In family firms, the succession of controlling equity stake to next generation is an issue of paramount importance. This, however, can be a major challenge in the presence of heavy inheritance or gift tax burden (high tax rate and absence of tax-saving vehicles, such as trusts or foundations)...

Dual-class firms face great criticism as it is believed that firms choose this structure to expropriate minority shareholders’ wealth. We compare market performance of Chinese dual-class firms with their single-class counterparts by constructing a list of Chinese firms cross-listed on U.S....

We examine the impact of hedge fund activism on investment efficiency in target firms. On average, targets’ investment efficiency improves after experiencing hedge fund activism. However, activism improves investment efficiency only for overinvested target firms by reducing their propensity to...