S. Ghon Rhee

University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business

K.J. Luke Chair of International Finance and Banking

2404 Maile Way

C-304, FEI/CBA

Honolulu, HI 96822

United States

University of Hawaii at Manoa - Department of Financial Economics and Institutions

Shidler College of Business

United States

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Scholarly Papers (42)

1.

Market Sentiment, IPO Underpricing, and Valuation

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 25 Mar 2008
Cynthia J. Campbell, S. Ghon Rhee, Yan Du and Ning Tang
Iowa State University - Department of Accounting and Finance, University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Wilfrid Laurier University
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IPO, underpricing, valuation, sentiment, underwriter reputation, information asymmetry

Foreign Institutional Ownership and Stock Market Liquidity: Evidence from Indonesia

Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol. 33, No. 7, 2009
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 15 Jul 2009
S. Ghon Rhee and Jian-Xin Wang
University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business and University of Technology Sydney
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Foreign investors, Foreign institutions, Foreign ownership, Foreign trading, Market liberalization, Liquidity, Bid-ask spread, Depth, Price sensitivity, the Jakarta Stock Exchange, Granger causality

Foreign Institutional Ownership and Stock Market Liquidity: Evidence from Indonesia

21st Australasian Finance and Banking Conference 2008 Paper
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 20 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 15 Jan 2010
S. Ghon Rhee and Jian-Xin Wang
University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business and University of Technology Sydney
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foreign institutions, foreign ownership, liquidity, bid-ask spread, depth, price impact

Return Reversals, Idiosyncratic Risk, and Expected Returns

Review of Financial Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 13 Jan 2009
University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business, University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business, University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business and University of HawaiiUniversity of Melbourne
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return reversal, idiosyncratic risk, expected return

Return Reversals, Idiosyncratic Risk, and Expected Returns

The Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 23, Issue 1, pp. 147-168, 2010
Posted: 25 Jan 2010
University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business, University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business, University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business and University of HawaiiUniversity of Melbourne

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Navigating through Economic Policy Uncertainty: The Role of Corporate Cash Holdings

Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 30 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 30 Mar 2020
Monash University - Department of Banking and Finance, Edith Cowan University - School of Business & Law, RMIT- School of Economics, Finance and Marketing and University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business
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Policy uncertainty; cash holdings; financial constraints; corporate innovation; investment.

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The Brokerage Firm Effect in Herding: Evidence from Indonesia

Journal of Financial Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 14 May 2007 Last Revised: 09 Dec 2009
National University of Singapore, University of Nevada, Reno - College of Business, University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Rutgers University, Camden
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Herding behavior, Foreign Investor, Domestic investor, Emerging stock market, Brokerage firm

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National Culture and Corporate Cash Holdings around the World

Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol. 50, 2015
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 02 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 15 May 2017
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, Macquarie University, University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business, Monash University and T.A. PAI Management Institute, Finance Area
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Cash holdings; National culture; Individualism; Uncertainty avoidance

Earnings Management Behaviors Under Different Economic Environments: Evidence from Japanese Banks

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 26 Jan 2005
National University of Singapore, Government of the United States of America - Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business and University of Nevada, Reno - College of Business
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Loan-loss provision, security gains, earnings management; and regulatory capital

Earnings Management Behaviors Under Different Economic Environments: Evidence from Japanese Banks

International Review of Economics and Finance, Forthcoming
Posted: 27 Dec 2005
National University of Singapore, Government of the United States of America - Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), University of Nevada, Reno - College of Business and University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business

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Loan-Loss Provision, Security Gains, Earnings Management

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Margin Purchases and Short Sales in Emerging Markets: Their Rationales and Design Variables

World Bank Financial Sector Paper Series
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 15 Jan 2009
Tadashi Endo and S. Ghon Rhee
Independent and University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business
Downloads 484 (124,032)
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Emerging markets, Margin purchases, Short sales, Short selling, Stock borrowing and lending

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The Impact of Economic Policy Uncertainty on Stock Liquidity: Cross-sectional Effects and Economic Channels

