Net operating working capital captures multiple dimensions of firms' adjustments to operating and financial conditions. Sales growth, uncertainty of sales, costly external financing, and financial distress encourage firms to pursue more aggressive working capital strategies. Firms with greater...

This study examines the determinants of direct costs for REIT seasoned equity offerings. These costs are not related to information asymmetries, unlike non-REIT firms. Gross spreads vary inversely with stock liquidity, price, and industry activity. Concerning REIT-specific heterogeneity, gross...

We examine shareholder wealth implications of supplying financing to customers. Robust results show that excess returns and trade receivables are directly and significantly related. Further evidence indicates the value of receivables is higher for suppliers with stronger motives relating to...

This study examines the market value of total, mandatory, and discretionary REIT dividends and supports dividend relevance. Consistent with agency cost theory, the results show dividends paid by REITs with greater potential agency conflicts have greater market value. Discretionary dividends paid...

We examine market value implications of managing liquidity via supplier financing. Results suggest a direct relation between shareholder wealth and use of trade credit. Further, the relation exhibits significant cross-sectional variation. In particular, industry affiliation influences the market...

We examine market value implications of managing liquidity via supplier financing. Results suggest a direct link between shareholder wealth and use of trade credit, and the relation exhibits significant cross-sectional variation. In particular, the market value of trade credit varies with the...

We examine the relation between corporate liquidity and political connections measured via lobbying expenditures. This is an interesting question as many of the motives for holding cash should be diminished by political connections. Results suggest a significant and inverse relation between cash...

We examine the relation between firm value and liquidity among REITs. Results show shareholders benefit from both cash and unused credit line capacity. The market values an additional dollar of cash at a premium and, as theory predicts, unused credit lines are significantly less valued than...

We examine the determinants and value effects of corporate lobbying, controlling for corporate PAC campaign contributions. We find evidence that firms with greater potential payoffs from favorable policy and regulations lobby most actively, and that managers often utilize both lobbying and...

In theory, the publication of performance ratings may improve performance through reputation concerns and peer effects or impede performance by demoralizing employees. This paper uses school-district data and a regression discontinuity design to answer how consumers and employees respond to...