We examine the mechanism by which social media sentiment affects stock prices. Specifically, we assess the impact of Twitter feeds on stock returns at the intraday level. We find that an increase in buyer-initiated trades has a significantly positive price impact. The impact is stronger with an...

We examine the mechanism by which social media sentiment affects stock prices. Specifically, we assess the impact of Twitter feeds on stock returns at the intraday level. We find that an increase in buyer-initiated trades has a significantly positive price impact. The impact is stronger with an...

We provide a tradeoff model of the capital structure that allows leverage to be a function of a firm’s choice of tax aggressiveness. The model’s testable implications are supported empirically. Debt use is inversely related to corporate tax aggression for most firms, and the relation is...

Consistent with hedge funds trading on privileged information during the wall-crossing period, we document negative abnormal returns and abnormally high short selling in the trading days just prior to the private placements of U.S. convertible bonds, no pre-placement negative abnormal returns...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Business First or Culture First? -- Chapter 3. Culture Shock, Work, and Study Abroad. Chapter 4.The Role of Technology in doing business across cultures -- Chapter 5. Accounting Practices -- Chapter 6. Financial Practices -- Chapter 7. Negotiation Practices. .

Using a large sample of target price forecasts for 6,415 U.S. firms from 1999 to 2011, we find that target price changes predict institutional trading, even after we control for changes in both stock recommendations and earnings forecasts. The impact of target price changes is economically...