Search Results - "Yan, Isabel K. M."

Not all shadow banking is bad! Evidence from credit intermediation of non-financial Chinese firms by Dang, Vinh Q. T., Otchere, Isaac, So, Erin P. K., Yan, Isabel K. M.

“…Using data from 2009 to 2016 data, we investigate the relation between leverage and investment in listed firms in China against the backdrop of rising shadow…”
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Regional capital mobility in China: Economic reform with limited financial integration by Lai, Jennifer T., McNelis, Paul D., Yan, Isabel K.M.

“…This paper assesses the changes in the regional capital mobility in China during the period of economic reform in 1978–2008 by employing a panel time varying…”
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Would global patent protection be too weak without international coordination? by Lai, Edwin L.-C., Yan, Isabel K.M.

“…In the standard model with free trade and social-welfare-maximizing governments à la Grossman and Lai (2004), cross-border positive policy externalities result…”
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Regional capital mobility in China: 1978–2006 by Chan, Kenneth S., Dang, Vinh Q.T., Lai, Jennifer T., Yan, Isabel K.M.

“…We examine cross-region capital mobility in China and track how the degree of mobility has changed over time. The effects of fiscal and redistributive…”
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The COVID-19 pandemics and import demand elasticities: evidence from China’s customs data by Zhang, Weikang, Yan, Isabel K. M., Cheung, Yin-Wong

“…We study China’s import demand elasticities using HS 8-digit customs data on China’s provincial imports during January 2019 to March 2021. It is found that…”
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Chinese firms’ political connection, ownership, and financing constraints by Chan, Kenneth S., Dang, Vinh Q.T., Yan, Isabel K.M.

“…We empirically examine some listed Chinese firms’ political connection, ownership, and financing constraints. Politically-connected firms display no financing…”
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On China's Domestic Capital Mobility and the Role of the Government: Empirical Evidence Over 1970-2006 by Chan, K. S., Dang, V. Q. T., Jiang, M., Yan, Isabel K. M.

“…This article investigates capital mobility across 29 provinces in China for the period of 1970–2006 using the Feldstein–Horioka (FH) approach and Campbell and…”
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Financial reform and financing constraints: Some evidence from listed Chinese firms by Chan, Kenneth S., Dang, Vinh Q.T., Yan, Isabel K.M.

“…This paper examines the impact of recent financial reforms in China on the financing constraints and investment of publicly-listed Chinese firms. Two…”
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Consumption risk sharing and self-insurance across provinces in China: 1952–2008 by Chan, Kenneth S., Lai, Jennifer T., Yan, Isabel K.M.

“…This paper investigates the extent to which idiosyncratic shocks to the permanent income of various provinces in China were mitigated through the channel of…”
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Effects of Financial Liberalisation and Political Connection on Listed Chinese Firms' Financing Constraints by Chan, Kenneth S., Dang, Vinh Q. T., Yan, Isabel K. M.

“…This study examines the impact of recent financial liberalisation in China on the financing constraints of publicly listed Chinese firms with and without…”
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Digital Financial Inclusion and Consumption Smoothing in China by Lai, Jennifer T., Yan, Isabel K. M., Yi, Xingjian, Zhang, Hao

“…In this paper, we investigate the effect of digital financial inclusion (DFI) on household consumption smoothing in China. We use four waves of the biennial…”
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Sectoral Capital-Labor Ratios and Total Factor Productivity: Evidence from Asia by Kakkar, Vikas, Yan, Isabel K.M.

“…This paper examines the relationship between sectoral capital–labor ratios and total factor productivity (TFP) for six Asian economies in the context of the…”
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Intergovernmental Fiscal Arrangements and Provincial Consumption Risk Sharing in China by Lai, Jennifer T., So, Erin P. K., Yan, Isabel K. M.

“…This paper utilizes a panel data set on two major fiscal reforms in China-the fiscal contract system (FCS) in 1980-93 and the tax-sharing system (TSS) after…”
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Are crises sentimental? by Chen, Tao, So, Erin P. K., Yan, Isabel K. M.

“…This paper examines the role of investor sentiment in signalling the onset of equity crises in a panel of over 50 countries. We find that although poor…”
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Reaching up and reaching out: The impact of competition on firms’ productivity and export decisions by Opoku, Eric E. O., Yan, Isabel K. M., Hynes, Kate

“…Using firm‐level data from 139 countries, this paper investigates the effect of competition in both the domestic and foreign markets on firm productivity and…”
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The value of political connection: Evidence from the 2011 Egyptian revolution by Dang, Vinh Q.T., So, Erin P.K., Yan, Isabel K.M.

“…We manually construct a list of Egyptian exchange-traded firms that were connected to President Mubarak and use the sudden collapse of his 30-year regime in…”
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THE 2007-2008 U.S. RECESSION: WHAT DID THE REAL-TIME GOOGLE TRENDS DATA TELL THE UNITED STATES? by Chen, Tao, So, Erin Pik Ki, Wu, Liang, Yan, Isabel Kit Ming

“…In the extant literature of business cycle predictions, the signals for business cycle turning points are generally issued with a lag of at least 5 months. In…”
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The heterogeneous sectoral productivity impacts of FDI on real exchange rate by Guo, Fei, Opoku, Eric Evans Osei, Yan, Isabel Kit-Ming

“…The Balassa-Samuelson effect provides a theoretical explanation for the deviation of the real exchange rate (RER) from its purchasing power parity based on the…”
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Forecasting currency crises with threshold models by Chong, Terence T.L., Yan, Isabel K.

“…This paper develops a multi-factor threshold model to provide warning signals for currency crises. Using a panel data set for 16 economies over 20 years, it is…”
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Is the Chinese stock market really inefficient? by Chong, Terence Tai-Leung, Lam, Tau-Hing, Yan, Isabel Kit-Ming

“…Groenewold et al. (2004) documented that the Chinese stock market is inefficient. In this paper, we revisit the efficiency problem of the Chinese stock market…”
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