We study the behavior of mutual fund investors with a specific focus on fund flows - performance relationship. Using a comprehensive survivorship bias free sample of Canadian open-end equity mutual funds and panel data analysis we find evidence of a rational response of fund flows to upside and...

The study examines the performance of a comprehensive sample of Canadian open end equity mutual funds and investors. Our results show that while majority of funds do outperform their chosen benchmarks, the performance is lackluster in comparison to some well recognized bench marks like the TSE...

The study makes a distinction between the role of hostile takeovers as a mechanism for downsizing and exit in the process of 'creative destruction' and the role of hostile takeovers as a corporate governance mechanism for curbing managerial slack and opportunism. The likelihood that...

In corporate governance today, there is a lot of emphasis on structural reform. Individual aspects of the board have increasingly been the focus of policy reform and shareholder activism. Specific attributes of board structure like the separation of the posts of chairperson and the CEO,...

In this paper, we investigate the long-term stock return performance of Canadian acquiring firms in the post event period by using 1300 Mamp;A events between 1993-2002 period. We use both event-time and calendar-time approach and conduct robustness tests for benchmarks, methodological choices,...