This paper studies the impact of corporate governance mechanisms on managerial compensation horizon under common ownership. We find that the predominant governance approach under common ownership is the threat of exit, which inadvertently exacerbates managerial myopia. Hence, common owners tend...

We document that corporate insiders' trading behavior exhibits persistence over time. Classifying insiders as “Persistently Profitable (PP)” based on profits generated from historical trades, we find the current transactions of these insiders better predict firm performance. The relative...

We investigate the information contained in the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and the U.S. Constant Maturity Treasury (CMT) term structure of interest rates and report two novel findings. First, we document that the information contained in terms structures are significantly different...