Journal of Corporate Finance

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Volume 42, issue C, 2017

Political capital and CEO entrenchment: Evidence from CEO turnover in Chinese non-SOEs pp. 1-14

Xiaping Cao, Xiaofei Pan, Meijun Qian and Gary Gang Tian

Valuing talent: Do CEOs' ability and discretion unambiguously increase firm performance pp. 15-35

Kwok Tong Samuel Cheung, Dharmendra Naidu, Farshid Navissi and Kumari Ranjeeni

Earnings smoothing: Does it exacerbate or constrain stock price crash risk? pp. 36-54

Changling Chen, Jeong-Bon Kim and Li Yao

Managerial innovation incentives, management buyouts, and shareholders' intolerance of failure pp. 55-74

Shinsuke Kamoto

The role of board gender and foreign ownership in the CSR performance of Chinese listed firms pp. 75-99

Paul B. McGuinness, João Paulo Vieito and Mingzhu Wang

Do operating leases expand credit capacity? Evidence from borrowing costs and credit ratings pp. 100-114

Steve C. Lim, Steven Mann and Vassil Mihov

Trade-based manipulation: Beyond the prosecuted cases pp. 115-130

Suman Neupane, S. Ghon Rhee, Kulunu Vithanage and Madhu Veeraraghavan

Effects of customer financial distress on supplier capital structure pp. 131-149

Mauro Oliveira, Palani-Rajan Kadapakkam and Mehdi Beyhaghi

Options, equity risks, and the value of capital structure adjustments pp. 150-178

Paul Borochin and Jie Yang

Uncertainty and firm dividend policy—A natural experiment pp. 179-197

Bonnie G. Buchanan, Cathy Xuying Cao, Eva Liljeblom and Susan Weihrich

Do tax havens create firm value? pp. 198-220

Siu Kai Choy, Tat-kei Lai and Travis Ng

Religion and mergers and acquisitions contracting: The case of earnout agreements pp. 221-246

Ahmed M. Elnahas, M. Kabir Hassan and Ghada M. Ismail

IPO market timing with uncertain aftermarket retail demand pp. 247-266

Francisco Santos

Dividend policy and earnings management across countries pp. 267-286

Wen He, Lilian Ng, Nataliya Zaiats and Bohui Zhang

Efficient non-cooperative bargaining despite keeping strategic information private pp. 287-294

Elmar Lukas and Andreas Welling

Stock liquidity and dividend payouts pp. 295-314

Fuxiu Jiang, Yunbiao Ma and Beibei Shi

Borrowing beyond borders: Foreign assets, lender choice, and loan pricing in the syndicated bank loan market pp. 315-334

Joel F. Houston, Jennifer Itzkowitz and Andy Naranjo

Why and how do banks lay off credit risk? The choice between retention, loan sales and credit default swaps pp. 335-355

Mehdi Beyhaghi, Nadia Massoud and Anthony Saunders

State capitalism's global reach: Evidence from foreign acquisitions by state-owned companies pp. 367-391

G. Andrew Karolyi and Rose C. Liao

The constraints on full privatization: International evidence pp. 392-407

Narjess Boubakri, Jean-Claude Cosset and Walid Saffar

Do state and foreign ownership affect investment efficiency? Evidence from privatizations pp. 408-421

Ruiyuan Chen, Sadok El Ghoul, Omrane Guedhami and He Wang

Growth and growth obstacles in transition economies: Privatized versus de novo private firms pp. 422-438

Juliet D'Souza, William L. Megginson, Barkat Ullah and Zuobao Wei

Governmental and independent venture capital investments in Europe: A firm-level performance analysis pp. 439-459

Douglas Cumming, Luca Grilli and Samuele Murtinu

Market facilitation by local government and firm efficiency: Evidence from China pp. 460-480

Robert Cull, Lixin Xu, Xi Yang, Li-An Zhou and Tian Zhu

The value of government ownership during the global financial crisis pp. 481-493

Christof Beuselinck, Lihong Cao, Marc Deloof and Xinping Xia

Bank lending, crises, and changing ownership structure in Central and Eastern European countries pp. 494-515

