Exploiting interstate branching deregulations as exogenous shocks to banking market competition, we examine the impact of increased market competition on shareholder voting in the U.S. banking industry. Voting is one of the primary mechanisms through which shareholders participate in corporate...

We analyzed gender pay gap in academia using detailed performance data of all faculty members at the Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University, during 2012-2022. Although we initially observed a small average pay gap in favor of male academics, we found that female academics received...

We examine firms' decisions in freezing their defined-benefit pension plans and the effect it has on shareholders’ wealth. Plan freezes help relieve sponsors of the implicit promises made to employees regarding future compensation. We find evidence that a pension plan freeze has a positive...