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 20 Dec 2017 Last Revised: 25 Nov 2020
Monash University - Department of Banking and Finance, University of Southern Queensland, Edith Cowan University - School of Business & Law, RMIT- School of Economics, Finance and Marketing and University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business
Downloads 408 (151,746)
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Policy Uncertainty, Stock Liquidity, Information Asymmetry, Cash-flow Risk, Funding Liquidity

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Local Gambling Preferences and Corporate Innovative Success

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA), Vol. 49, No. 1, Feb. 2014, pp. 77–106, FIRN Research Paper
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 07 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 22 Jul 2014
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University) - School of Economics, Finance and Marketing, University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business and T.A. PAI Management Institute, Finance Area
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Innovation, Catholics-to-Protestants ratio, Gambling preferences, CEO overconfidence

Investor Demand for Ipos and Aftermarket Performance: Evidence from the Hong Kong Stock Market

Working Paper No. 10-4
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 07 Dec 2004
Sumit Agarwal, Chunlin Liu and S. Ghon Rhee
National University of Singapore, University of Nevada, Reno - College of Business and University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business
Downloads 365 (170,324)
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Initial Public Offering, Aftermarket Performance, Investor Demand

Investor Demand for Ipos and Aftermarket Performance: Evidence from the Hong Kong Stock Market

Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Forthcoming
Posted: 07 Jun 2006
Sumit Agarwal, Chunlin Liu and S. Ghon Rhee
National University of Singapore, University of Nevada, Reno - College of Business and University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business

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Initial Public Offering, Aftermarket Performance, Investor Demand

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Limits-to-Arbitrage in US Penny Stocks: An Overlooked Segment of US Equity Markets

Asian Finance Association (AsianFA) 2015 Conference Paper
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 15 Feb 2015
Qianqiu Liu, S. Ghon Rhee, Liang Zhang and Liang Zhang
University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business, University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business and University of HawaiiUniversity of Melbourne
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Listed Penny Stocks, Asset Pricing Model, Trading Strategies, Short- Sale Constraints, Limits-to-Arbitrage, Institutional Ownership, Idiosyncratic Volatility

13.

Shareholder Perks in Japan: Price Movement and Trading Volume Around Ex-Benefit Days

Asian Finance Association (AsianFA) 2016 Conference
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 09 May 2016
University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business, University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business, Hitotsubashi University - Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy and Soka University
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Why Do Foreign Investors Underperform Domestic Investors in Trading Activities? Evidence from Indonesia

Journal of Financial Markets, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 01 Feb 2007 Last Revised: 09 Mar 2008
National University of Singapore, University of Nevada, Reno - College of Business Administration, University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business and University of Nevada, Reno - College of Business
Downloads 307 (207,247)
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Trading performance, Foreign Investor, Domestic investor, Poor timing of trade hypothesis, Information advantage hypothesis, Aggressive trading hypothesis, Initiated orders, Non-initiated orders, Indonesian stock market

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Is the London Market Competitive? A Study of Trading Behavior of London Market Makers

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 04 Nov 2000
Rosita P. Chang, Chunlin Liu and S. Ghon Rhee
University of Hawaii at Manoa - Department of Financial Economics and Institutions, University of Rhode Island and University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business
Downloads 271 (235,875)
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Extreme Downside Risk and Expected Stock Returns

Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol. 36, No. 5, 2012, 1492-1502
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 22 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 17 May 2012
Wei Huang, Qianqiu Liu, S. Ghon Rhee and Feng Wu
University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business, University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business, University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business and University of Macau - Faculty of Business Administration
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Extreme Downside Risk, Generalized Extreme Value Distribution, Idiosyncratic Volatility, Bankruptcy Risk

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Do Macroeconomic Factors Subsume Market Anomalies in Long Investment Horizons?

