Chuck C.Y. Kwok

University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business

Professor of International Business

1705 College St

Francis M. Hipp Building

Columbia, SC 29208

United States

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1.

Does Corporate Social Responsibility Affect the Cost of Capital?

Journal of Banking & Finance, Vol. 35, Issue 9, pp. 2388-2406, September 2011
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 03 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 29 Nov 2014
Sadok El Ghoul, Omrane Guedhami, Chuck C.Y. Kwok and Dev R. Mishra
University of Alberta - Campus Saint-Jean, University of South Carolina - Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business and University of Saskatchewan - Edwards School of Business
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Cost of equity capital, Corporate social responsibility

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National Culture and the Value Implication of Corporate Governance

Number of pages: 74 Posted: 24 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 19 Dec 2017
Dale W. Griffin, Omrane Guedhami, Chuck C.Y. Kwok, Kai Li and Liang Shao
University of British Columbia (UBC) - Division of Marketing, University of South Carolina - Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business, University of British Columbia (UBC) - Sauder School of Business and Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) - Department of Finance and Decision Sciences
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corporate governance; firm value; hierarchical linear model; individualism; national culture; uncertainty avoidance

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Does Corporate Social Responsibility Reduce the Costs of High Leverage? Evidence from Capital Structure and Product Market Interactions

Journal of Banking and Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 27 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 22 Dec 2019
Kee-Hong Bae, Sadok El Ghoul, Omrane Guedhami, Chuck C.Y. Kwok and Ying Zheng
York University - Schulich School of Business, University of Alberta - Campus Saint-Jean, University of South Carolina - Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business and Bryant University
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Corporate social responsibility; Costs of high leverage; Stakeholder theory of capital structure

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Family Control and Corporate Social Responsibility

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 27 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 25 Jan 2016
Sadok El Ghoul, Omrane Guedhami, Chuck C.Y. Kwok and He (Helen) Wang
University of Alberta - Campus Saint-Jean, University of South Carolina - Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business and West Virginia University - Department of Finance
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Family control, corporate social responsibility (CSR), agency theory, institutions, East Asia

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Cross-Listing and Corporate Social Responsibility

Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 12 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 15 Aug 2016
Narjess Boubakri, Sadok El Ghoul, He (Helen) Wang, Omrane Guedhami and Chuck C.Y. Kwok
American University of Sharjah - School of Business and Management, University of Alberta - Campus Saint-Jean, West Virginia University - Department of Finance, University of South Carolina - Moore School of Business and University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business
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Cross-listing, corporate social responsibility (CSR), bonding theory, institutions

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Zero-Leverage Puzzle: An International Comparison

Forthcoming in the Review of Finance
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 12 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 27 Oct 2016
Sadok El Ghoul, Omrane Guedhami, Chuck C.Y. Kwok and Xiaolan Zheng
University of Alberta - Campus Saint-Jean, University of South Carolina - Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business and Nottingham University Business School China
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Capital structure, Debt financing, Zero leverage, Informal institutions

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Is Privatization a Socially Responsible Reform?

Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 22 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 25 Jan 2019
Narjess Boubakri, Omrane Guedhami, Chuck C.Y. Kwok and He (Helen) Wang
American University of Sharjah - School of Business and Management, University of South Carolina - Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business and West Virginia University - Department of Finance
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Privatization, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Ownership Structure, Institutions

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National Culture and Corporate Debt Maturity

Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol. 36, 2012
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 11 Nov 2013
Xiaolan Zheng, Sadok El Ghoul, Omrane Guedhami and Chuck C.Y. Kwok
Nottingham University Business School China, University of Alberta - Campus Saint-Jean, University of South Carolina - Moore School of Business and University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business
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National Culture and Privatization: The Relationship between Collectivism and Residual State Ownership

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 15 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 11 Sep 2015
Narjess Boubakri, Omrane Guedhami, Chuck C.Y. Kwok and Walid Saffar
American University of Sharjah - School of Business and Management, University of South Carolina - Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business and Hong Kong Polytechnic University - School of Accounting and Finance
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Privatization; national culture; corporate governance; performance

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National Culture and Profit Reinvestment: Evidence from Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 26 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 24 Jun 2015
Sadok El Ghoul, Omrane Guedhami, Chuck C.Y. Kwok and Liang Shao
University of Alberta - Campus Saint-Jean, University of South Carolina - Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business and Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) - Department of Finance and Decision Sciences
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National Culture, Profit Reinvestment, Small Firms, Emerging Markets, Economic Development

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The Role of Creditor Rights on Capital Structure and Product Market Interactions: International Evidence

