The literature relates human capital costs to firm leverage (Berk, Stanton, and Zechner (2010) and Chemmanur, Cheng, and Zhang (2013)) and mergers and acquisitions (Lee, Mauer, and Xu (2017)). In this paper, we study the relation between a firm's human capital costs and investment policy. We...

This paper empirically examines how diversification influences the relation between corporate governance and capital structure. Consistent with the creditor alignment hypothesis, we find a positive relation between managerial entrenchment and leverage in diversified firms. In contrast, we find a...

In recent years, large-scale consumer networks on the Internet have provided a new communication channel for consumers to share product evaluations online. These networks have dramatically increased the impact of word of mouth, and correspondingly changed the way consumers shop. One form of word...