We present a theory of entrepreneurial behavior that explores the relationship between overconfidence and successful firm outcomes, such as acquisition or IPO. In our model, increasing overconfidence produces two conflicting effects on the probability of a successful outcome: it not only induces...

Financial and industrial economists have increasingly recognized the interaction between product market competition and financing decisions of firms. This paper analyzes the relationship between product market competition (measured by Tobin's Q) and the capital structure of Chinese listed firms...

We analyze the effects of reciprocity on the performance of a two-player team working in a venture. The players initially negotiate a fair, ‘reference-point,' contract, which determines their cash-flow rights and the direction of the venture (in terms of a project-choice). They then exert...

We present a game-theoretic approach that addresses the trade dispute between Boeing and Airbus. We consider the US and EU governments' simultaneous decision to provide launch aid. Our analysis demonstrates that launch aid has a positive effect on economic welfare by promoting innovation and...

Behavioural economists are increasingly understanding that humans are not completely self-interested or emotionless, but often exhibit “other-regarding” behaviour. We develop a game-theoretic approach in which players gain utility from their own material payoffs, but who also develop...

Numerous studies have focused on the theoretical and empirical aspects of corporate capital structure since the 1960s. As a new branch of capital structure, however, debt maturity structure has not yet received as much attention as the debt-equity choice. We use the existing theories of...

Behavioural finance and behavioural corporate finance analyses the effects of psychological biases, heuristics, and emotions on investors' and managers' decision-making and performance. Taffler and Tuckett (2005) have introduced a major paradigm shift by introducing a new field of research,...

Using a novel method to separate US community banks over the 1984-2013 period from their non-community counterparts we compare the two bank types on the basis of cost efficiency. We decompose cost efficiency into a persistent and a residual component; the former capturing the market structure...