User profiles for Yen Teik Lee

Lee Yen Teik

Senior Lecturer, NUS Business School, National University of Singapore
Verified email at nus.edu.sg
Cited by 301

Political connections and firm value: Evidence from the regression discontinuity design of close gubernatorial elections

QA Do, YT Lee, BD Nguyen - 2015 - papers.ssrn.com
Using the regression discontinuity design of close gubernatorial elections in the US, we
identify a significant and positive impact of the social networks of corporate directors and …

Governance and post-repurchase performance

GL Caton, J Goh, YT Lee, SC Linn - Journal of Corporate Finance, 2016 - Elsevier
Payout policies based on share repurchase programs provide greater flexibility than do
those based on cash dividends. We develop and test an empirical model in which strongly …

Decrypting coin winners: Disclosure quality, governance mechanism and team networks

X Deng, YT Lee, Z Zhong - Governance Mechanism and Team …, 2018 - papers.ssrn.com
Using a proprietary dataset of initial coin offerings (ICOs) and cryptocurrencies, we systematically
examine whether disclosure quality, governance mechanisms, and team quality can …

How Deep‐Level and Surface‐Level Board Diversity, Formal and Informal Social Structures Affect Innovation

G Chen, PH Hsu, YT Lee… - Journal of Management …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Despite a growing interest in understanding how board diversity shapes firms’ innovation,
findings about the impact of board diversity have remained mixed. In this paper, we …

Problems with crisis intervention: When the government wants to restrain big banks but punishes small businesses instead

E Gamble, G Caton, K Aujogue, YT Lee - Journal of Business Venturing …, 2020 - Elsevier
Following the 2008 financial crisis, Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Act (DF) with the
intent of reducing systemic risk posed by big banks to the country’s financial system. We …

Directors as connectors: The impact of the external networks of directors on firms

QA Do, YT Lee, BD Nguyen - Asian Finance Association (AsianFA) …, 2017 - papers.ssrn.com
The external networks of directors significantly impact firm value and decisions. Surrounding
close gubernatorial elections, local firms with directors connected to winners increase value …

Dancing in Shackles: Clawback and corporate innovation

X Deng, S Hung, YT Lee, Z Qiao - Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper examines how clawback provisions, as an ex-post penalty scheme, affect corporate
innovation intensity and strategies. On the one hand, innovation activities decline after …

Political connections and firm value: Evidence from close gubernatorial elections

QA Do, YT Lee, BD Nguyen - Available at SSRN 2023191, 2015 - papers.ssrn.com
Using the regression discontinuity design of close gubernatorial elections in the US, we
identify a significant and positive impact of the social networks of corporate directors and …

Are bond ratings informative? Evidence from regulatory regime changes

LH Ederington, JC GOH, YT Lee… - Journal of Fixed …, 2019 - ink.library.smu.edu.sg
The Dodd–Frank Act (Section 939B) enacted in 2010 repealed the exemption of credit
rating agencies (CRAs) from Regulation Fair Disclosure. Testing whether CRAs continue to …

On the informativeness of credit watch placements

…, CN Chiyachantana, YT Lee - Available at SSRN …, 2009 - papers.ssrn.com
This study examines the informational role of credit watch placements in the overall bond
rating process. We show that the act of a company’s bond being put on a credit watch is, in itself…