Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- About the Editors -- List of Contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part I What are Manipulation and Fraud and why do They matter? -- Chapter 2: An Overview of Market Manipulation -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2...

We show that productivity at both the firm and employee (i.e., analyst and inventor) level temporarily declines upon announcements of takeover rumors that do not materialize. Such speculative news may hurt productivity because uncertainty and threat of job loss cause anxiety, distraction, and...