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We use a sample of 3,677 European IPOs during the period 1998-2012 to examine how the adoptions of corporate governance codes by Member States of the European Union (EU) have affected IPO underpricing on Member State-regulated markets, where issuers are subject to corporate governance rules...
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incentives rather than regulation and enforcement in improving firms’ information environments …
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Exploiting the 2009 amendments to Regulation S-K, we provide unique evidence on the first-time disclosure of the …
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. Exploiting the 2009 amendments to Regulation S-K, we provide unique evidence on the first-time disclosure of the reasons firms …
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We use a sample of 3677 European IPOs during the period 1998–2012 to examine how the adoptions of corporate governance codes by Member States of the European Union (EU) have affected IPO underpricing on Member State-regulated markets, where issuers are subject to corporate governance rules...
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Regulating short selling is difficult and controversial. We review the academic literature on short selling regulation … and provide insights for future policymakers and academics. We organize the complex history of short selling regulation … literature associated with each regulation, including a discussion of the data sources employed. In so doing, we provide several …
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to proposed SEC short-term borrowing disclosure regulation. Using event study methodology and two event dates -- that is … provides evidence that a “one-size-fits-all” approach to regulation is undesirable …
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Between 1990 and 2002 a wave of takeovers was observed in the North American and European energy utilities market. We analyze the impact of these takeovers on market power, studying 70 takeovers of US-American and 69 takeovers of German energy utilities by applying event study methodology. Stock...
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This paper examines the effect of accounting conservatism on firm-level investment during the 2007-2008 global financial crisis. Using a differences-in-differences design, we find that firms with less conservative financial reporting experienced a sharper decline in investment activity following...
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Using a large sample of U.S. firms for the period 1993-2009, we provide evidence that the sensitivity of a chief financial officer's (CFO) option portfolio value to stock price is significantly and positively related to the firm's future stock price crash risk. In contrast, we find only weak...
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