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The Structure of Debt and Active Equity Investors: The Case of the Buyout Specialist

Cotter, James F; Peck, Sarah W - 2001

's performance. In contrast, in all other transactions using such debt does significantly increase the firm's performance. These …

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When Managers Bypass Shareholder Approval of Board Appointments: Evidence from the Private Security Market?

Arena, Matteo; Ferris, Stephen P - 2007

This paper investigates the influence of managerial entrenchment on private placements by examining the firm's decision to appoint representatives of the private investors to the board without shareholder approval. By analyzing a sample of U.S. firms that appoint directors in combination with...

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Upheaval in the Boardroom: Outside Director Public Resignations, Motivations, and Consequences

Dewally, Michael; Peck, Sarah - 2010

their performance, but with no overt manifestations of cronyism such as excessive compensation of either the CEO or … performance with evidence that managers have manipulated earnings upwards. Public criticism appears to pressure these boards to … make management changes associated with improved stock price performance. We conclude that while such public resignations …

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The Corporate Choice between Public Debt, Bank Loans, Traditional Private Debt Placements, and 144A Debt Issues

Arena, Matteo - 2010

The main purpose of this study is to examine the determinants of the corporate choice between different forms of debt financing. By analyzing the most comprehensive sample of U.S. corporate debt issues to date, I find that firms that issue 144A debt have significantly lower credit quality and...

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The Impact of Local Predatory Lending Laws on the Flow of Subprime Credit

Ho, Giang; Pennington-Cross, Anthony - 2006

the Federal Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act (HOEPA) by including home purchase and open-end mortgage credit, by …

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The Evolution of Shopping Center Research: A Review and Analysis

Eppli, Mark; Benjamin, John D. - 1994

Retail research has evolved over the past sixty years. Christaller's early work on central place theory, with its simplistic combination of range and threshold has been advanced to include complex consumer shopping patterns and retailer behavior in agglomerated retail centers. Hotelling's...

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The Effect of Merchandise Concentration on Retail Sales in Enclosed Shopping Centers

Mejia, Luis C; Eppli, Mark - 1999

This research assesses the effect of merchandise space allocation on retail sales across 12 different merchandise categories in 65 enclosed shopping centers. To measure the effect of large specialty retailers on the sales of other retailers that carry similar merchandise we constructed a...

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State and Local Anti-Predatory Lending Laws: The Effect of Legal Enforcement Mechanisms

Bostic, Raphael W; Engel, Kathleen C; McCoy, Patricia A; … - 2007

Subprime mortgage lending has grown rapidly in recent years and with it, so have concerns about predatory lending. In …

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The Impact of State Anti-Predatory Lending Laws: Policy Implications and Insights

Bostic, Raphael W; Engel, Kathleen C; McCoy, Patricia A; … - 2008

balloon payments. These laws function alone or alongside more comprehensive mini-HOEPA laws. As home mortgage default and …The subprime mortgage market, which consists of high-cost loans designed for borrowers with weak credit, has grown … others in the mortgage industry claim that the laws drive up the cost and reduce the availability of credit, especially to …

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Alternative Methods of Increasing the Precision of Weighted Repeat Sales House Prices Indices*

Dreiman, Michelle H; Pennington-Cross, Anthony - 2004

Weighted repeat sales house price indices have become one of the primary indicators used to identify housing market conditions and to estimate the amount of equity homeowners have gained through house price appreciation. The primary reason for the acceptance of this methodology is that it...

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