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 09 Jun 2004
National Central University, National Central University - Department of Finance, University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business and Ming Chuan University - Department of Economics
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investment horizon, beta, size, book-to-market equity, CAPM, macroeconomic factors

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Another Look at Idiosyncratic Volatility and Expected Returns

Journal of Investment Management, Vol. 9, No. 4, 2011, 26-51
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 20 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 19 May 2012
University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business, University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business, University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business and University of HawaiiUniversity of Melbourne
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idiosyncratic volatility, return reversals

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Why CEOs File Bankruptcy in Delaware

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 27 Jun 2007
Gregory R. Stone and S. Ghon Rhee
University of Nevada, Reno and University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business
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Bankruptcy, Delaware, agency theory

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Foreign Exchange Market Efficiency Under Recent Crises: Asia-Pacific Focus

Journal of International Money and Finance, Vol. 31, No. 6, 2012
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 22 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 08 Aug 2012
Rubi Ahmad, S. Ghon Rhee and Yuen Meng Wong
University of Malaya (UM), University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business and University of Malaya (UM) - Faculty of Business & Accountancy
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Foreign exchange market efficiency, Forward unbiasedness hypothesis, Cointegration, Asia-Pacific Currencies

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Accounting Quality and Investment Efficiency in a Bank-Centered Economy: Evidence from the 2001 Bank Shareholding Limitation Act of Japan

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 13 Aug 2020
Kobe University - Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration, University of Hawaii at Manoa - School of Accountancy, University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business and University of Tokyo - Graduate School of Economics
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accounting quality; investment efficiency; information asymmetry; bank-centered economy; private debt; cross-shareholdings.

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Institutional Trading Performance in a Retail Investor Dominated Emerging Market

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 09 Mar 2011
Wei Li, S. Ghon Rhee and Steven Shuye Wang
Hong Kong Polytechnic University - School of Accounting and Finance, University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business and School of Business, Renmin University of China
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institutional trades, performance, persistence, information

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Anything Wrong with Breaking a Buck? An Empirical Evaluation of Nasdaq’s $1 Minimum Bid Price Maintenance Criterion

Journal of Financial Markets, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 07 Oct 2011
S. Ghon Rhee and Feng Wu
University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business and University of Macau - Faculty of Business Administration
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Exchange listing standards, Low-priced stocks, Extreme tail risk, NASDAQ

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Golden Handcuffs and Corporate Innovation: Evidence from Defined Benefit Pension Plans

Review of Corporate Finance Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 08 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 02 Aug 2021
Huu Nhan Duong, Bin Qiu and S. Ghon Rhee
Monash University - Department of Banking and Finance, Depauw University - Department of Economics and Management and University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business
Downloads 157 (393,013)
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Corporate innovation, defined benefit pension plan, employee compensation, human capital

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A Retrospective Evaluation of the Pacific-Basin Finance Journal: 1993-2002

Dice Center Working Paper No. 2002-9
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 22 Nov 2003
Kalok Chan, George Andrew Karolyi and S. Ghon Rhee
CUHK Business School, Cornell University - SC Johnson College of Business and University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business
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Underwriting in the Australian IPO Markets: Determinants and Pricing

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 29 May 2019
University of Auckland Business School, Monash University - Department of Banking and Finance, Monash Business School, University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business and T.A. PAI Management Institute, Finance Area
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Initial public offerings; Commitments test entity; Underwriting; Bookbuild; Australian Securities Exchange

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Do Low Search Costs Facilitate Like-buys-like Mergers? Evidence from Common Bank Networks

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 18 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 03 Mar 2021
Jiakai Chen, Joon Ho Kim and S. Ghon Rhee
University of Hawaii, University of Hawaii at Manoa and University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business
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Search costs, Common bank network, Asset complementarity, Like-buys-like mergers, Synergy

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Real Asset Liquidity and Corporate Innovation

Asian Finance Association (AsianFA) 2015 Conference Paper
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 17 Feb 2015
National Central University, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE) - School of Finance and University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business
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Asset Liquidity, R&D, Innovation

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The Impact of Accounting Quality on Investment Efficiency: Evidence from the 2001 Bank Shareholding Limitation Act of Japan

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 21 Mar 2024
University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business, Kobe University, University of Hawaii at Manoa - School of Accountancy and University of Tokyo - Graduate School of Economics
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accounting quality, investment efficiency, information asymmetry, bank-centered economy, private debt, cross-shareholdings.

