Research

Refereed Journals

  1. Impact of environmental, social and governance initiatives on firm value: Analysis using AI-based ESG scores for Japanese listed firms
    Zhixiong Chen, Kohei Sugiyama, Kazuyuki Tasaka Tomomi Kito and Yukihiro Yasuda
    Research in International Business and Finance, 102303, 2024
  2. Economic policy uncertainty and banks’ portfolio adjustment: evidence from Japan
    Karen Kailin Lai and Yukihiro Yasuda
    Applied Economics Letters 2024
  3. How does stock liquidity affect corporate cash holdings in Japan?: A pre-registered report
    Ryosuke Fujitani, Kiyonori Iwata, Yukihiro Yasuda,
    Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 102205, 2023
  4. Do bank managers signal through cash flow statements?
    Yoshie Saito, Yukihiro Yasuda,
    Journal of Financial Research, Vol 46(3), pp.733-762, 2023
  5. Domestic and international effects of economic policy uncertainty on corporate investment and strategic cash holdings: Evidence from Japan
    Ryosuke Fujitani, Masazumi Hattori, Yukihiro Yasuda
    Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 101272, 2023
  6. Disentangling prefectural similarities in the capital structure of Japanese SMEs through pairwise testing
    Huseyin Ozturk, Yukihiro Yasuda
    European Journal of Finance Vol 30, pp.173-204, 2023
  7. Value effect of health and productivity management: An event study of the HPM award in Japan
    Hiroo Wada, Yukihiro Yasuda
    Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Vol 64(6), pp. 465-469, 2022
  8. Economic policy uncertainty and earning management: Evidence from Japan
    Hyonok Kim, Yukihiro Yasuda
    Journal of Financial Stability Vol.56, 100925, 2021
  9. Does stock market listing impact investment in Japan?
    Joseph J. French, Ryosuke Fujitani, Yukihiro Yasuda
    Journal of the Japanese and International Economies Vol.59, 101093, 2021
  10. Under pressure: Listing status and disinvestment in Japan
    Joseph, J. French, Ryosuke Fujitani, Yukihiro Yasuda
    Finance Research Letters, Vol.34, 101264, 2020
  11. Relationships matter: the impact of bank-firm relationships on mergers and acquisitions in Japan
    Joseph, J. French, Juxin Yan, Yukihiro Yasuda
    Journal of Financial Services Research, Vol 56, pp.259-305, 2019
  12. Accounting information quality and guaranteed loans: evidence from Japanese SMEs”
    Small Business Economics Vol.53, pp.1033-1050, 2019
    Hyonok Kim, Yukihiro Yasuda
  13. Government guarantees of loans to small businesses: Effects on banks’ risk-taking and non-guaranteed Lending
    James, A. Wilcox, Yukihiro Yasuda
    Journal of Financial Intermediation Vol.37, pp.45-57, 2019
  14. Business risk disclosure and firm risk: Evidence from Japan
    Hyonok Kim, Yukihiro Yasuda
    Research in International Business and Finance Vol.45, pp.413-426, 2018
  15. The adoption of stock option plans and their effects on firm performance during Japan’s period of corporate governance reform
    Hasegawa Nobuhisa, Hyonok Kim, Yukihiro Yasuda
    Journal of the Japanese and International Economies Vol.44, pp.13-25, 2017
  16. Are lending relationships beneficial or harmful for public credit guarantees? Evidence from Japan’s Emergency Credit Guarantee Program
    Ono Arito, Iichiro Uesugi, Yukihiro Yasuda
    Journal of Financial Stability Vol.9, No.2, pp.151-167, 2013
  17. Disclosures of material weaknesses by Japanese firms after the passage of the 2006 financial instruments and exchange law
    Anna Chernobai, Yukihiro Yasuda
    Journal of Banking and Finance Vol.37, No.5, pp.1524-1542, 2013
  18. Are lending relationships beneficial or harmful for public credit guarantees? Evidence from Japan’s emergency credit guarantee program
    Arito Ono and Iichiro Uesugi, Yukihiro Yasuda
    Journal of Financial Stability Vol 9, pp.151-167, 2013
  19. The impact of the September 11 terrorist attack on the global insurance markets: Evidence from the Japanese Property-Casualty Insurance Industry
    Noriyoshi Yanase and Yukihiro Yasuda
    Journal of Insurance Issues Vol.33, pp.85-107, 2010
  20. The relationship between bank risk and earnings management: Evidence from Japan
    Yukihiro Yasuda, Shin’ya Okuda and Masaru Konishi
    Review of Quantitative Accounting and Finance Vol.22, pp.233-248, 2004
  21. Factors Affecting Bank Risk Taking: Evidence from Japan
    Masaru Konishi and Yukihiro Yasuda
    Journal of Banking and Finance Vol.28, 215-232, 2004
  22. Evidence on a Cause of Japan’s Prolonged Banking Crisis
    Masaru Konishi and Yukihiro Yasuda
    Applied Economics letters Vol.10, 853-855, 2003

Proceedings:

  1. “Do Government Guarantees of Bank Loans Lower or Raise Banks’ Non-Guaranteed Lending?”
    James A. Wilcox and Yukihiro Yasuda
    Reforming Financial Regulation, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, pp. 323-340, 2009