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We use institutional-related theories and a unique natural experiment that enables an exogenous test of the influence of controlling shareholders on managerial accountability to corporate fraud. In China, prior to the Split Share Structure Reform (SSSR), state shareholders held restricted shares...
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Governance has many dimensions – corporate governance pertains to the firm's management whilst sovereign governance pertains to the firm's exposure to sovereign risk, corruption, and poor regulation. We show that both are important drivers of firm value and this has serious implications for...
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We use institutional-related theories and a unique natural experiment that enables an exogenous test of the influence of controlling shareholders on managerial accountability to corporate fraud. In China, prior to the Split Share Structure Reform (SSSR), state shareholders held restricted shares...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013008262
Governance has many dimensions - corporate governance pertains to the firm's management whilst sovereign governance pertains to the firm's exposure to sovereign risk, corruption, and poor regulation. We show that both are important drivers of firm value and this has serious implications for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013056258
We use institutional-related theories and a unique natural experiment that enables an exogenous test of the influence of controlling shareholders on managerial accountability to corporate fraud. In China, prior to the Split Share Structure Reform (SSSR), state shareholders held restricted shares...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013059619
Acquisition announcements generate predictable movements in the price of the acquirer's stock. For example, post-announcement returns are typically negative for high Tobin's q acquirers, stock transactions, and foreign targets, but positive for private equity-backed private targets....
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Manuscript Type: EmpiricalResearch Question/Issue: This paper empirically examines whether there is pre-announcement movement of an acquirer's share price and trading volume prior to the announcement of acquisitions in ways consistent with insider trading. Prior papers focus on insider trading...
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Acquisition announcements generate predictable movements in the price of the acquirer's stock. For example, post-announcement returns are typically negative for high Tobin's q acquirers, stock transactions, and foreign targets, but positive for private equity-backed private targets....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013148707
Takeover speculation may hurt productivity because uncertainty and threat of job loss cause anxiety, distraction, and … productivity temporarily declines after announcements of speculative takeover rumors that do not materialize. This productivity dip … news, which are common in financial markets, and the costs of the takeover threat. …
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announcements of takeover rumors that do not materialize. Such speculative news may hurt productivity because uncertainty and threat … effects of speculative financial news and the costs of takeover threats. …
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