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Do Progressive Social Norms Affect Economic Outcomes? Evidence from Corporate Takeovers

Journal of Empirical Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 11 Jan 2017
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Accountancy, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University) - School of Economics, Finance and Marketing, University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business and T.A. PAI Management Institute, Finance Area
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Religion, Corporate takeovers, Mainline Protestants, Behavioral finance

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Folklore Narratives and IPO Outcomes

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 21 Jun 2024
Huu Nhan Duong, Abhinav Goyal and S. Ghon Rhee
Monash University - Department of Banking and Finance, University of Birmingham and University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business
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Folklore, Accountability, IPOs, information disclosure, Social Trust, Antisocial Behavior

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Nominal Stock Price Anchors: A Global Phenomenon?

HKUST IEMS Working Paper No. 2019-64
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 15 Jul 2019
York University - Schulich School of Business, HKUST Business School, John Carroll University - Department of Economics & Finance and University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business
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anchoring, norms, nominal share price, stock splits, reverse stock splits

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CEO Inside Debt and Convertible Bonds

Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Vol. 45, Issue 1-2, pp. 232-249, 2018
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 06 Sep 2018 Last Revised: 16 Sep 2018
Wei-Hsien Li, S. Ghon Rhee and Carl Hsin-han Shen
National Central University - Department of Finance, University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business and Macquarie University, Macquarie Business School
Downloads 66 (708,030)
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convertible bond, inside debt, risk shifting

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CEO Inside Debt and Convertible Bonds

Forthcoming, Journal of Business Finance & Accounting
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 22 Sep 2017
Wei-Hsien Li, S. Ghon Rhee and Carl Hsin-han Shen
National Central University, University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business and Macquarie University, Macquarie Business School
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Convertible bond; Inside debt; Risk shifting

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The Development of East Asian Bond Markets (Presentation Slides)

3rd Chapman Conference on Money and Finance - Financial Market Development in Emerging Asia: Impact on Corporate Performance, Capital Flows and Politics | May 4, 2018
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 26 Jul 2019
S. Ghon Rhee
University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business
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Bond Markets, Regional Markets, East Asia

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Large Trade Based Manipulation: Beyond the Prosecuted Cases

Journal of Corporate Finance, Vol. 42, 2017
Posted: 09 Nov 2017
Griffith University - Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics, University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business, Griffith University- Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics and T.A. PAI Management Institute, Finance Area

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Manipulation, Trade-based manipulation, Pump-and-dump scheme, Indian IPOs

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The Low Volatility Anomaly in Australian Stock Returns

30th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference 2017
Posted: 09 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 21 Sep 2018
University of New South Wales (UNSW), School of Banking and Finance, Students, University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business, UNSW Business School, University of New South Wales, University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business and UNSW Australia Business School, School of Banking and Finance

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Returns anomaly, realized volatility, CAPM, factor models

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Another Look at Idiosyncratic Volatility and Expected Returns

Journal Of Investment Management (JOIM), Fourth Quarter 2011
Posted: 25 May 2012
Victor Huang, Qianqiu Liu, S. Ghon Rhee and Liang Zhang
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business, University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Idiosyncratic volatility, January effect, return reversals

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Where Does Price Discovery Occur for Stocks Traded in Multiple Markets? Evidence from Hong Kong and London Stocks

Posted: 07 Dec 2004
Sumit Agarwal, Chunlin Liu and S. Ghon Rhee
National University of Singapore, University of Rhode Island and University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business

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Dually-listed stocks, Price discovery, Liquidity-driven trading

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Taxes, Keiretsu Affiliation, and Income Shifting

Posted: 11 Mar 2004
Carson College of Business, Sasin GIBA of Chulalongkorn University and University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business

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Keiretsu, income shifting, marginal tax rate

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Price Limit Performance: Evidence from the Tokyo Stock Exchange

Journal of Finance, June 1997
Posted: 18 Apr 1998
Kenneth Kim and S. Ghon Rhee
Tongji University - School of Economics and Management and University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business

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Taxes and Horizontal Corporate Group (Keiretsu) Affiliation: Empirical Evidence from Japan

PACAP WP 9602
Posted: 10 Dec 1996
Piman Limpaphayom and S. Ghon Rhee
Sasin GIBA of Chulalongkorn University and University of Hawaii at Manoa - Shidler College of Business

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