Journal of Corporate Finance

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Volume 59, issue C, 2019

Financial distress risk in initial public offerings: How much do venture capitalists matter? pp. 10-30

William L. Megginson, Antonio Meles, Gabriele Sampagnaro and Vincenzo Verdoliva

Are private equity backed initial public offerings any different? Timing, information asymmetry and post-IPO survival pp. 31-47

Dimitra Michala

Dry powder and short fuses: Private equity funds in emerging markets pp. 48-71

Dawei Fang

Anchor-backed IPOs, reported earnings, and heterogeneous investors' beliefs pp. 72-87

Taufique Samdani

An empirical analysis of changes in the relative timeliness of issuer-paid vs. investor-paid ratings pp. 88-118

Erik Berwart, Massimo Guidolin and Andreas Milidonis

Are credit rating agencies still relevant? Evidence on certification from Moody's credit watches pp. 119-141

Hamdi Driss, Nadia Massoud and Gordon S. Roberts

Outside employment opportunities, employee productivity, and debt discipline pp. 142-161

Jayant R. Kale, Harley E. Ryan and Lingling Wang

Policy initiatives and firms' access to external finance: Evidence from a panel of emerging Asian economies pp. 162-184

Udichibarna Bose, Ronald MacDonald and Serafeim Tsoukas

Capital formation and financial intermediation: The role of entrepreneur reputation formation pp. 185-201

Emma Li and J. Spencer Martin

Do corporate governance mandates impact long-term firm value and governance culture? pp. 202-217

Reena Aggarwal, Jason D. Schloetzer and Rohan Williamson

Governance mandates, outside directors, and acquirer performance pp. 218-238

Jay Dahya, Andrey Golubov, Dimitris Petmezas and Nickolaos G. Travlos

The role of corporate governance for acquisitions by the emerging market multinationals: Evidence from India pp. 239-254

Burcin Col and Kaustav Sen

Why does the FDIC sue? pp. 255-275

Christoffer Koch and Ken Okamura

Executive compensation and political sensitivity: Evidence from government contractors pp. 276-301

Brandy Hadley

Knighthoods, damehoods, and CEO behaviour pp. 302-319

Konrad Raff and Linus Siming

M&A deal initiation and managerial motivation pp. 320-343

Jana P. Fidrmuc and Chunling Xia

Firm efficiency, foreign ownership and CEO gender in corrupt environments pp. 344-360

Jan Hanousek, Anastasiya Shamshur and Jiri Tresl

Volume 58, issue C, 2019

Does institutional trading affect underwriting? pp. -

Amber Anand, Paul Irvine and Tingting Liu

Does board gender diversity increase dividend payouts? Analysis of global evidence pp. 1-26

Dezhu Ye, Jie Deng, Yi Liu, Samuel H. Szewczyk and Xiao Chen

Are pension contributions a threat to shareholder payouts? pp. 27-42

Seth Armitage and Ronan Gallagher

Board executive committees, board decisions, and firm value pp. 43-63

Nikos Vafeas and Adamos Vlittis

Demsetz and Villalonga (2001) on ownership structure and corporate performance: Looking back and looking forward pp. 64-67

Belén Villalonga

Follow the money: Investor trading around investor-paid credit rating changes pp. 68-91

Utpal Bhattacharya, Kelsey D. Wei and Han Xia

Going public in China: Reverse mergers versus IPOs pp. 92-111

Charles Lee, Yuanyu Qu and Tao Shen

Friendly directors and the cost of regulatory compliance pp. 112-141

M. Babajide Wintoki and Yaoyi Xi

Corporate governance and firm performance: The sequel pp. 142-168

Sanjai Bhagat and Brian Bolton

Are shareholders gender neutral? Evidence from say on pay pp. 169-186

Jean Canil, Sigitas Karpavičius and Chia-Feng (Jeffrey) Yu

Testing the credit-market-timing hypothesis using counterfactual issuing dates pp. 187-207

