinese Listed Firms*0
Value‐destroying Mergers: Evidence from Korean Business Groups*0
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