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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
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The Korean Spotlight: The Effect of Culture on Stock Returns Through Investor Attention*18
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Industry Specialization and Audit Quality: Evidence from Audit Firm Switches in China*16
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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 Market10
Analyst Coverage and the Market Valuation of Capitalized versus Expensed R&D*9
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Does Green Bond Issuance Enhance Market Return of Equity Shares in the Indian Stock Market?*7
Does Digital Transformation Alleviate Stock Price Delays: Evidence from China*7
The Unintended Effects of Stock Pledging: A Perspective on the Shareholder–Creditor Conflict*7
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Negative Performance Aspiration Gap and Stock Price Crashes: Based on Behavioral Theory and Agency Theory Perspective*6
Do Foreign Investors Monitor Managers in Merger and Acquisition? Evidence from China*6
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Institutional Environment, State Ownership and Family Business Succession: Evidence from China*5
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Non‐Investor Institutions' Site Visits and Corporate Social Responsibility*4
CEO Restricted Stock, Incentives, and Corporate Innovations*4
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Local Financial Agglomeration and Corporate Green Innovation*4
Innovation in Financial Inclusion Policies with Digital Transformation: Evidence from South Korea*3
Weak Instruments, Degree of Risk Aversion and Equity Premium: Evidence from Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan3
Chinese Capital Markets During the Past Three Decades: editor's note3
Does Geopolitical Risk Matter for Cross‐Industry Risk Contagion: The Roles of Real Linkage and Information Channels*3
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Media Coverage and Labor Investment Efficiency: Evidence from China*3
CEO Risk Incentives and Innovation Premium*3
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ESG and Stock Price Crash Risk: Role of Financial Constraints*2
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Exploring Nonlinear Linkage between Corporate Financialization and Innovative Efficiency: Identification and Governance of Excessive Financialization*2
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Directors' and Officers' Liability Insurance, Liquidity Risk, and Stock Returns: Evidence from Taiwan's Stock Market2
Does Co‐CEO Adoption Lead to Better Stock Performance? An Empirical Analysis Focusing on High‐growth Firms1
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Window Dressing, Fund Performance, and Fund Flows: Insights into Taiwan's Equity Mutual Funds*1
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What Drives Stock Market Underreaction to Liquidity Shocks? Evidence from Korea*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 the Textual Tone of Analyst Reports Have Valuable Information? Korean Evidence*1
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Corporate Social Responsibility Rating, Corporate Governance, and Financial Distress: Evidence from China1
Procyclical Credit Rating Policy*1
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The Signaling Role of IPO Lockups: Evidence from SMEs in Korea1
One Country, Two Calendars: Lunar January Effect in China's A‐Share Stock Market1
Early Financial Education, Financial Literacy, and Gender Equity in Finance*1
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Corporate Bond Market Reaction to the Mandatory ESG Disclosure Act: Is Sustainium Sustainable?*0
Effect of Institutional Depositors on Banks' Dividend Policy: Evidence from Korea during the Global Financial Crisis*0
The Effect of the Financial Structure Decision and Governance Mechanism on Shareholders' Wealth: Nonlinearity Evidence from a Petroleum‐based Economy0
Extreme Liquidity Risk and the Cross‐Section of Expected Returns: Evidence from China*0
Intangible Capital and Market Reactions to Earnings News*0
How Does Corporate Social Responsibility Affect Credit Default Swap Spreads?0
Local Newspaper Layoffs and Workplace Safety*0
Less Volatile Value‐at‐Risk Estimation Under a Semi‐parametric Approach*0
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Concentrate or Diversify? Economic Policy Uncertainty and Supplier‐Base Concentration0
Does Environmental, Social and Governance Performance Lessen Analyst Optimistic Bias: Evidence from China*0
Surplus Optimization in Defined Benefit Pensions Using the Regime‐Switching Model: Occupational Pension Plans in South Korea*0
Multiple Large Shareholders and Firm Performance: Evidence from China*0
The Role of Marital Status in the Online Lending Market: Evidence from the Renrendai Platform0
The Impact of Directors’ Foreign Experience on Environmental Information Disclosure: Evidence from Heavily Polluting Chinese Firms0
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Corporate Philanthropy and Analyst Forecast Accuracy: Evidence from China0
Managerial Over‐Optimism and Research and Development Investment: Evidence from Korean Initial Public Offering Firms*0
Market Responses to Private and Public Targets: The Role of Goodwill Valuation*0
Canadian Bank Capital and Liquidity Creation*0
Do Audit Efforts Reduce Stock Price Crash Risk? The Role of Corporate Governance0
Firm Misvaluation and Corporate Social Responsibility*0
ESG Controversies and Firm Value: Moderating Role of ESG Performance*0
Relaxation of Antitrust Regulations and Shareholder Returns: Evidence from the Korean Market*0
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Judicial Effectiveness and Cost of Debt: Evidence From A Quasi‐Natural Experiment in China*0
Does Geographical Proximity Matter in Small Business Lending? Evidence from Changes in Main Bank Relationships*0
