{"title":"Impact of product market competition on the overconfidence cash holdings relationship in Chinese firms","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.pacfin.2024.102471","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pacfin.2024.102471","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Traditional Confucian and hierarchical cultures in China often lead managers to become overconfident and hold more cash, which negatively impacts enterprise development. Therefore, in China, the mitigation of excess cash holdings among overconfident managers is worthy of further research. This study examines the effects of manager overconfidence on corporate cash holdings using data from 922 Chinese listed companies and totals 6849 observations. This study is based on a quantitative analysis approach using the Fixed Effects Model and Generalised Method of Moments. The empirical data indicate that manager overconfidence is positively associated with cash holdings. Furthermore, product market competition mitigates the direct correlation between managerial overconfidence and cash holdings. Finally, the impact was particularly noticeable for small and non-state-owned enterprises. This study draws on China's Confucian and hierarchical cultures to explain why overconfident managers tend to hold more cash and offers a different perspective on how product market competition affects the abovementioned relationship. This research enhances the understanding of managerial overconfidence and its economic repercussions and also contributes to the effect of product market competition on the corporate governance of Chinese listed companies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48074,"journal":{"name":"Pacific-Basin Finance Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141962853","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"China's local government debt and firm tax burden","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.pacfin.2024.102469","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pacfin.2024.102469","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We establish a relationship between China's local government debt (LGD) and the tax burden on firms. Using datasets of LGD and listed firms from 2009 to 2021, we find that LGD significantly reduces firm tax burden. The tax reduction effect of LGD is particularly pronounced in regions with business-friendly environments and lower fiscal pressure, and is more evident among state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and less-profitable firms. We also find that new government bonds demonstrate a stronger effect on reducing firm tax burden than refinancing bonds do. The strategic growth of LGD can be meaningfully applied to stimulate firm and regional growth.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48074,"journal":{"name":"Pacific-Basin Finance Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141985815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Is there a time-series momentum effect in the Asian crude oil futures market?","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.pacfin.2024.102472","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pacfin.2024.102472","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span><span>Huang et al. (2020)</span></span> first confirmed that the time-series momentum (TSM) effect documented by several recent influential studies is questionable for a large cross-section of futures. We replicate their study and further examine whether TSM exists in the Asian-Pacific crude oil futures markets. The empirical results do not support the existence of TSM. Although the pooled regression generates large and significant <span><math><mi>t</mi></math></span>-statistic, it is not statistically reliable as it is smaller than the statistical values of the wild and pairs bootstraps. In terms of profitability, further evidence suggests that TSM does not significantly outperform the simple time series history strategy without any predictability.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48074,"journal":{"name":"Pacific-Basin Finance Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141945699","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Product market liberalization and corporate cash holdings: Evidence from China","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.pacfin.2024.102468","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pacfin.2024.102468","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Exploiting China's sequential product market liberalization reform as a quasi-natural experiment, we find that market liberalization leads to a reduction in corporate cash holdings. This reduction is attributable to increased competition induced by market liberalization. The disciplinary effect of market liberalization, which curbs firms' opportunistic cash holdings, is more pronounced among firms located in regions with greater local government intervention and those with weaker corporate governance before market liberalization. Overall, we provide novel evidence of how product market liberalization in an emerging economy impacts firms' cash holding strategies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48074,"journal":{"name":"Pacific-Basin Finance Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141961380","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Human rights and value of cash: Evidence from Islamic and non-Islamic countries","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.pacfin.2024.102466","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pacfin.2024.102466","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study examines whether and how human rights (HR) have bearings on the value of cash. Given the positive effect of HR improvement on corporate governance (CG) and that of CG on cash value, HR should positively affect cash value through CG. Using 23 Organization of Islamic Cooperation countries and 88 other countries during the period 1995–2019 as the sample, this study finds that the value of cash and excess cash is lower in Islamic countries than in other countries. Additionally, HR have a positive effect on cash value, but this effect is weaker for Islamic countries than for other countries. Furthermore, economic development (ED) (rule of law (RL)) reinforces the positive effect of HR on cash value, and this effect is stronger (weaker) for Islamic countries than for other countries. Study results provide important implications. Given the observed striking differences in results between Islamic and other countries, future related research should consider them to improve validity and reliability of empirical results. Multinationals or firms that consider establishing subsidiaries in foreign countries should also consider country-specific factors, like types of countries, HR, ED, and RL, because they may affect the agency and external financing costs. Furthermore, national governments can evaluate the effectiveness of HR promotion by referring to the study results regarding HR's positive effect on cash value such that they can fine tune their HR and economic policy as well as enforcement of RL to better achieve their intended goal of improving HR and CG.