Based on theoretical advice and empirical evidence suggesting that risk-taking in asset allocation enhances pension returns, we evaluate empirically whether good corporate governance leads to a larger allocation of pension assets to risky securities as compared to safe investments. Our findings...

This research examines the relationships between government economic policy uncertainty and corporate cash holdings and the value of cash. We find robust evidence that policy uncertainty is positively related to corporate cash holdings due to firms' precautionary motives and investment delays....

We investigate the effects of blockholder exit threats, which increase with stock liquidity, on corporate cash holdings and the value of cash to shareholders. Exploiting decimalization as an exogenous shock to stock liquidity to identify the effects of blockholder exit threats, we find robust...

This research examines the relation between shareholder litigation and corporate social responsibility (CSR). Exploiting exogenous changes in shareholder litigation rights following the staggered adoption of universal demand laws by U.S. states and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals' ruling on...