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The Influence of Cornerstone Investors on IPO Pricing Uncertainty and Market Sentiment: Empirical Insights from New Economy Listings on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange0
Sustainable Finance: ESG/CSR, Firm Value, and Investment Returns*0
Big Data and Machine Learning in ESG Research*0
How Do Structural Oil Price Shocks Affect China's Investor Sentiment? The Critical Role of OPEC Oil Supply Shocks*0
Can the MD&A Tone of Listed Firms’ Annual Reports Predict Their Future Performance? Empirical Evidence Based on Machine Learning Text Analysis*0
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Does Differentiated Key Audit Matter in Unqualified Audit Reports Indicate Increased Financial Misstatement Risk? Evidence from China*0
Corporate Social Irresponsibility and Firm Value: International Evidence from Media Coverage0
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
Comment Letters and Reporting Quality: Evidence from Financial Restatements*0
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Impact of Investor Sentiment on Stock Returns*0
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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
Volatility Spillovers Among the Three Places Across the Taiwan Strait: Evidence from a BEKK‐CARR Approach*0
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Family Feud: Succession Tournaments and Risk‐Taking in Family Firms*0
Executive Financial Literacy and Corporate Performance: Evidence from Small and Medium‐Sized Enterprises in China0
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A Survey of Asian Family Business Research*0
Stock Return Autocorrelations: Evidence from the Asia‐Pacific Stock Markets0
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Friendly Juridical Representative Directors and Managerial Investment Decisions—Yes, the Derivatives Hedging Matter*0
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The Role of Second‐Tier Exchange in Corporate Valuation: Evidence from Korea*0
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Research and Development Expenditure, Audit Fees, and Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure: Evidence from Chinese Listed Firms*0
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Alternative Alpha Seeking Strategy with EVA Long‐Short: Evidence from the Korean Stock Market*0
Business Strategy and CEO Compensation: Evidence from the Hospitality and Tourism Industry*0
Controlling Shareholders' Value and Corporate Tax Avoidance*0
Ex‐Officers on the Board: Military Experience and Corporate Ethics0
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Media Coverage and Cash Holding Adjustment*0
Unintended Consequences of End‐of‐Year Rush Toward Innovation: Evidence from Patent Application Filings*0
Co‐CEO Structure and Earnings Smoothing Incentives0
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Do Interactions Between Investors and Management Result in More Conservative Accounting Information?*0
Control Beyond Ownership: Open‐Book Accounting in Unbalanced Supply Chain Networks*0
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Media Attention and Labor Investment Efficiency*0
Voluntary Earnings Notifications and Post‐earnings‐announcement Drift*0
How Can Local Policy Uncertainty Encourage Firm Innovation: A Competitive Advantage Channel*0
Improving Retirement Coverage Durability with Target Volatility Strategy for Changing Interest Rate Environment0
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Can Reform of Information Disclosure by an Exchange Restrain Corporate Fraud? Evidence from China*0
Do CEOs Who Are Raising Daughters Reduce Company Risk‐taking?*0
Pricing Liquidity Risk in the Korean Corporate Bond Market*0
Distress Resolution through New Block Formation: Implications for Ownership Concentration*0
Does Bold Forecast After Job Change Improve Forecast Accuracy? Evidence From Korean Sell‐Side Analysts0
Understanding Corporate Bond Defaults in Korea Using Machine Learning Models*0
Stock Market Reactions to Supply Chain Disruptions and Recovery from the 2022 Shanghai Lockdown*0
The Role of Social Media in Financial Risk Prediction: Evidence from China*0
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Effect of Shadow Banking Activities on Firm Risk and Performance: Entrusted Loan Evidence from Chinese Listed Firms*0
Value‐destroying Mergers: Evidence from Korean Business Groups*0
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Stock Pledge by Controlling Shareholder and Corporate Social Responsibility*0
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Forecasting Korean Stock Returns with Machine Learning0
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Unintended Consequences of Leverage Regulation: Evidence from Korea*0
The Roles of Finance in ESG Management0
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Do Cost Behaviors Affect Cost of Equity: Evidence from Seasoned Equity Offering?0
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Does Industry‐specific Disclosure Regulation Affect Accounting Estimation Intensity?*0
Peer Innovation Tone and Corporate Innovation Adjustments: Evidence from China*0
The Voice of Risk: Wall Street CEOs' Voice Pitch and the 2008 Financial Crisis*0
Corporate Investment in the Absence of Peer Firms' Disaggregated Cost Information*0
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Market States and Lottery Preference: Evidence from Chinese Open‐End Funds*0
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Government–Business Relations and Corporate Cash Holdings: Evidence from China*0
The Power of Collaboration: How Collaboration Depth Shapes Forecast Performance in Analyst Teams0
Comprehensive Asset Pricing Tests in the Korean Stock Market0
Special Issue on FinTech and Related Issue0
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Can Corporate Site Visits Improve ESG Ratings?0
Does Information Disclosed in “Use of Proceeds” from Prospectuses Affect IPO Initial Underpricing?0
Employee Characteristics and Corporate Risk‐Taking: Focusing on Tenure0
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