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Overview

K.C. John Wei is affiliated with the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in China. Their research spans across multiple fields within economics, econometrics, finance, business, management, and accounting, with a substantial focus on areas such as financial markets, investment strategies, corporate finance, governance, and auditing.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance
  • Business, Management and Accounting

The subfields they frequently contribute to are:

  • Accounting
  • Finance
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
  • Sociology and Political Science

Key research topics covered in their work include:

  • Financial Markets and Investment Strategies
  • Corporate Finance and Governance
  • Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance
  • Market Dynamics and Volatility
  • Banking stability, regulation, efficiency
  • Monetary Policy and Economic Impact
  • Private Equity and Venture Capital

They have published extensively in various academic venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Corporate Finance
  • Financial Analysts Journal
  • Pacific-Basin Finance Journal
  • Journal of Banking & Finance

Their recent papers include:

  • Security analysts and capital market anomalies, 2020, Journal of Financial Economics
  • How economic policy uncertainty affects the cost of raising equity capital: Evidence from seasoned equity offerings, 2020, Journal of Financial Stability
  • Demand shock, speculative beta, and asset prices: Evidence from the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect program, 2021, Journal of Banking & Finance
  • Replicating and Digesting Anomalies in the Chinese A-Share Market, 2023, Management Science
  • Insider Sales under the Threat of Short Sellers: New Hypothesis and New Tests, 2021, The Accounting Review

K.C. John Wei frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Hendrik Bessembinder
  • Te-Feng Chen
  • Goeun Choi
  • Qingjie Du
  • Frank Weikai Li

Best Publications

  • Capital Investments and Stock Returns

    Sheridan Titman;K. C. John Wei;Feixue Xie

  • Individualism and Momentum around the World

    Andy C.W. Chui;Sheridan Titman;K.C. John Wei

  • Capital Investments and Stock Returns

    K.C. John Wei;Feixue Xie;Sheridan Titman;Sheridan Titman

  • Legal protection of investors, corporate governance, and the cost of equity capital

    Kevin C.W. Chen;Zhihong Chen;K.C. John Wei

  • The Cross Section of Expected REIT Returns

    Andy C. W. Chui;Sheridan Titman;K. C. John Wei

  • Tunneling or propping: Evidence from connected transactions in China

    Winnie Qian Peng;K.C. John Wei;Zhishu Yang

  • Underpricing and long-term performance of IPOs in China

    Kalok Chan;Junbo Wang;K.C.John Wei

  • Explaining the Cross‐Section of Stock Returns in Japan: Factors or Characteristics?

    Kent Daniel;Sheridan Titman;K.C. John Wei

  • Corporate finance and governance in emerging markets: A selective review and an agenda for future research

    Joseph P.H. Fan;K.C. John Wei;Xinzhong Xu

  • Agency Costs of Free Cash Flow and the Effect of Shareholder Rights on the Implied Cost of Equity Capital

    Kevin C. W. Chen;Zhihong Chen;K. C. John Wei

  • Limits-to-arbitrage, investment frictions, and the asset growth anomaly

    F.Y. Eric C. Lam;K.C. John Wei

  • Book-to-market, firm size, and the turn-of-the-year effect: Evidence from Pacific-Basin emerging markets

    Andy C.W. Chui;K.C.John Wei

  • The impacts of political uncertainty on asset prices: Evidence from the Bo scandal in China

    Laura Xiaolei Liu;Haibing Shu;K.C. John Wei

  • Creditors' decisions to waive violations of accounting-based debt covenants

    Kevin C.W. Chen;K.C. John Wei

  • Momentum, Legal Systems and Ownership Structure: An Analysis of Asian Stock Markets

    Andy C.W. Chui;K.C. John Wei;Sheridan Titman;Sheridan Titman

  • The investment and operating performance of Japanese initial public offerings

    Jun Cai;K.C.John Wei

  • The Role of Anchoring Bias in the Equity Market: Evidence from Analysts’ Earnings Forecasts and Stock Returns

    Ling Cen;Gilles Hilary;K. C. John Wei

  • Ownership structure, cash flow, and capital investment: Evidence from East Asian economies before the financial crisis

    K.C. John Wei;Yi Zhang

  • Institutional Ownership and Changes in the S&P 500

    Stephen W. Pruitt;K. C. John Wei

  • Political risk and stock price volatility: The case of Hong Kong☆

    Yue-cheong Chan;K.C. John Wei

  • The Cross-Section of Expected REIT Returns

    Andy C.W. Chui;K.C. John Wei;Sheridan Titman;Sheridan Titman

Frequent Co-Authors

Sheridan Titman
Sheridan Titman The University of Texas at Austin
Kent Daniel
Kent Daniel Columbia University
Hendrik Bessembinder
Hendrik Bessembinder Arizona State University
Iftekhar Hasan
Iftekhar Hasan Fordham University
Joseph P. H. Fan
Joseph P. H. Fan Chinese University of Hong Kong
Bohui Zhang
Bohui Zhang Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Thomas J. Chemmanur
Thomas J. Chemmanur Boston College
Kalok Chan
Kalok Chan City University of Hong Kong

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