Abstract Theory predicts that certification by prestigious financial intermediaries signals
investment quality. We provide a direct empirical test of certification by financial and legal …

Large-scale investment projects face significant long-run uncertainty in interest rates. However,
little is known about the effect of long-term discount rate uncertainty on capital investment …

We investigate how corporate borrowers can manage ex post ESG-related risk and signal
their commitment by approaching banks that adopt Equator Principles, which require them to …

This paper investigates how customers perceive the multiple data theft scandals occurring in
Canadian Banks. To this end, we conducted a survey on 120 students from the University of …

An important puzzle in credit markets is why some firms use the services of financial advisors
(FA) rather than undertake those tasks themselves. This paper examines, using theory and …

… This paper is based on a chapter of Tandja's PhD dissertation at Laval University. The …
The control variables are described as follows (with more detail in Online Appendix C). Our …

… $281.25B, with a mean of $331.7M and a median of $52.1M. We partition our sample by project
… Panel A provides the total value (US$m) of loans and the number of announcements, as …

This paper studies the performance of Canadian acquiring mutual funds in the post-acquisition
period by using 339 acquisitions during the period of 2008-2015. Contrary to the facts …

Prior studies find mixed evidence on the impact of environmental, social, and governance (ESG)
risk ratings on mutual fund performance. These studies implicitly assume that ESG risks …