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 06 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 25 Sep 2019
Sadok El Ghoul, Omrane Guedhami, Chuck C.Y. Kwok and Ying Zheng
University of Alberta - Campus Saint-Jean, University of South Carolina - Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business and Bryant University
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creditor rights; capital structure; product market performance; financial systems

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Are Insiders Equal? Evidence from Earnings Management in Closely Held East Asian Firms

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 26 Jul 2017 Last Revised: 27 Nov 2018
Najah Attig, Ruiyuan (Ryan) Chen, Sadok El Ghoul, Omrane Guedhami, Chuck C.Y. Kwok and Jeffrey Pittman
Saint Mary's University - Department of Finance & Management Science, West Virginia University, University of Alberta - Campus Saint-Jean, University of South Carolina - Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business and Memorial University of Newfoundland (MNU) - Faculty of Business Administration
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Family Conglomerates, Earnings Management, Comparative Accounting Systems and Practice, Real Activities Manipulation, Corporate Governance, East Asia

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Collectivism and Corruption in Bank Lending

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 11 Nov 2013
Xiaolan Zheng, Sadok El Ghoul, Omrane Guedhami and Chuck C.Y. Kwok
Nottingham University Business School China, University of Alberta - Campus Saint-Jean, University of South Carolina - Moore School of Business and University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business
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Banking and Finance, National Culture, Corruption

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Political Freedom and Corporate Payouts

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 02 Jun 2016
Omrane Guedhami, Chuck C.Y. Kwok and Liang Shao
University of South Carolina - Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business and Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) - Department of Finance and Decision Sciences
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Political Institutions, Freedom, Payout Policy

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Collectivism and the Costs of High Leverage

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 26 Jul 2017 Last Revised: 03 Jun 2019
Sadok El Ghoul, Omrane Guedhami, Chuck C.Y. Kwok and Ying Zheng
University of Alberta - Campus Saint-Jean, University of South Carolina - Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business and Bryant University
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Collectivism, National Culture, Costs of High Leverage, Stakeholder Theory, Predation Theory

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National Culture and the Choice of Exchange Rate Regime

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 17 Dec 2018 Last Revised: 03 Oct 2019
Zhongyu (Edward) Cao, Sadok El Ghoul, Omrane Guedhami and Chuck C.Y. Kwok
Department of Economics, University of South Carolina, University of Alberta - Campus Saint-Jean, University of South Carolina - Moore School of Business and University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business
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national culture; individualism/collectivism; exchange rate regime; economic growth

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Collectivism and Corruption in Commercial Loan Production: How to Break the Curse?

Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 139, No. 2, 2016
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 20 Jul 2017
Sadok El Ghoul, Omrane Guedhami, Chuck C.Y. Kwok and Xiaolan Zheng
University of Alberta - Campus Saint-Jean, University of South Carolina - Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business and Nottingham University Business School China
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Regulations and Governance, Bank Lending, Corruption, Institutions, National Culture, Ownership Structure

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Expectations Hypothesis of the Term Structure of Implied Volatility: Evidence from Foreign Currency and Stock Index Options

Journal of Financial Econometrics, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 126-151, 2003
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
Soku Byoun, Chuck C.Y. Kwok and Hun Y. Park
Baylor University, University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance

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expectations hypothesis, implied volatility, stochastic volatility, term structure

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National Culture and Financial Systems

William Davidson Institute Working Paper No. 884
Posted: 27 Sep 2007
Chuck C.Y. Kwok and Solomon A. Tadesse
University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

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Financial Systems, Bank-based, Market based, Culture, Uncertainty

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The MNC as an Agent of Change for Host-Country Institutions: FDI and Corruption

William Davidson Institute Working Paper No. 882
Posted: 27 Sep 2007
Solomon A. Tadesse and Chuck C.Y. Kwok
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business

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Foreign Direct Investment, Corruption

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Why Do Us Firms Choose Global Equity Offerings?

Financial Management, Vol. 31, No. 2, Summer 2002
Posted: 21 Aug 2002
Chuck C.Y. Kwok and Congsheng Wu
University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business and University of Bridgeport - School of Business

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Mainbanks and Investment Efficiency in Financial Distress

The Journal of Financial Research
Posted: 11 May 2000
David M. Reeb and Chuck C.Y. Kwok
National University of Singapore and University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business

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Cross-Autocorrelation between a Shares and B Shares in the Chinese Stock Market

Journal of Financial Research
Posted: 20 Jul 1998
Andy C.W. Chui and Chuck C.Y. Kwok
Hong Kong Polytechnic University and University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business

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