We evaluate the impact of the 2003 SARS-CoV-1 epidemic on inbound cross-border M&As in China. Provinces that experienced high level of SARS infection rates, also suffered a significant decline in cross-border M&A activity, both in terms of the number of transactions and the overall dollar...

We evaluate the impact of SARS-CoV-1 infection rates on inbound cross-border mergers & acquisitions (M&As) in China. Using transaction level data on cross-border M&As from 2002 to 2005, we show that Chinese provinces that experienced high level of SARS-CoV-1 infection rates, also suffered a...

The Belt and Road Initiative was introduced by President Xi in an attempt to further economic connections with partner countries and foster development within China. We examine the effect of the Initiative on Chinese cross-border M&As. We find that the Initiative significantly increases the...

Corporate spinoffs present a unique opportunity to analyze the choice of directors from a pool of potential candidates. We find that post-spinoff unit and remaining parent firms are more likely to select pre-spinoff parent directors who have: i) relevant industry expertise; and ii) pre-spinoff...

We investigate the role of financial distress in the seasoned equity market. We find that distressed firms comprise about 40% of SEOs and these distressed issuers have worse abnormal announcement returns than non-distressed issuers. Stock return volatility is an important determinant for...