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"We exploit demographic variation to identify the effect of dividend demand on firm payout policy. Retail investors tend to hold local stocks and older investors prefer dividend-paying stocks. Together, these tendencies generate geographically-varying demand for dividends. Firms headquartered in...
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"We develop a model of internal governance where the self-serving actions of top management are limited by the … value, even with little or no external governance by investors. Internal governance works best when both top management and …
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"We measure the impact of individual managerial beliefs on corporate financing. First, managers who believe that their firm is undervalued view external financing as overpriced, especially equity. We show that such overconfident managers use less external finance and, conditional on accessing...
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What are the forces that influence strategic managerial decisions in the context of economic transition? In this paper, we analyse how strategic and governance forces influence the degree of discretion perceived by managers operating in the context of the transition economy of Russia. An...
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While the role of management accountants has traditionally been limited to the provision of useful information to … decision-makers, recent studies show that contemporary management accountants have become an integral part of strategic … are relatively strongly involved in strategic management processes, although the level of participation varies intensely …
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