I examine how the debt covenant structure of a firm varies with managerial risk-taking incentives via CEO compensation sensitivities to stock return volatility (Vega). I build a comprehensive firm debt covenant index by including both public and private debt issues. I find a robust negative...

This study examines the effect of different dimensions of ownership structure in corporate performance. The data that is used in this study includes 29 non-financial firms listed on the Qatar Exchange during the period of 2006-2011. The different dimensions of ownership structures that are...

We identify a firm's growth type by its valuation volatility which proxies for the extent to which asymmetric information arises from growth opportunities rather than from assets-in-place. We show that firm investment style (measured by R&D/[Capex R&D]) is persistent and positively aligned with...

We administered OLS regressions test on the overconfidence bias and the board of directors to obtain evidence concerning CEOs psychological traits and attitudes. We find that CEOs in Tunisian firms are overconfident and the board of directors characteristics as size, independence and duality can...

We present evidence consistent with theories that psychological biases affect rationality decision of managers. We find a strong evidence on the effect of managerial psychology on corporate investment decision's rationality. Using models estimation from a Tunisian context, we find that the...

The paper provides review of Modigliani-Miller capital structure irrelevance proposition and its development since 1958. The paper suggests some pedagogical insights and introduce risk-shifting interpretations of the MM model. We also discuss shapes of cost of debt and cost of equity functions...

Our paper examines the effect of product market competition on firms' incentives to misreport financial information to investors. We examine three specific channels through which product market competition can affect the information environment in an industry and individual firms' incentives to...

El presente trabajo pretende contribuir al análisis y medición de la prima de riesgo país que se aplica en las finanzas corporativas para la valuación de empresas en mercados emergentes, especialmente aplicable a las particularidades que se presentan en las valoraciones de empresas de...

Financial strategy is about how companies raise funds and manage them within their organizations. Corporate governance is relevant to both of these aspects, and an understanding of corporate governance is vital for an appreciation of corporate finance. This chapter from Corporate Financial...