Associate Professor Kung-Cheng Ho, a researcher of the Base, has published a collaborative paper titled "Does information disclosure and transparency ranking system prevent the default risk of a firm?" in Economic Analysis and Policy.

Abstract:

A non-financial information disclosure help prevents the default risk of firms. In addition to this point, the channels through the intermediate transmitting process may influence a firm’s default risk. Therefore, we use the regression method and examine listed companies that traded in the Taiwan stock market from 2005 to 2014. The results show that information disclosure significantly negatively affects default risk. Moreover, information transparency can ultimately impact a firm’s default risk via intermediate transmitting channels after considering endogeneity and checking robustness. Our findings suggest constructing full transparency of the information disclosure system will enhance market operations. Particularly, incorporating the laws into regularized information disclosure will improve efficient management and monitoring in the future.

Keywords:  Information disclosure; Default risk; Market reaction; Investor attention; Stock liquidity

Link：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eap.2023.04.028

Teacher profile

Kung-Cheng Ho, Doctor of Taiwan Yuanzhi University, master supervisor of Finance, master supervisor of financial Engineering. His research interest covers Corporate finance, credit risk management, corporate social responsibility, information asymmetry risk and cross-disciplinary research. His research interest is in the Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics, Corporate Governance: An International Review, Emerging Markets Review, Energy Economics, International Review of Economics & Finance, International Review of Financial Analysis, Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Forecasting, Pacific-Baisn Finance Journal, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting and other international SSCI journals published more than 40 articles, including 1 ABS 4-star journals, 12 three-star journals and 17 SSCI first-region journals. In addition, he has preached papers in dozens of important academic conferences at home and abroad. Including China Annual Finance Conference, China Annual Financial Engineering Conference, China Annual Management Conference, CICF, American Accounting Association, Asian Finance Association, European Finance Association, Europe Financial Management Association, Financial Management Association, Taiwan Management Institute, Western Economic Association International, etc. In addition, he has reviewed manuscripts for more than 20 journals at home and abroad, including Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Corporate Governance: An International Review, Economic Modelling, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Financial Innovation, Investment Analysts Journal, International Journal of Emerging Markets, International Review of Economics and Finance,  Managerial and Decision Economics, etc.