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We examine whether corporate governance differences affect firm valuation in cross-border mergers. We find that takeover premiums are decreasing in the quality of the foreign acquirer’s home country governance for deals completed with stock, suggesting that the acquirers compensate target...
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Although flows into ESG funds have risen dramatically, it remains unclear whether these funds are truly committed to sustainable investments and how much their investments matter. We shed light on this debate by examining the incentives of fund managers. We find that conditional on similarly...
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type="main" <title type="main">ABSTRACT</title> <p>We examine proprietary research produced by buy-side analysts working for a large fund management company. We find that the buy-side research has investment value for a one-year horizon, and the analysts producing this research exhibit differential ability that tends to...</p>
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Because sell-side analysts are dependent on institutional investors for performance ratings and trading commissions, we argue that analysts are less likely to succumb to investment banking or brokerage pressure in stocks highly visible to institutional investors. Examining a comprehensive sample...
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