Political Economy of Chinese Finance

Edited by J. Jay Choi, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USAMichael R. Powers, Tsinghua University, Beijing, ChinaXiaotian Tina Zhang, Saint Mary’S College of California, Moraga, CA, USA

• PART I: AN OVERVIEW AND CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONSMarket Socialism with “Chinese Characteristics” - Jongmoo Jay Choi, Michael R. Powers and Xiaotian Tina ZhangThe Metaphysical Foundations of Political Economy in China and the West - Robert Keith ShawPART II: STATE AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCEA State-Stewardship View on Executive Compensation - Hao Liang, Luc Renneboog and Sunny Li Sun Netizens and Private Monitoring in Chinese Banking - W. Travis Selmier IICEO Promotion, Relative Performance Measures, and Institutions in an Emerging Market: Evidence from China’s Listed State-Owned Enterprise - Fang Hu and Yahua ZhangPART III: CONTROL AND OWNERSHIP IN THE CORPORATE SECTORDoes Government Control Always Reduce Firm Value? Theory and Evidence from China - Ping He, Kun Wang and Xing XiaoInternal Control, Corporate Life Cycle, and Firm Performance - Haiyan Zhou, Hanwen Chen and Zhirong Cheng The Effect of Privatization Processes and the Split-Share Structure Reform on the Market Reaction to the Announcements of Transitional Non-Traditional Shares - Aysun Ficici, Bo Fan, C. Bu¨Lent Aybar and Lingling Wang PART IV: RISK, REGULATION, AND FINANCIAL MARKETSRegulatory Risks and Strategic Controls in the Global Financial Centre of China - Artie W. Ng and Wallace Tang Bank Internationalisation: An Examination of the Role of Government and Home Institutions in Emerging Economies - Weijing He, Patrick Ring and Agyenim Boateng Climate Change, Catastrophe Risk, and Government Stimulation of the Insurance Market: a Study of Transitional China - Qihao HePART V: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY IN THE EXTERNAL SECTORDeterminants and Fluctuations of China’s Exchange Rate Policy: National Interests and Decision-Making Processes - Falin ZhangEfficiency of Regulated and Unregulated Forex Markets: An Analysis of Onshore and Offshore Renminbi Forward Markets - Zsuzsa R. Huszar, Ruth S. K. Tan and Weina ZhangDo Sectoral and Locational Factors of Foreign Direct Investment from Emerging Countries Matter for Firm Performance?The Case of Korean Firms’ FDI in China’s Service Sector - Seong-Bong Lee, Masaaki Kotabe, Doohoi Heo, Byung Jin Kang and Albert H. Yoon

This volume contains 14 essays on the political economy of Chinese finance and the mechanisms of state vs. private ownership, regulation, monetary and exchange rate policy, and foreign trade and investment. Researchers from Europe, Asia, the US, and Australia discuss the differences between the political economy of China and that of the West; state and corporate governance issues in China's state-owned enterprises, in terms of executive compensation, banking, and inventive schemes; control and ownership in the corporate sector, including the benefits and costs of government control, the impact of internal control on firm performance, and the relationship between the split-share structure reform and privatization; the role of government, banking, and insurance in regulating and mitigating financial risks, including the impact of climate change; and the political economy in the external sector, including China's exchange rate policy, the Chinese foreign exchange market, and foreign direct investment.