We investigate the international transmission of the credit crisis triggered by the Lehman default in September 2008 using Japan's stock market data. Using cumulative returns (CR) during the crisis, starting from the day of Lehman's default and lasting until the day prior to the news of the TARP...

In this paper we analyze the characteristics of firms that introduced hostile takeover defense measures in fiscal years 2005 and 2006. We analyze the motivation for adopting these measures after categorizing it as either (1) depressed corporate performance, (2) self-protection for corporate...

Using Japanese firm-level data for the period from 1994-2002, this paper examines whether a firm is chosen as an acquisition target based on its productivity level, profitability and other characteristics and whether the performance of Japanese firms that were acquired by foreign firms improves...

Trends and changes in total factor productivity (TFP) have been the subject of a considerable amount of research from both theoretical and empirical approaches, at both the microeconomic and macroeconomic levels, as a driver of economic growth and fluctuations. A traditional growth accounting...

Using Japanese firm-level data for the period from 1994-2002, this paper examines whether a firm is chosen as an acquisition target based on its productivity level, profitability and other characteristics and whether the performance of Japanese firms that were acquired by foreign firms improves...

Using Japanese firm-level data for the period from 1994-2002, this paper examines whether a firm is chosen as an acquisition target based on its productivity level, profitability and other characteristics and whether the performance of Japanese firms that were acquired by foreign firms improves...