End-of-day stock price manipulation is generally associated with short-termism, long-term damage to equity values, and reduced incentives for employees to innovate. We use a sample of suspected stock price manipulation events based on intraday data for stocks from nine countries over eight...

Based on M&As from over 45 countries from 2003-2014, we show that the presence of end-of-day (EOD) target price manipulation prior to M&As increases the probability of an M&A deal withdrawal, and decreases the premium paid. More detailed exchange trading rules that govern manipulation across...

Market manipulation are deliberate actions that affect trading activity and corporate policies. We conjecture that market manipulation has unintended consequences also for the ESG policies of the firm. Based on an international sample of monthly data from 2007 to 2018, the data indicate that the...

I demonstrate that the timing of vertical mergers is generally dependent on industry characteristics. My predictions are consistent with empirically observed patterns of vertical mergers. I show that merger activity during economic upturns tends to be motivated by operating efficiencies, while...

This paper analyses the effects of preemption fears on the buyout efficiency when firms combine non-synergistic operational activities and have asymmetric access to financing. Bidders with preemption fears are more likely to acquire target firms at an earlier development stage. However, if...

Wage theft is the largest form of theft committed in the U.S. Typical violations related to wage theft include the lack of payment for overtime hours or forcing employees to underreport hours worked. We find that government contracting has an important effect on firm employees as it reduces wage...