We provide large sample evidence on the causes and consequences of takeover rumors. 55.2% of non-completed M&A deals involve rumors while only 17.3% of completed deals involve them. Probit-regressions reveal that rumors are deal-breakers, reducing the likelihood of deal completion by 37-41%....

This paper empirically investigates whether executive compensation has any impact on the IPO pricing. Corporate governance issues including the CEO's compensation are critical to the firm at the time of the IPO as many firms establish a formal separation of ownership and control for the first...

Author's description of his article: This paper empirically examines whether the short swing trading rule (Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act) deters managers from trading before merger announcements. This rule bars insiders from profiting on round-trip trades completed within a six...

Numerous collapses and corporate scandals of large corporations have underscored the impact of corporate conduct on capital markets and society as a whole. These failures have highlighted the need for regulators to rethink regulatory frameworks and enforcement, and for corporations to rework...

The present article contains a brief but comprehensive overview of the development of the Capital Markets Union (CMU) project in the EU to further deepen EU capital markets’ integration. After the Introduction, it first discusses the Commission’s 2015 CMU Action Plan and its follow-up,...

It is unclear how investors can quickly impound information from litigation filings given frictions to obtain the filings and interpret their complex legalese. However, specialized media members have expertise and ability to obtain filings and report on their content. We isolate the media’s...

In the wake of the global pandemic, a challenge for CEOs and boards is to set a stakeholder-acceptable organizational balance between remote and traditional office working. However, the risks of work-from-home are not yet fully understood. We describe competing theories that predict the effect...

The aim of the present University notes is to provide a brief but comprehensive overview of the European Commission’s proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council “on Markets in Crypto-Assets (…)” (MiCAR), which was submitted on 24 September 2020. It is not...

We examine an international sample of 68,044 completed, or envisaged but abandoned, M&A transactions involving unlisted targets to determine the effect of rumors on deal-closing propensity and transaction value. Our focus on non-listed targets leaves only two reasons for the emergence of M&A...