This paper investigates the effect of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on firm value and seeks to identify the source of that value, by disaggregating the effects on forecasted profitability, long-term growth and the cost of capital. The study explores the possible risk (reducing) effects...

This study examines the patterns of, and long-run returns to, directors’ (insiders’) trades along the Value/Glamour continuum in all stocks listed on the main London Stock Exchange from 1986-2003, and analyzes what these directors’ trades add to a “naïve” value-glamour strategy. We...

We examine risk-return trade-offs associated with “covlite” deals which lack systematic covenant compliance requirements of traditional “covheavy” deals. We document demand-driven risk taking incentives in the primary markets where covlite deal pricing has become increasingly...

We examine how covlite deals, which are debt contracts that lack systematic covenant compliance requirements, affect financial reporting quality. Examining publicly traded U.S. issuers, we show that firms significantly reduce conservative financial reporting but increase the quality of voluntary...