This paper examines reasons for alliance formation between private equity bidders when compared to sole-sponsored private equity deals. Testing a comprehensive set of hypotheses, we find strong evidence for the relative-risk hypothesis of Robinson (2008), as private bidders are more likely to...

We analyze the impact of the bank CEO’s pay-risk sensitivity (‘vega’) on four loan contract terms, loan spreads, existence of collateral, and the number and strictness of covenants. Using a bank-level fixed effects model to control for time-invariant bank characteristics, we find that...

Purpose –This paper aims to propose several factors which can explain the negative relationship between financial constraints and investment-cash flow sensitivity. Design/methodology/approach – The author uses traditional fixed effects model and minimum distance panel estimation by Erickson...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose several potential determinants of the distance between acquirer and target in M & A deals and examine the negative impact of the acquirer-target distance on announcement returns of acquiring firms. Design/methodology/approach – By employing...

Purpose – This paper aims to propose several factors which can explain the negative relationship between financial constraints and investment-cash flow sensitivity. Design/methodology/approach – The author uses traditional fixed effects model and minimum distance panel estimation by Erickson...

We document that product market threats increase the use of leased capital. We use Chinese import penetration in an instrumental variables setting to address endogeneity concerns. The positive relation between product market threats and leases is larger for firms that are financially...

In this paper, we find that product market threats increase firms’ tax avoidance. This association is especially observed for firms that pursue tax avoidance more than their optimal target level (i.e., actively tax-avoiding firms). In addition, among these firms with active tax avoidance...