The quality of corporate governance has been shown to have wide-ranging implications, e.g., on the performance of stock markets and on exchange rates. This study investigates whether the quality of corporate governance in a country impacts investment decisions made at the micro level of the...

We study the relation between initial IPO underpricing and two-tier board structure in the Vienna Stock Exchange of Austria, where a two-tier board is mandatory for listed companies. The board ratio, defined as the size of the supervisory board to the management board, is used to capture the...

Using a production-based structural model, calibrated with data for the period 2001-2017, we find that the cap on the deduction of interest expense enshrined in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 reduces the net tax benefits of debt differentially across industries by 1% to 2.2% of un-levered...

The quality of corporate governance has been shown to have wide-ranging implications, e.g., on the performance of stock markets and on exchange rates. This study investigates whether the quality of corporate governance in a country impacts investment decisions made at the micro level of the...

Prior studies of the relevance of long-term capital gains for stock prices rely on the evidence from the 1997 tax cut in the U.S. The key component of the tax-sensitive ownership in these studies is individual ownership; its average is reported to be as high as 66.7%. The sharp increase in...

The law of one price relies on enforcement by arbitragers who are expected to eliminate price differentials quickly. Arbitragers’ activities are constrained by liquidity of markets. However, large price differentials attract arbitrage activity enhancing the liquidity of markets. Using daily...

Prior research has documented anomalous profits as high as 9% from participating in stock repurchase tender offers. The trading strategy is to buy shares in the market just before offer expiration and tender; it involves a trading horizon of just a few days. The large profits given a short...