We examine whether IPO registration disclosures expose firms to greater nonshareholder litigation risk. Using hand-collected data on lawsuits initiated at federal and state courts against IPO firms, we show that firms that submit their IPO registration statement with the SEC publicly experience...

Dynamic pricing may lead to better supply-demand match by approaching from the demand side in a price dependent market. When the inventory is scarce, a price change hedges for more effective use of available inventory. We study a temporary price change policy for a non-perishable product that is...

We explore how rival firms respond when firms in their industry violate debt covenants. We find that rival firms increase advertising expense, and that this increase is proportional to the size of industry violators' pre-existing market share. Rival firm product-market share also increases in...

Do managers time the market when they make merger decisions? Merger and acquisition waves seem to correspond with market tides, cresting with bull markets. A contentious debate exists over whether this trend indicates managerial market timing ability. Pseudo market timing, introduced by Schultz...