We study the effect of institutional ownership on firm coverage by equity analysts. To account for the endogeneity of institutional ownership we employ instrumental variable approach. Acquisition for cash of a company from an institutional investor's portfolio serves as an exogenous shock to the...

I explore the evolving role of accounting information in allocating capital. Accounting arose to control conflicts of interest in organizations (stewardship role). The industrial revolution spawned capital-intensive firms and public capital markets with dispersed shareholders to finance these...

This study examined the influence of agency conflict Type I (as represented by managerial ownership and institutional ownership), and agency conflict Type II (as represented by Control Rights, Cash Flow Rights, Cash Flow Rights leverage) on earnings management. A model was developed and tested...

We study the effect of institutional ownership on firm coverage by equity analysts. To account for the endogeneity of institutional ownership we employ instrumental variable approach. Acquisition for cash of a company from an institutional investor's portfolio serves as an exogenous shock to the...

We investigate how the availability of traded credit default swaps (CDSs) affects the referenced firms' voluntary disclosure choices. CDSs enable lenders to hedge their credit risk exposure, weakening their incentives to monitor borrowers. We predict that reduced lender monitoring in turn leads...

I find common institutional ownership in a customer and its supplier increases the duration of their supply chain relationship, particularly when the common ownership is long-term and vertical frictions are greater. Using an instrument constructed around a shock to common ownership following a...

We find that foreign institutional investors (FIIs) reduce their investee firms’ tax avoidance. We provide evidence that the effect is driven by the institutional distance between FIIs’ home countries/regions and host countries/regions. Specifically, we find that the effect is driven by the...

This study examines the role of financial misconduct of institutional investors on aggressive financial reporting practices of investee firms. We find that firms held by institutional investors with disciplinary history (IDH) are more likely to engage in aggressive financial reporting practices....

The English version of this paper can be found at; "http://ssrn.com/abstract=2240614" http://ssrn.com/abstract=2240614W artykule wykazano, że inwestorzy nie łączą ceny emisyjnej akcji z jej ceną nominalną, co umożliwia debiutującym spółkom maksymalizowanie agio poprzez obniżanie ceny...

This paper provides a review of research on financial derivatives, with an emphasis on and comprehensive coverage of research published in 15 top accounting journals from 1996-2017. We begin with some brief institutional details about derivatives and then summarize studies explaining when and...