This paper uses a characteristics-based approach to examine the pattern of abnormal returns after seasoned equity offerings. Unlike previous studies the risk class of issuers are allowed to change in each of a series of six-month holding periods and firms are classified into categories based on...

Thoroughly revised, updated, and expanded, The SAGE Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society, Second Editionexplores current topics, such as mass social media, cookies, and cyber-attacks, as well as traditional issues including accounting, discrimination, environmental concerns, and...

Recommended readings (Machine generated): Steven N. Kaplan (2013), 'CEO Pay and Corporate Governance in the U.S.: Perceptions, Facts, and Challenges', Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, 25 (2), Spring, 8-25 -- John E. Core, Wayne R. Guay and David F. Larcker (2003), 'Executive Equity...

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