Murray Z. Frank and Mahdi Nezafat

Strategic information aggregation and learning from prices pp. 208-225

Alvaro Pedraza

Married CEOs and corporate social responsibility pp. 226-246

Shantaram P. Hegde and Dev Mishra

Illegal insider trading: Commission and SEC detection pp. 247-269

Brandon N. Cline and Valeriya V. Posylnaya

What is the role of institutional investors in corporate capital structure decisions? A survey analysis pp. 270-286

Stephen Brown, Marie Dutordoir, Chris Veld and Yulia Veld-Merkoulova

Does reputation matter? Evidence from share repurchases pp. 287-306

Koji Ota, Hironori Kawase and David Lau

A new order of financing investments: Evidence from acquisitions by India’s listed firms pp. 307-328

Varun Jindal and Rama Seth

Private equity investment criteria: An experimental conjoint analysis of venture capital, business angels, and family offices pp. 329-352

Joern Block, Christian Fisch, Silvio Vismara and René Andres

Political connections and directors' and officers' liability insurance – Evidence from China pp. 353-372

Ning Jia, Xinshu Mao and Rongli Yuan

Bidder earnings forecasts in mergers and acquisitions pp. 373-392

Amir Amel-Zadeh and Geoff Meeks

The value of academics: Evidence from academic independent director resignations in China pp. 393-414

Jun Chen, Alexandre Garel and Alireza Tourani-Rad

Do incentives work? Option-based compensation and corporate innovation pp. 415-430

Lee Biggerstaff, Brian Blank and Brad Goldie

Institutions and determinants of firm survival in European emerging markets pp. 431-453

Eduard Baumohl, Ichiro Iwasaki and Evžen Kočenda

The balance of power between creditors and the firm: Evidence from German insolvency law pp. 454-477

Frédéric Closset and Daniel Urban

Is the fox guarding the henhouse? Bankers in the Federal Reserve, bank leverage and risk-shifting pp. 478-504

Ivan Lim, Jens Hagendorff and Seth Armitage

The relationship insurance role of financial conglomerates: Evidence from earnings announcements pp. 505-527

Jiun-Lin Chen, Gary C. Sanger and Wei-Ling Song

The impact of top executive gender on asset prices: Evidence from stock price crash risk pp. 528-550

Yiwei Li and Yeqin Zeng

Variable pay: Is it for the worker or the firm? pp. 551-566

Jason Allen and James Thompson

The impact of credit ratings on corporate behavior: Evidence from Moody's adjustments pp. 567-582

Darren J. Kisgen

Dividends and taxes: The moderating role of agency conflicts pp. 583-604

Janis Berzins, Øyvind Bøhren and Bogdan Stacescu

Does competition affect ratings quality? Evidence from Canadian corporate bonds pp. 605-623

Kee-Hong Bae, Hamdi Driss and Gordon S. Roberts

Success is good but failure is not so bad either: Serial entrepreneurs and venture capital contracting pp. 624-649

Rajarishi Nahata

Failure and success in mergers and acquisitions pp. 650-699

Luc Renneboog and Cara Vansteenkiste

Institutional investors and corporate social responsibility pp. 700-725

John R. Nofsinger, Johan Sulaeman and Abhishek Varma

Equity issuance motives and insider trading pp. 726-743

Anna Rossi and Petri Sahlström

Punished banks' acquisitions: Evidence from the U.S. banking industry pp. 744-764

Giota Papadimitri, Panagiotis Staikouras, Nickolaos G. Travlos and Chris Tsoumas

Bank equity ownership and corporate hedging: Evidence from Japan pp. 765-783

Piman Limpaphayom, Daniel A. Rogers and Noriyoshi Yanase

Invest or regret? An empirical investigation into funding dynamics during the final days of equity crowdfunding campaigns pp. 784-803

Thang Nguyen, Joe Cox and Judith Rich

Top executives on social media and information in the capital market: Evidence from China pp. 824-857

Xunan Feng and Anders Johansson