Two recent papers examine the impact of corporate bankruptcy laws on new business start-ups in 29 countries over 1990 - 2008 (Peng et al., 2010; Lee et al., 2010). In this commentary, I briefly point out two significant issues which future researchers might want to consider. First, several countries...

This paper examines corporate distress episodes for the United States, Western Europe, and Asia during the late twentieth century, and charts the emergence and growth of new actors in the corporate restructuring process – distressed asset investment firms. We analyse the formation and growth...

Two recent papers examine the impact of corporate bankruptcy laws on new business start-ups in 29 countries over 1990 - 2008 (Peng et al., 2010; Lee et al., 2010). In this commentary, I briefly point out two significant issues which future researchers might want to consider. First, several countries...

We conjecture that angel investment in entrepreneurial firms depends on two types of bankruptcy laws around the world. Corporate bankruptcy laws impact investor terms and incentives to finance risky entrepreneurs, particularly given reforms that brought about a time-efficient, simplified, and...

This paper shows stock exchange trading rules are of central importance for the trading location of cross-listed stocks. We also consider various measures of sovereign governance and shareholder rights across countries to assess the complementary effects of other legal and institutional drivers...

This paper shows stock exchange trading rules are of central importance for the trading location of cross-listed stocks. We consider various measures of sovereign governance and shareholder rights across both developed and emerging countries to assess the complementary effects of other legal and...

This paper shows stock exchange trading rules are of central importance for the trading location of cross-listed stocks. We consider various measures of sovereign governance and shareholder rights across both developed and emerging countries to assess the complementary effects of other legal and...

This study documents corporate culture at the time of IPO and the relationship between corporate culture at the time of IPO and firm financial performance. Based on a sample of 1,157 US firms that went public between 1996 and 2011 and performance information through 2016, the data provide strong...

This paper examines local bias in the context of venture capital (VC) investments. Based on a sample of US VC investments between 1980 and June 2009, we find more reputable VCs (older, larger, more experienced, and with stronger IPO track record) and VCs with broader networks exhibit less local...

Prior research has argued that convertible preferred equity is the optimal form of venture capital finance, based on datasets with up to 213 observations from the U.S., where unique tax biases exist in favour of convertible preferred. This paper introduces a comparable sample of 3083 Canadian...