This paper investigates the effect of superstar CEOs on their competitors. Exploiting shocks to CEO status due to prestigious media awards, we document a significant positive stock market performance of competitors of superstar CEOs subsequent to the award. The effect is more pronounced for...

The current paper analyzes the impacts of privatization of Sudan air carrier, Sudan Airways. The hypothetical framework in this study is that alternative policies other than privatization are feasible. Sudan airways represents the sovereignty of the country carrying its flag, its objectives is...

This paper tests the proposition that higher tournament incentives will result in greater risk taking by senior managers in order to increase their chance of promotion to the rank of CEO. Measuring tournament incentives as the pay gap between the CEO and the next layer of senior managers, we...

Higher first-year post-issue returns are associated with a significantly higher probability of follow-on equity issuance over the next 5 years. This result holds when we control for pre-issue returns and other factors known to affect the probability of equity issuance. The result is most...

We study the operating, financial, and ownership structure characteristics of newly listed firms which become acquisition targets shortly after their initial public offerings. We examine whether such firms get acquired because of their successful performance or as an alternative to delisting. We...

This paper examines the influence of bond design on the long-run operating performance of convertible bond issuers and the determinants of this performance. Bonds are classified as equity-like and debt-like according to their probability of conversion at the time of the issue. The measure of...

This study examines the effect of different dimensions of ownership structure in corporate performance. The data that is used in this study includes 29 non-financial firms listed on the Qatar Exchange during the period of 2006-2011. The different dimensions of ownership structures that are...

This paper proposes a new approach to study how corporate policies change upon the replacement of the CEO. We employ empirical Bayes simultaneous tests on the executive fixed effects and find a significant heterogeneity in their styles. Furthermore, we implement a measure that explores the...

This paper has three main objectives: (1) to illustrate the principles of financial modeling, (2) to review the different methods used in discounted cash flow valuation and (3) to show how the financial statements of financial accounting can be restructured to improve its usefulness in the...

This paper builds on Rosen (1981) and Hvide (2002) to provide a simple framework that elucidates the nature of incentives in the tournaments among top executives in both the external managerial labor market for the top executive positions in other companies and within the executives' own firm...