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The Impact of Say-On-Pay on Firm Efficiency in Anglo-Saxon Economies—Do CEO Personal Traits and CG Mechanisms Matter? (2025)
Journal Article
Joura, E., Gerged, A. M., Xiao, Q., & Ullah, S. (2025). The Impact of Say-On-Pay on Firm Efficiency in Anglo-Saxon Economies—Do CEO Personal Traits and CG Mechanisms Matter?. International journal of finance & economics : IJFE, https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.3131

In this study, we explore how the personal traits of CEOs and corporate governance mechanisms moderate the link between Say-on-Pay (SOP) votes and various aspects of firm efficiency. Our sample consists of 1931 firms listed in four Anglo-Saxon econom... Read More about The Impact of Say-On-Pay on Firm Efficiency in Anglo-Saxon Economies—Do CEO Personal Traits and CG Mechanisms Matter?.

Commodity market financialization, herding and signals: An asymmetric GARCH R-vine copula approach (2023)
Journal Article
Xiao, Q., Zhang, D., & Yan, M. (2023). Commodity market financialization, herding and signals: An asymmetric GARCH R-vine copula approach. International review of financial analysis, 89, Article 102743. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2023.102743

Institutional investors have significantly increased their exposure to commodity futures after 2004 in the process of commodity market financialization, raising questions about the risk-sharing and
price-discovery functions of the market. We identi... Read More about Commodity market financialization, herding and signals: An asymmetric GARCH R-vine copula approach.

Does national culture impact trade credit provision of SMEs? (2023)
Journal Article
Hoang, C. H., Ly, K. C., Xiao, Q., & Zhang, X. (2023). Does national culture impact trade credit provision of SMEs?. Economic modelling, 124, Article 106288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2023.106288

Trade credit provision considerably varies from country to country, especially among small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). However, there is scant literature on the determinants of such variations. Thus, this study determines how cultural diffe... Read More about Does national culture impact trade credit provision of SMEs?.

The moderating effects of CEO power and personal traits on say-on-pay effectiveness: Insights from the Anglo-Saxon economies (2022)
Journal Article
Joura, E., Xiao, Q., & Ullah, S. (2022). The moderating effects of CEO power and personal traits on say-on-pay effectiveness: Insights from the Anglo-Saxon economies. International journal of finance & economics : IJFE, https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.2636

This study investigates the efficacy of say-on-pay (SOP) regulation in mitigating excessive CEO compensation and how it is affected by CEO personal traits and the power distribution inside a corporation. Using IV-GMM method and a sample of 1,931 firm... Read More about The moderating effects of CEO power and personal traits on say-on-pay effectiveness: Insights from the Anglo-Saxon economies.

Equilibrating ripple effect, disturbing information cascade effect and regional disparity – A perspective from China's tiered housing markets (2021)
Journal Article
Xiao, Q. (2023). Equilibrating ripple effect, disturbing information cascade effect and regional disparity – A perspective from China's tiered housing markets. International journal of finance & economics : IJFE, 28(1), 858-875. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.2453

The current study investigates the role of the tier-one cities of China in affecting regional disparities within and across its five mega-city clusters, through the lens of housing market. For that purpose, an equilibrating ripple effect is different... Read More about Equilibrating ripple effect, disturbing information cascade effect and regional disparity – A perspective from China's tiered housing markets.

The impact of Say-on-Pay votes on firms' strategic policies: Insights from the Anglo-Saxon economy (2020)
Journal Article
Joura, E., Xiao, Q., & Ullah, S. (2021). The impact of Say-on-Pay votes on firms' strategic policies: Insights from the Anglo-Saxon economy. International review of financial analysis, 73, Article 101606. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2020.101606

This study examines evidences of executive reactions to say-on-pay (SOP) votes in terms of strategic policies which could affect firms' long-run growth and eventual survival. We employed an unbalanced panel data from 1932 firms taken from four countr... Read More about The impact of Say-on-Pay votes on firms' strategic policies: Insights from the Anglo-Saxon economy.

Trade credit in SMEs: Evidence from East Asia and the Pacific (2020)
Thesis
Hoang, C. H. (2020). Trade credit in SMEs: Evidence from East Asia and the Pacific. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4912829

Using a sample of 1,509 non-financial listed small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from nine countries or territories located in East Asia and the Pacific – China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and Hong Kong... Read More about Trade credit in SMEs: Evidence from East Asia and the Pacific.

Say-on-pay votes and their impact on CEO power, firm performance and firm strategic policies : evidence from Anglo-Saxon economies (2020)
Thesis
Joura, E. A. Say-on-pay votes and their impact on CEO power, firm performance and firm strategic policies : evidence from Anglo-Saxon economies. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4222734

This thesis aims to provide additional insights into the understanding and the importance of various types of SOP votes. Motived by a new regulation called “Pay Ratio Disclosure” in the UK and the USA, and the subsequent changes of SOP regulation in... Read More about Say-on-pay votes and their impact on CEO power, firm performance and firm strategic policies : evidence from Anglo-Saxon economies.

Trade credit, firm profitability, and financial constraints: Evidence from listed SMEs in East Asia and the Pacific (2019)
Journal Article
Hoang, C. H., Xiao, Q., & Akbar, S. (2019). Trade credit, firm profitability, and financial constraints: Evidence from listed SMEs in East Asia and the Pacific. International Journal of Managerial Finance, 15(5), 744-770. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJMF-09-2018-0258

The principal objective of this study is to investigate the non-linear association between trade credit and profitability of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Moreover, this paper analyses whether the above relationship varies according to financi... Read More about Trade credit, firm profitability, and financial constraints: Evidence from listed SMEs in East Asia and the Pacific.