This paper has three main objectives: (1) to illustrate the principles of financial modeling, (2) to review the different methods used in discounted cash flow valuation and (3) to show how the financial statements of financial accounting can be restructured to improve its usefulness in the...

This paper builds on Rosen (1981) and Hvide (2002) to provide a simple framework that elucidates the nature of incentives in the tournaments among top executives in both the external managerial labor market for the top executive positions in other companies and within the executives' own firm...

In this paper, we test the prediction that environmental efforts, presenting one dimension of corporate social responsibility, are positively related to firm performance. We analyze a panel sample of publicly listed non-financial firms in the Netherlands over the period 2001–2014 using two...

A unique legal reform in 2004 in Sweden redistributed liquidation proceeds from banks holding floating liens to unsecured creditors. Using a country-wide panel of all registered firms, we document that the resulting reduction in collateral capacity contracts the amount and maturity of corporate...

In this paper, we investigate the influence of CEO political orientation on corporate lobbying efforts. Specifically, we study whether CEO political ideology, in terms of manager-level campaign donations, determines the choice and amount of firm lobbying involvement and the impact of lobbying on...

The aim of this study the effect of liquidity risk on financial performance of OCBC Bank Singapore. This study to investigate which model is affected by liquidity risk. Sample data of OCBC Bank Singapore undertaken within period 2013-2017. The study reviews the concepts, theories, method and...

Using a comprehensive sample of US banks for years 2001 to 2016, we split the pay gap between the CEO and rank-and-file employees into two: CEO pay gap and VP pay gap. We examine the effect on bank performance of the tournament incentives arising from these different pay gaps. We find that CEO...

We propose a simple idea that corporate debt maturity should serve as a good indicator of future firm performance volatility. We show in a simple two-period model that the riskiness of corporate investment is a decreasing function of corporate debt maturity. If “observable” corporate debt...

We document time varying investor sentiment for corporate social responsibility (“CSR”) performance. We show that announcements of CSR activities generate positive abnormal returns during periods when investors place a valuation premium on CSR performance. In addition, we find that firms...

This study examines the financial decisions of female CEOs of the S&P 1500 companies, their operating performance and the market's evaluation of their presence in these firms. Firms headed by female CEOs hold more cash, maintain lower financial leverage and make lower levels of capital...