Internal slack is a primary contributor to agency problems. As such, shareholders' updated valuation of internal slack reveals their revised assessment of potential agency conflicts. We study how the value of internal cash changes following state antitakeover regulation events. After carefully...

Firms exhibit a US$106MM average market capitalization decline when a lawsuit against their joint venture partner is announced. Following their partner's lawsuit, the probability of facing similar litigation increases for other firms in the venture, and such legal action is 2.3 times more likely...

Using transactions generally overlooked in the compensation literature mdash; joint ventures, strategic alliances, SEOs, and spinoffs mdash; we find that, beyond compensation for increases in firm size or complexity, CEOs are rewarded for their deal-making activities. Boards pay CEOs for the...

Using transactions generally overlooked in the compensation literature—joint ventures, strategic alliances, seasoned equity offerings (SEOs), and spin-offs—we find that, beyond compensation for increases in firm size or complexity, chief executive officers (CEOs) are rewarded for their...