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Working Papers

2025

1. Taxes and Private Firms’ Capital Structure Choices
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2020

2. Impediments to the Schumpeterian Process in the Replacement of Large Firms
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)

2019

3. Business Groups and the Incorporation of Firm-specific Shocks into Stock Prices
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Business groups and the incorporation of firm-specific shocks into stock prices, Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier (2021) View citations (9) (2021)

2018

4. Death by Pokémon GO: The Economic and Human Cost of Using Apps While Driving
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Death by Pokémon GO: The Economic and Human Cost of Using Apps While Driving, Journal of Risk & Insurance, The American Risk and Insurance Association (2020) View citations (2) (2020)

2017

5. Political Determinants of Competition in the Mobile Telecommunication Industry
   Working Papers, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State View citations (2)
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2017) View citations (31)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017) View citations (31)
   See also Journal Article Political Determinants of Competition in the Mobile Telecommunication Industry, The Review of Financial Studies, Society for Financial Studies (2022) View citations (4) (2022)

2010

6. Large Shareholder Diversification And Corporate Risk- Taking
   Purdue University Economics Working Papers, Purdue University, Department of Economics View citations (31)
   See also Journal Article Large Shareholder Diversification and Corporate Risk-Taking, The Review of Financial Studies, Society for Financial Studies (2011) View citations (302) (2011)
7. Sheltering Corporate Assets from Political Extraction
   Purdue University Economics Working Papers, Purdue University, Department of Economics View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Sheltering Corporate Assets from Political Extraction, The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Oxford University Press (2013) View citations (75) (2013)

2009

8. The Quality of Accounting Information in Politically Connected Firms
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (4)
   Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2007) View citations (10)
   See also Journal Article The quality of accounting information in politically connected firms, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Elsevier (2011) View citations (311) (2011)

2007

9. Sudden Deaths: Taking Stock of Geographic Ties
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (9)
   See also Journal Article Sudden Deaths: Taking Stock of Geographic Ties, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Cambridge University Press (2009) View citations (185) (2009)

2006

10. Corporate response to distress: evidence from the Asian financial crisis
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Corporate response to distress: evidence from the Asian financial crisis, Review, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (2011) View citations (5) (2011)
11. Reluctant privatization
    CEI Working Paper Series, Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University View citations (5)
    Also in Working Papers, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (2004) View citations (9)
12. Sudden Deaths: Taking Stock of Political Connections
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (17)

2001

13. Institutional Shareholders and Corporate Governance: The Case of UK Pension Funds
    CeRP Working Papers, Center for Research on Pensions and Welfare Policies, Turin (Italy) View citations (6)

2000

14. Dividends and Exploration
    Working Paper Series, Victoria University of Wellington, The New Zealand Institute for the Study of Competition and Regulation

Journal Articles

2025

1. Exposing the Revolving Door in Executive Branch Agencies
   Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2025, 60, (4), 1625-1655

2022

2. Political Determinants of Competition in the Mobile Telecommunication Industry
   The Review of Financial Studies, 2022, 35, (4), 1983-2018 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper Political Determinants of Competition in the Mobile Telecommunication Industry, Working Papers (2017) View citations (2) (2017)

2021

3. Business Groups and Employment
   Management Science, 2021, 67, (6), 3468-3491 View citations (3)
4. Business groups and the incorporation of firm-specific shocks into stock prices
   Journal of Financial Economics, 2021, 139, (3), 852-871 View citations (9)
   See also Working Paper Business Groups and the Incorporation of Firm-specific Shocks into Stock Prices, NBER Working Papers (2019) View citations (1) (2019)

2020

5. Death by Pokémon GO: The Economic and Human Cost of Using Apps While Driving
   Journal of Risk & Insurance, 2020, 87, (3), 815-849 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Death by Pokémon GO: The Economic and Human Cost of Using Apps While Driving, NBER Working Papers (2018) View citations (1) (2018)

2018

6. Taxes, Capital Structure Choices, and Equity Value
   Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2018, 53, (3), 967-995 View citations (2)

2017

7. Politically Connected Private Equity and Employment
   Journal of Finance, 2017, 72, (2), 539-574 View citations (59)

2016

8. CEO gender, corporate risk-taking, and the efficiency of capital allocation
   Journal of Corporate Finance, 2016, 39, (C), 193-209 View citations (513)
9. Discussion of “Corporate Political Connections and Tax Aggressivenessâ€
   Contemporary Accounting Research, 2016, 33, (1), 115-120

2015

10. Taxes and Capital Structure
    Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2015, 50, (3), 277-300 View citations (64)

2013

11. Sheltering Corporate Assets from Political Extraction
    The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2013, 29, (2), 332-354 View citations (75)
    See also Working Paper Sheltering Corporate Assets from Political Extraction, Purdue University Economics Working Papers (2010) View citations (2) (2010)

2011

12. Corporate response to distress: evidence from the Asian financial crisis
    Review, 2011, 93, (Mar), 127-154 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper Corporate response to distress: evidence from the Asian financial crisis, Working Papers (2006) View citations (2) (2006)
13. Large Shareholder Diversification and Corporate Risk-Taking
    The Review of Financial Studies, 2011, 24, (11), 3601-3641 View citations (302)
    See also Working Paper Large Shareholder Diversification And Corporate Risk- Taking, Purdue University Economics Working Papers (2010) View citations (31) (2010)
14. The quality of accounting information in politically connected firms
    Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2011, 51, (1-2), 58-76 View citations (311)
    Also in Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2011, 51, (1), 58-76 (2011) View citations (314)
    See also Working Paper The Quality of Accounting Information in Politically Connected Firms, MPRA Paper (2009) View citations (4) (2009)

2010

15. Differences between Politically Connected and Nonconnected Firms: A Cross‐Country Analysis
    Financial Management, 2010, 39, (3), 905-928 View citations (258)
16. Pyramiding vs leverage in corporate groups: International evidence
    Journal of International Business Studies, 2010, 41, (1), 88-104 View citations (34)

2009

17. Government Control of Privatized Firms
    The Review of Financial Studies, 2009, 22, (8), 2907-2939 View citations (128)
18. Sudden Deaths: Taking Stock of Geographic Ties
    Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2009, 44, (3), 683-718 View citations (185)
    See also Working Paper Sudden Deaths: Taking Stock of Geographic Ties, MPRA Paper (2007) View citations (9) (2007)

2006

19. Expropriation vs. Proportional Sharing in Corporate Acquisitions
    The Journal of Business, 2006, 79, (3), 1413-1444 View citations (18)
20. Political Connections and Corporate Bailouts
    Journal of Finance, 2006, 61, (6), 2597-2635 View citations (982)
21. Politically Connected Firms
    American Economic Review, 2006, 96, (1), 369-386 View citations (1414)
22. Returns to Acquirers of Listed and Unlisted Targets
    Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2006, 41, (1), 197-220 View citations (162)

2005

23. The Choice of Payment Method in European Mergers and Acquisitions
    Journal of Finance, 2005, 60, (3), 1345-1388 View citations (276)

2002

24. The ultimate ownership of Western European corporations
    Journal of Financial Economics, 2002, 65, (3), 365-395 View citations (1300)

2001

25. Dividends and Expropriation
    American Economic Review, 2001, 91, (1), 54-78 View citations (567)

2000

26. Do occupational pension funds monitor companies in which they hold large stakes?
    Journal of Corporate Finance, 2000, 6, (1), 71-110 View citations (94)