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We investigate the effect of individualism – a dimension of culture that is strongly associated with entrepreneurship – on venture-capital investments using a large cross-country sample. Our sample consists of 1,496 country-year observations and includes 88 countries from 1998 to 2014....
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We measure the impact of "say on pay" (SoP) - mandatory shareholder votes on top managementcompensation - on the market value of voting rights. By exploiting thestaggered introduction of SoP across 14 economies, we show that SoP does not automaticallyincrease the value of shareholder voting...
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We propose and empirically study a pricing model for convertible bonds based on Monte Carlo simulation. The method uses parametric representations of the early exercise decisions and consists of two stages. Pricing convertible bonds with the proposed Monte Carlo approach allows us to better...
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We study the influence of locally-rooted directors (LRDs)—board members with personal ties to a company’s geographic location—on firm performance. On the one hand, LRDs may provide valuable local know-how and access to local networks. On the other hand, as their appointments may go back to...
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We conduct an empirical analysis of a hand-collected sample of 2,376 turnovers of soccer managers in the four major English leagues in the seasons from 1949/50 to 2007/08. While the relation between the probability of a manager being fired and long-term performance remained remarkably stable,...
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