This study investigates the association between changes in the operating structure of stock exchanges in recent decades, from mutually owned (broker/dealer-owned) to demutualized (for-profit, shareholder-owned), and stock liquidity and transparency of listed firms. We focus on de facto...

This study explores an interesting phenomenon in which some acquirers buy and own targets for a relatively short period of time and then “flip” or resell these targets to other companies for profit. We show that acquisition flippers engage in earnings management to improve the appeal of...

Using a regulation that increased portfolio disclosure frequency of US mutual funds as an exogenous shock shortening funds’ investment horizon, we find that affected funds influence portfolio firms to reduce the pay duration of their executives to incentivize them to also have shorter...