Franklin Allen, Krzysztof Jackowicz, Oskar Kowalewski and Łukasz Kozłowski

Volume 41, issue C, 2016

Incentive contracting when boards have related industry expertise pp. 1-22

Vikram Nanda and Bunyamin Onal

When heirs become major shareholders: Evidence on pyramiding financed by related-party sales pp. 23-42

Sunwoo Hwang and Woochan Kim

Capital structure pre-balancing: Evidence from convertible bonds pp. 43-65

Mahdi Rastad

Bargaining power and trade credit pp. 66-80

Daniela Fabbri and Leora Klapper

Friends in the right places: The effect of political connections on corporate merger activity pp. 81-102

Stephen P. Ferris, Reza Houston and David Javakhadze

Going public abroad pp. 103-122

Cecilia Caglio, Kathleen Weiss Hanley and Jennifer Marietta-Westberg

Cross-listing and corporate social responsibility pp. 123-138

Narjess Boubakri, Sadok El Ghoul, He Wang, Omrane Guedhami and Chuck C.Y. Kwok

Committed anchor investment and IPO survival – The roles of cornerstone and strategic investors pp. 139-155

Susanne Espenlaub, Arif Khurshed, Abdulkadir Mohamed and Brahim Saadouni

Do labor unions affect firm payout policy?: Operating leverage and rent extraction effects pp. 156-178

Atsushi Chino

Managerial professional connections versus political connections: Evidence from firms' access to informal financing resources pp. 179-200

Qigui Liu, Jinbo Luo and Gary Gang Tian

Causal effect of analyst following on corporate social responsibility pp. 201-216

Binay K. Adhikari

State and foreign ownership and the value of working capital management pp. 217-240

Hamdi Ben-Nasr

Financing uncertain growth pp. 241-261

Jay Y. Li and David C. Mauer

Board hierarchy, independent directors, and firm value: Evidence from China pp. 262-279

Jigao Zhu, Kangtao Ye, Jennifer Wu Tucker and Chan, Kam (Johnny) C.

The cost of innovation: R&D and high cash holdings in U.S. firms pp. 280-303

Zhaozhao He and M. Babajide Wintoki

Growth opportunities, short-term market pressure, and dual-class share structure pp. 304-328

Bradford Jordan, Soohyung Kim and Mark H. Liu

Where does privatization work? Understanding the heterogeneity in estimated firm performance effects pp. 329-362

J. David Brown, John Earle and Almos Telegdy

Trust and corporate cash holdings pp. 363-387

Evan Dudley and Ning Zhang

Do local causations matter? The effect of firm location on the relations of ROE, R&D, and firm SIZE with MARKET-TO-BOOK pp. 388-409

Andrea Carosi

Cash holding and control-oriented finance pp. 410-425

Ronald W. Anderson and Malika Hamadi

Severance agreements and the cost of debt pp. 426-444

Sattar A. Mansi, John K. Wald and Zhang, Andrew (Jianzhong)

Incentives, termination payments, and CEO contracting pp. 445-465

Stuart L. Gillan and Nga Q. Nguyen

Trade credit provision and national culture pp. 475-501

Sadok El Ghoul and Xiaolan Zheng

Culture and externally financed firm growth pp. 502-520

Narjess Boubakri and Walid Saffar

The impact of cultural diversity in corporate boards on firm performance pp. 521-541

Bart Frijns, Olga Dodd and Helena Cimerova

The asymmetric relationship between national cultural distance and target premiums in cross-border M&A pp. 542-571

Jongha Lim, Anil K. Makhija and Oded Shenkar

Trust and the regulation of corporate self-dealing pp. 572-590

Brandon N. Cline and Claudia R. Williamson

Why do countries matter so much in corporate social performance? pp. 591-609

Ye Cai, Carrie H. Pan and Meir Statman

The gravity of culture for finance pp. 610-625

G. Karolyi