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contracts involving counter-party risk and that they facilitate speculation involving negative views of a firm's financial …
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idiosyncratic risk than a comparable U.S. firm. Country characteristics help explain variation in the level of idiosyncratic risk …, but less so than firm characteristics. Idiosyncratic risk falls as government stability and respect for the rule of law … improve. Idiosyncratic risk is positively related to stock market development but negatively related to bond market …
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contracts involving counterparty risk and that they facilitate speculation involving negative views of a firm's financial …
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Foreign firms terminate their SEC registration in the aftermath of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) because they no longer require outside funds to finance growth opportunities. Deregistering firms' insiders benefit from greater discretion to consume private benefits without having to raise higher...
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U.S. stocks are more volatile than stocks of similar foreign firms. A firm's stock return volatility can be higher for … reasons that contribute positively (good volatility) or negatively (bad volatility) to shareholder wealth and economic growth …. We find that the volatility of U.S. firms is higher mostly because of good volatility. Specifically, firm stock …
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From 1991 to 2006, U.S. stocks are more volatile than stocks of similar foreign firms. A firm's stock return volatility … in a country can be higher than the stock return volatility of a similar firm in another country for reasons that … contribute positively (good volatility) or negatively (bad volatility) to shareholder wealth and economic growth. We find that …
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idiosyncratic risk than a comparable U.S. firm. Country characteristics help explain variation in the level of idiosyncratic risk …, but less so than firm characteristics. Idiosyncratic risk falls as government stability and respect for the rule of law … improve. Idiosyncratic risk is positively related to stock market development but negatively related to bond market …
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