Do pre-offer target stock price runups increase bidder takeover costs? We present model-based tests of this issue assuming runups are caused by signals that inform investors about potential takeover synergies. Rational deal anticipation implies a relation between target runups and markups (offer...

This study aims to survey the effects of economic globalization on the firm's stock that is measured by the index of the stock market by using panel data in selected countries in Asia (Iran, Saudi Arabia, India, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, South Korea, Russia, Pakistan, Philippines,...

On theoretical grounds, monitoring of top executives by the (supervisory) board is expected to be value relevant. The empirical evidence is ambiguous and we analyze three non-competing explanations for this ambiguity: (i) The positive effect on firm value of board monitoring is hidden in stock...

While empirical studies that use event-study methodology find on average that the gains from mergers and acquisitions are positive, those focusing on accounting figures tend to find a significant drop in performance. We argue that each of the four possible combinations between positive or...

Earnings manipulations are often revealed with significant lag. This usually entails dramatic share price' slide. Therefore investors should avoid/buy stocks with low/high earnings-quality. However, given the shortcomings of auditing, using this strategy requires application of the other (then...

Dividends payment is an important signalling device used by corporations. Through the dividend policy, firms can ‘separate' themselves and let the market, in an environment of asymmetric information, correctly assess their value. However, it is not clear that this mechanism is effective in...

This paper studies whether the volume and composition of capital flows affect the degree of credit crunch during the 2007-2009 crisis. Using data on 3823 firms in 24 emerging countries, we find that, on average, the decline in stock prices was more severe for firms that are intrinsically more...

We document the prevalence around the world of increased stock price comovement experienced by companies when added to major indices, and shed new light on the causes of this phenomenon. Using newly-constructed and extensive data covering forty developed and emerging markets over the last...

A central issue in asset pricing is whether asset prices move too much in relation to cash flows. We take advantage of the existence of two parallel markets for a set of cash flows to show that better measurement of cash flows can dramatically improve the performance of a dynamic dividend...

This paper examines the effects of a drastic change in dividend payout policy on both the return and risk of firms stock. We focus on the listed real estate markets of Japan, U.K and U.S. where the adoption of a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) standard has imposed a payout policy of 90...