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Using the regression discontinuity design of close gubernatorial elections in the U.S., we identify a significant and positive impact of the social networks of corporate directors and politicians on firm value. Firms connected to elected governors increase their value by 3.89%. Political...
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does not need a high liquidity reserve, but as conditions deteriorate, it will target higher reserve. In very poor … conditions, the firm will declare bankruptcy, usually after it has depleted its liquidity reserve. Our model can predict … liquidity holdings, leverage ratios, yield spreads, expected default probabilities, expected loss given default and equity …
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This Paper investigates the impact of ownership patterns on the way the firm is monitored, on the liquidity of its … selection discount required by less informed investors to trade, reducing the firm’s liquidity. Both effects are properly … prices, but the lower liquidity induced by their presence tends to reduce prices. …
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between shareholders and creditors regarding the firm's liquidity policy and show that bond covenants that establish an …
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. Moreover, the analysis reveals that liquidity costs considerably influence the level of block premia in Poland. Finally, the …
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We study the decisions of international asset managers to outsource portfolio management of their funds and we link these decisions to market integration. Using a structural model of selfselection, we endogenize the decision to outsource in a comprehensive sample of international mutual funds...
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This Paper studies equilibrium asset pricing with liquidity risk (the risk arising from unpredictable changes in … liquidity over time). It is shown that the required return on a security depends on its expected illiquidity, the covariances of … its own return, illiquidity with market return, and market illiquidity. This gives rise to a liquidity-adjusted capital …
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We propose a multi-period model in which competitive arbitrageurs exploit discrepancies between the prices of two identical risky assets, traded in segmented markets. Arbitrageurs need to collateralize separately their positions in each asset, and this implies a financial constraint limiting...
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We study the stock price response to announcements of share purchases by corporate insiders over the period 1994 through 1999. The cross-sectional variability in the response is consistent with a curvilinear relation between firm value and insider ownership, where the value of the firm first...
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We study the efficiency of internal capital markets at state-controlled and privately owned business groups in China. Using highly granular data on within-group capital flows, we document stark differences: while private groups allocate more capital to units with better investment opportunities,...
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