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Overview

S. Ghon Rhee is affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the United States and focuses on research within the fields of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, as well as Business, Management and Accounting. Their work spans various subfields, including Accounting, Finance, Economics and Econometrics, Management Science and Operations Research, and General Decision Sciences.

The primary topics covered in their research include Corporate Finance and Governance, Financial Markets and Investment Strategies, Stock Market Forecasting Methods, Banking Stability, Regulation and Efficiency, Market Dynamics and Volatility, Private Equity and Venture Capital, and Auditing, Earnings Management, and Governance.

Rhee's recent publications demonstrate a breadth of focus on corporate finance and financial markets. Notable papers include:

  • "Navigating through economic policy uncertainty: The role of corporate cash holdings" (2020), published in the Journal of Corporate Finance
  • "Golden Handcuffs and Corporate Innovation: Evidence from Defined Benefit Pension Plans" (2021), published in The Review of Corporate Finance Studies
  • "Do low search costs facilitate like-buys-like mergers? Evidence from common bank networks" (2020), published in the Journal of Financial Economics
  • "Non-parametric momentum based on ranks and signs" (2020), published in the Journal of Empirical Finance
  • "Do investors value shareholder perks? Evidence from Japan" (2022), published in the Journal of Banking & Finance

Their frequent collaborators include Huu Nhan Duong, Kuan-Cheng Ko, Tsung-Yu Chen, Pin-Huang Chou, and Masahiro Enomoto.

Rhee's work has appeared predominantly in several publication venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Banking & Finance
  • Pacific-Basin Finance Journal
  • Journal of Empirical Finance
  • International Journal of Behavioural Accounting and Finance

Best Publications

  • The Impact of the Degrees of Operating and Financial Leverage on Systematic Risk of Common Stock

    Gershon N. Mandelker;S. Ghon Rhee

  • Price Limit Performance: Evidence from the Tokyo Stock Exchange

    Kenneth A. Kim;S. Ghon Rhee

  • Return Reversals, Idiosyncratic Risk, and Expected Returns

    Wei Huang;Qianqiu Liu;S. Ghon Rhee;Liang Zhang

  • National culture and corporate cash holdings around the world

    Yangyang Chen;Paul Y. Dou;S. Ghon Rhee;Cameron Truong

  • The Impact of Personal Taxes on Corporate Dividend Policy and Capital Structure Decisions

    Rosita P. Chang;S. Ghon Rhee

  • Navigating through economic policy uncertainty: the role of corporate cash holdings

    Huu Nhan Duong;Justin Hung Nguyen;My Nguyen;S. Ghon Rhee

  • Investor demand for IPOs and aftermarket performance: Evidence from the Hong Kong stock market

    Sumit Agarwal;Chunlin Liu;S. Ghon Rhee

  • Local Gambling Preferences and Corporate Innovative Success

    Yangyang Chen;Edward J. Podolski;S. Ghon Rhee;Madhu Veeraraghavan

  • Extreme downside risk and expected stock returns

    Wei Huang;Qianqiu Liu;S. Ghon Rhee;Feng Wu

  • Price Limit Performance: evidence from transactions data and the limit order book

    Soon Huat Chan;Kenneth A. Kim;S. Ghon Rhee

  • Taxes, keiretsu affiliation, and income shifting

    Jeffrey D. Gramlich;Piman Limpaphayom;S. Ghon Rhee

  • SHORT‐TERM ABNORMAL RETURNS OF THE CONTRARIAN STRATEGY IN THE JAPANESE STOCK MARKET

    Rosita P. Chang;D.W. McLeavey;S. Ghon Rhee

  • Why do foreign investors underperform domestic investors in trading activities? Evidence from Indonesia

    Sumit Agarwal;Sumit Agarwal;Sheri Faircloth;Chunlin Liu;S. Ghon Rhee;S. Ghon Rhee

  • Further Reforms of the JGB Market for the Promotion of Regional Bond Markets

    S. Ghon Rhee

  • Short sales and speed of price adjustment: Evidence from the Hong Kong stock market

    Crystal Xiaobei Chen;Crystal Xiaobei Chen;S. Ghon Rhee;S. Ghon Rhee

  • Earnings management behaviors under different economic environments: Evidence from Japanese banks

    Sumit Agarwal;Souphala Chomsisengphet;Chunlin Liu;S. Ghon Rhee

  • The effects of trading methods on volatility and liquidity: Evidence from the Taiwan Stock Exchange

    Rosita P. Chang;Shuh-Tzy Hsu;Nai-Kuan Huang;S. Ghon Rhee

  • Ownership Structure and Performance: The Demutualization of Life Insurers

    Michael J. McNamara;S. Ghon Rhee

  • Pacific-basin capital markets research

    S. Ghon Rhee;Rosita P. Chang

  • Intra‐Day Arbitrage Opportunities in Foreign Exchange and Eurocurrency Markets

    S. Ghon Rhee;Rosita P. Chang

  • Foreign Institutional Ownership and Stock Market Liquidity: Evidence from Indonesia

    S. Ghon Rhee;Jian-Xin Wang

  • National Culture and Cash Holdings Around the World

    Cameron Truong;Yangyang Chen;Yiwen Dou;S. Ghon Rhee

Frequent Co-Authors

Sumit Agarwal
Sumit Agarwal National University of Singapore
Kenneth A. Kim
Kenneth A. Kim Tongji University
Souphala Chomsisengphet
Souphala Chomsisengphet Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Stephen J. Brown
Stephen J. Brown New York University
Utpal Bhattacharya
Utpal Bhattacharya Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
George Andrew Karolyi
George Andrew Karolyi Cornell University
Kalok Chan
Kalok Chan City University of Hong Kong

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