Lender–borrower relationships facilitate monitoring in small business loans. We investigate
how the duration and scope of the bank–borrower relationship affect the decision to secure …

We test the hypothesis that managers who face a high termination risk make less risky
investments than the managers who face a low termination risk. A 10% increase in our measure of …

We examine if and how corporate social responsibility (CSR) affects the relation between risk
taking incentives of CEO compensation (ie, vega of CEO compensation) and measures of …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate if there is a differential effect of corporate
governance mechanisms on firm risk in Canadian companies cross-listed on US markets …

We explore the relation between antitakeover provisions (ie managerial entrenchment) and
firm performance in innovation. Empirical results indicate that an increase in antitakeover …

We find that US corporations’ demand for liquidity is sensitive to two important factors:
uncertainty facing the firm and the quality of corporate governance. Following prior research, we …

This study examines whether corporate social responsibility (CSR) is associated with the
likelihood and outcomes of securities class action lawsuits. We find a lower likelihood of …

We test whether the spot price of crude oil is determined by stochastic rules or exhibits
deterministic endogenous fluctuations. In our analysis, we employ both metric (correlation …

We investigate the relationship between a firm's measures of corporate governance,
macroeconomic uncertainty and changes in leverage. Recent research highlights the role of …

Markov regime-switching and sine-wave models have been used to capture the apparent
wave-like behavior in aggregate US merger and acquisition (M and A) activity. In this paper we …