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An analysis of a unique proprietary dataset reveals that non-trivial proportions of directors, CEOs and CFOs in Swedish listed companies have been convicted of crimes. Based on prior literature, we argue that directors and senior executives with prior criminal convictions are more prone to take...
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In this paper, we investigate the effectiveness of two main corporate governance mechanisms, namely the board of directors and auditing, in mitigating the equity discounts arising from the potential entrenchment problem between inside and outside shareholders. Overall, the empirical results...
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In this paper, we examine if corporate insiders have other motives for trading besides exploitation of private information. Our results show that insiders' portfolio rebalancing objectives, tax considerations and behavioral biases play the most important role in their trading decisions. We also...
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An analysis of a proprietary dataset reveals that non-trivial proportions of directors, Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) and Chief Financial Officers in Swedish listed companies have been convicted or suspected of crimes. Based on prior literature, we argue that directors and senior executives...
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Today’s business world calls for leaders, and the auditing profession is no exception. Informed by emerging research on individual auditors, we investigate whether and how leadership ability, an attribute the auditing profession strongly emphasizes, is rewarded by the audit labor market. Using...
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