A sale and leaseback is an alternative to traditional financing in which the owner of an asset contracts to sell the asset and then to lease it from the buyer. This paper focuses on some of the motivations behind this decision. We find evidence supporting the primary theoretical reason for...

Little is known about the effects of real estate ownership and leasing on the stock return characteristics of public firms. In this study, we first examine the sensitivity of retail firm returns to a real estate factor over the period 1998-2008. The retail industry is chosen because of the...

We analyze the impact of the French 2012 financial transaction tax (FTT) on trading volumes, stock prices, liquidity, and volatility. We extend the empirical research by identifying FTT announcement and short-run treatment effects, which can distort difference-in-differences estimates. In...