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48074,"journal":{"name":"Pacific-Basin Finance Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927538X2400218X/pdfft?md5=039746b3da94b2db0a15648ca732d576&pid=1-s2.0-S0927538X2400218X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141846770","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Concerted action agreements, corporate innovation, and financial market outcomes: A pre-registered report","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.pacfin.2024.102465","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pacfin.2024.102465","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This pre-registered study aims to investigate whether and how concerted action agreements enhance corporate innovation and create financial value. Based on theoretical analysis and numerous case studies, we expect to find that concerted action agreements significantly improve corporate innovation. The channels are at least two folds. First, by shielding entrepreneurs from short-term market pressure and enhancing their job security through enhancing their control rights, concerted action agreements spur long-term projects such as innovation. Second, through transferring control rights to entrepreneurs, concerted action agreements also strengthen entrepreneurs' stewardship role, which in turn mitigates agency problems and stimulates innovation. We further test the economic consequences of concerted action agreements and we expect to document that the agreements have a positive influence on firm performance and financial market valuation through enhanced corporate innovation. We also predict that because short-term market pressure and agency costs are high for high-tech firms due to information asymmetry, and because innovation is especially important for high-tech firms, concerted action agreements are most beneficial for high-tech firms. Finally, we predict that as time passes, the positive effects of concerted action agreements may diminish.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48074,"journal":{"name":"Pacific-Basin Finance Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141883021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The effects of formal institutions and national culture on equity-based financing in Islamic banks","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.pacfin.2024.102467","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pacfin.2024.102467","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study investigates the effects of formal institutions and national culture on equity-based financing across different countries. The sample is taken from 60 Islamic banks from 10 Middle East, South Asia and Southeast Asia countries between 2011 and 2019. Using generalized least squares (GLS) regression and two-way system Generalized Method of Moment (GMM) as a robustness check, we consistently find a positive and significant effect of formal institutions on equity-based financing. This finding indicates that the good quality of formal institutions plays an important role in promoting equity-based financing. In addition, we find that culture is important and even a key determinant of equity-based financing. Power distance has a more powerful impact than other cultural values, indicating that social trust greatly influences Islamic bankers' decisions to channel this particular financing. The link between formal institutions and equity-based financing is weaker in countries with cultural values that are more individualistic (less collectivist) and more uncertainty-avoidant. These findings suggest the necessity of enhancing the quality of formal institutions and taking culture into consideration when formulating policies to increase financing in accordance with the principles of Islam.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48074,"journal":{"name":"Pacific-Basin Finance Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141851063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The impact of bank fintech on corporate debt default","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.pacfin.2024.102462","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pacfin.2024.102462","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper investigates the impact of bank fintech on corporate debt default, and the results show that bank fintech can reduce corporate debt default. Specifically, bank fintech can reduce not only the default of debt issued by banks but also the default of debt issued by other creditors, suggesting a spillover effect of bank fintech in reducing firms' debt default. The heterogeneous results indicate that the mitigating effect of bank fintech on debt default is pronounced for small firms, non-state-owned firms, and firms located in regions with a high degree of marketization. The mechanism tests show that bank fintech can reduce corporate debt default through three channels: increasing new corporate borrowing, improving the efficiency of credit resource allocation, and reducing corporate agency costs.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48074,"journal":{"name":"Pacific-Basin Finance Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141783372","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"ESG certification, green innovation, and firm value: A quasi-natural experiment based on SynTao Green Finance's ESG ratings: A pre-registered report","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.pacfin.2024.102453","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pacfin.2024.102453","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Green technology improvements are vital for sustainable growth. This pre-registered study examines the impact of environmental, social and governance (ESG) certification on green innovation and firm value, utilizing the first release of ESG ratings by SynTao Green Finance as a quasi-natural experiment. We conceptualize ESG certification as an incremental disclosure of corporate information and an external evaluation by the market. Our investigation focuses on the effects of ESG certification on both the quantity and quality of green innovation. Specifically, we analyze the mechanisms underlying these effects, testing the financing constraint effect and market monitoring effect on the quantity of green innovation, as well as the management opportunism effect on the quality of green innovation. Additionally, we explore whether the increase in green innovation driven by ESG certification enhances firm value. Our conclusions may provide significant implications for firms aiming for green development and for emerging markets seeking to improve ESG disclosure regulations.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48074,"journal":{"name":"Pacific-Basin Finance Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141729379","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}