Purpose - There is evidence that corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices predict higher firm value, but little evidence on which specific aspects of CSR drive this relationship. The purpose of this paper is to study this question in a sample drawn from 35 countries over 2003-2016....

Several studies have focused on the relationship between the R2 and the firm value. They have tried to explain how different values of R2 affect the firm value. In this paper we examine this relationship for the Greek companies listed on the Greek Stock Exchange, analyzing a sample of 135 listed...

This paper studies the relation between firm value and a firm's growth options. We find strong empirical evidence that (average) Tobin's Q increases with firm-level volatility. However, the significance mainly comes from R&D firms, which have more growth options than non-R&D firms. By...

This paper studies the relation between firm value and a firm's growth options. We find strong empirical evidence that (average) Tobin's Q increases with firm-level volatility. The significance mainly comes from R&D firms, which have more growth options than non-R&D firms. By decomposing...

Alliances establish a private channel of communication between allied firms in which managers can obtain useful information about future investment opportunities. I examine whether this feature of alliances hinders the market's ability to correctly assess the investment opportunities of firms in...

This study investigates the relationship between managerial optimism, investment efficiency, and firm valuation. This study follows the Campbell's measurement for managerial optimism and investigates the influences of the different levels of managerial optimism on improving investment efficiency...

This study investigates the relationship between managerial optimism, investment efficiency and firm valuation. This study follows the Campbell's measurement for managerial optimism and investigates the influences of the different levels of managerial optimism on improving investment efficiency...

This paper studies the relation between firm value and a firm's growth options. We find strong empirical evidence that (average) Tobin's Q increases with firm-level volatility. The significance mainly comes from R&D firms, which have more growth options than non-R&D firms. By decomposing...

This paper studies the relation between firm value and a firm's growth options. We find strong empirical evidence that (average) Tobin's Q increases with firm-level volatility. The significance mainly comes from R&D firms, which have more growth options than non-R&D firms. By decomposing...