The fintech segment is currently one of the most rapidly growing industries, attracting numerous investors who anticipate substantial returns in the future. Notably, not only individual retail investors but also mutual fund agencies are actively engaged in predicting stock prices within this...

Given the dominant role the U.S. economy plays in global trade, we explore how U.S. macroeconomic surprises affect stock markets in ten major developed economies as well as in China and India. We do not find strong enough evidence to conclude that US macro shocks materially and consistently...

The current U.S. tax code's loss carry provisions provide implicit tax subsidies to financially troubled firms. Since shareholders ultimately decide when to announce bankruptcy, such tax subsidies can incentivize them to strategically postpone default. Therefore, corporate taxation can influence...

We explore the effects of ownership concentration on the risk-taking behavior of banks. Our analysis focuses on East Asian countries because these nations have successfully implemented the Basel standards and demonstrate a high degree of regulatory convergence. For the period from 2005 to 2009,...

Motivated by the on-going debate on the costs and benefits of CSR, we explore how talented managers view CSR investments. Based on nearly 20,000 observations across 17 years, our evidence reveals a non-monotonic effect of managerial talent on CSR. Exploiting a novel measure of managerial ability...

The benefits and costs of directors holding multiple board seats continue to be debated in the literature. We contribute to the debate by examining whether holding multiple outside board seats compromises directors' ability to effectively perform their monitoring duties. Analyzing over 40,000...

The split that followed the failed succession plan for Reliance Industries Limited is one of the most significant and publicized narrative in the Indian corporate sector. The long family feud that followed the death of the founding patriarch Dhirubhai Ambani highlights the critical role of...

We test a set of theoretic postulates predicting the choice and value impact of foreign asset divestiture strategies. Following Chen and Gou (2005), we argue that firms may be driven by a variety of motives to divest their foreign assets depending on their pre-divestiture performance, financial...