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Publikováno v:
Journal of Law, Finance, and Accounting. 6:179-219
Why do half of S&P 500 firms have duality, that is, a CEO who is also the Chair of the Board? We show theoretically that duality can play an important role in the competition for CEOs. Empirically, we document that duality changes are concentrated at
Publikováno v:
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. 56:2103-2135
Using data on the universe of U.S. based mutual funds, we find that two out of five fund families hold corporate bonds of firms in which they also own an equity stake. We show that the greater the fraction of debt a fund family holds in a given firm,
Publikováno v:
SSRN Electronic Journal.
We investigate how firms trade off the interests of different stakeholders when their industry comes under antitrust scrutiny. Using cartel cases opened by the European Commission between 1994 and 2019 in a difference-in-difference setup, we find tha
Publikováno v:
SSRN Electronic Journal.
Taking advantage of the implementation of the European Commission directives on the financial reporting of private firms, we explore the impact of mandatory financial disclosure on mergers and acquisitions. We find robust evidence that the volume of
Autor:
Clemens A. Otto, Paolo F. Volpin
Publikováno v:
Management Science. 64:3756-3771
We examine how mark-to-market accounting affects the investment decisions of managers with reputation concerns. Reporting the current market value of a firm’s assets can help mitigate agency problems because it provides outsiders (e.g., shareholder
Autor:
Emmanuel Pezier, Paolo F. Volpin
Publikováno v:
SSRN Electronic Journal.
Activists appear to play an important governance role, but identifying it empirically remains challenging. We examine a private dataset of engagements in small UK companies in the 2008- 15 period. Our activist receives a blind portfolio; has low ince
Autor:
Paolo F. Volpin, Thomas Lambert
Publikováno v:
Handbook of Finance and Development, 477-500
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This chapter surveys the literature on the political economy of finance. This field offers three main insights. First, it highlights the importance of the role of political institutions in financial development. Second, it shows how the distribution
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Publikováno v:
SSRN Electronic Journal.
Labor restructuring is a key driver of takeovers and the associated synergy gains worldwide. In a difference-in-differences research design, we show that major increases in employment protection reduce takeover activity by 14-27% and the combined fir
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Autor:
Thomas Lambert, Paolo F. Volpin
Publikováno v:
SSRN Electronic Journal.