Junrui Zhang

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the relationship between ownership structure and conservatism in China and found that companies with a large shareholder tend to be more conservative than those with minority ownership, and that conservatism is negatively associated with the percentage of shares held by the largest shareholder.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate the relationship between gender diversity in the boardroom and the cost of debt and find that the presence of female directors on the board reduces managerial opportunistic behavior and information asymmetry and, consequently, creditors' perceptions about the probability of loan default and the costs of debt.

TL;DR: Zhang et al. as mentioned in this paper used a sample of companies listed in China from 2006 to 2015 to investigate whether gender diversity on compensation committees ensures objective determination of CEOs' compensation and found evidence that gender-diverse compensation committees limit CEOs' total cash compensation and strengthen the link between CEO pay and firm performance.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the risk and return profiles of stock indices composed of companies meeting environmental, social and governance (ESG) screening criteria [such as the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI)] and conventional composite indices of eight Asian countries from 2002 to 2014.

TL;DR: Zhang et al. as discussed by the authors investigated the effect of boardroom gender diversity on CEO power using the data of all A-share listed companies on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges for 2005-2015.