Journal of Corporate Finance

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Volume 16, issue 5, 2010

Equity market liberalization and corporate governance pp. 609-621

Kee-Hong Bae and Vidhan Goyal

Raising capital in emerging markets with restricted Global Depositary Receipts pp. 622-636

J. Michael Pinegar and Ravi Ravichandran

The effect of taxes on multinational debt location pp. 637-654

Matteo P. Arena and Andrew H. Roper

Temporal resolution of uncertainty, disclosure policy, and corporate debt yields pp. 655-678

Kose John and Alexander S. Reisz

Underinvestment, capital structure and strategic debt restructuring pp. 679-702

Grzegorz Pawlina

Do corporate governance characteristics influence tax management? pp. 703-718

Kristina Minnick and Tracy Noga

Derivative usage and firm value: The influence of agency costs and monitoring problems pp. 719-735

Larry Fauver and Andy Naranjo

What do dividend reductions signal? pp. 736-747

Gerald R. Jensen, Leonard L. Lundstrum and Robert E. Miller

Blockholder monitoring and the efficiency of pay-performance benchmarking pp. 748-766

Kyonghee Kim

Volume 16, issue 4, 2010

Outside monitoring and CEO compensation in the banking industry pp. 383-399

Kose John, Hamid Mehran and Yiming Qian

Pay-performance sensitivity and firm size: Insights from the mutual fund industry pp. 400-412

George D. Cashman

Is dividend smoothing universal?: New insights from a comparative study of dividend policies in Hong Kong and the U.S pp. 413-430

Thomas Chemmanur, Jie He, Gang Hu and Helen Liu

Incentive effects of executive compensation and the valuation of firm assets pp. 431-442

Matthew L. O'Connor and Matthew Rafferty

Institutional ownership and monitoring: Evidence from financial misreporting pp. 443-455

Natasha Burns, Simi Kedia and Marc Lipson

Anatomy of a regulatory race to the top: Changes in delisting rules at Korea's two stock exchanges, 1999-2002 pp. 456-468

Kathryn Dewenter, Chang-Soo Kim and Walter Novaes

Subordinate board structures pp. 469-486

David Reeb and Arun Upadhyay

Do antitakeover provisions harm shareholders? pp. 487-497

Miroslava Stráska and Gregory Waller

Bank reputation in the private debt market pp. 498-515

Joseph McCahery and Armin Schwienbacher

The reputation of underwriters: A test of the bonding hypothesis pp. 516-532

Gilberto Loureiro

Board meetings, committee structure, and firm value pp. 533-553

Ivan E. Brick and N.K. Chidambaran

On the causes of volatility effects of conglomerate breakups pp. 554-571

Chintal A. Desai and Robert Savickas

Tax reform and payout policy: Do shareholder clienteles or payout policy adjust? pp. 572-587

Timo Korkeamaki, Eva Liljeblom and Daniel Pasternack

Why firms issue callable bonds: Hedging investment uncertainty pp. 588-607

Zhaohui Chen, Connie X. Mao and Yong Wang

Volume 16, issue 3, 2010

Investor protection and cross-border acquisitions of private and public targets pp. 259-275

Kose John, Steven Freund, Duong Nguyen and Gopala K. Vasudevan

Costly refocusing, the diversification discount, and the pervasiveness of diversified firms pp. 276-287

Fernando Anjos

CEO decision horizon and firm performance: An empirical investigation pp. 288-301

Murad Antia, Christos Pantzalis and Jung Chul Park

Large shareholders and the pressure to manage earnings pp. 302-319

Katherine Guthrie and Jan Sokolowsky

Moral hazard, asymmetric information and IPO lockups pp. 320-332

Chris Yung and Jaime F. Zender

Economic shock, owner-manager incentives, and corporate restructuring: Evidence from the financial crisis in Korea pp. 333-351

Jun-Koo Kang, Inmoo Lee and Hyun Seung Na

How costly is the Sarbanes Oxley Act? Evidence on the effects of the Act on corporate profitability pp. 352-369

Anwer S. Ahmed, Mary Lea McAnally, Stephanie Rasmussen and Connie D. Weaver

Bookbuilding vs. fixed price revisited: The effect of aftermarket trading pp. 370-381

Walid Y. Busaba and Chun Chang

Volume 16, issue 2, 2010

Share repurchases as a potential tool to mislead investors pp. 137-158

Konan Chan, David L. Ikenberry, Inmoo Lee and Yanzhi Wang

What motivates exchangeable debt offerings? pp. 159-169

Anna Danielova, Scott B. Smart and John Boquist

On the decision to go public with dual class stock pp. 170-181

Onur Arugaslan, Douglas O. Cook and Robert Kieschnick

Optimal design of rating-trigger step-up bonds: Agency conflicts versus asymmetric information pp. 182-204

Christian Koziol and Jochen Lawrenz

The European Venture Capital and Private Equity country attractiveness indices pp. 205-224

Alexander Peter Groh, Heinrich von Liechtenstein and Karsten Lieser

Can corporate governance deter management from manipulating earnings? Evidence from related-party sales transactions in China pp. 225-235

Agnes W.Y. Lo, Raymond M.K. Wong and Michael Firth

Convex costs and the hedging paradox pp. 236-242

Dennis Frestad

Investment timing, liquidity, and agency costs of debt pp. 243-258

Stefan Hirth and Marliese Uhrig-Homburg

Volume 16, issue 1, 2010

The effect of change-in-control covenants on takeovers: Evidence from leveraged buyouts pp. 1-15

Matthew T. Billett, Zhan Jiang and Erik Lie

Have changing takeover defense rules and strategies entrenched management and damaged shareholders? The case of defeated takeover bids pp. 16-37

Michael Ryngaert and Ralph Scholten

Upheaval in the boardroom: Outside director public resignations, motivations, and consequences pp. 38-52

Michaël Dewally and Sarah W. Peck

Board of directors' responsiveness to shareholders: Evidence from shareholder proposals pp. 53-72

Yonca Ertimur, Fabrizio Ferri and Stephen R. Stubben

Macroeconomic conditions and capital structure adjustment speed pp. 73-87

Douglas O. Cook and Tian Tang

A dynamic analysis of executive stock options: Determinants and consequences pp. 88-103

Yenn-Ru Chen and Bong Soo Lee

The choice of equity selling mechanisms: PIPEs versus SEOs pp. 104-119

Hsuan-Chi Chen, Na Dai and John D. Schatzberg

Voluntary disclosures and the exercise of CEO stock options pp. 120-136

Paul Brockman, Xiumin Martin and Andy Puckett

Volume 15, issue 5, 2009

The medium of exchange in acquisitions: Does the private information of both acquirer and target matter? pp. 523-542

Thomas Chemmanur, Imants Paeglis and Karen Simonyan

Learning, hubris and corporate serial acquisitions pp. 543-561

Nihat Aktas, Eric de Bodt and Richard Roll

Option grant backdating investigations and capital market discipline pp. 562-572

Kenneth Carow, Randall Heron, Erik Lie and Robert Neal

Reexamining the managerial ownership effect on firm value pp. 573-586

Bradley W. Benson and Wallace N. Davidson

The short-term timing of initial public offerings pp. 587-601

Romain Bouis

Historical market-to-book in a partial adjustment model of leverage pp. 602-612

Laura Xiaolei Liu

Do venture capitalists give founders their walking papers? pp. 613-625

Diana Heger and Tereza Tykvová

Volume 15, issue 4, 2009

Determinants of corporate borrowing: A behavioral perspective pp. 389-411

Dirk Hackbarth

Corporate governance and earnings management at large U.S. bank holding companies pp. 412-430

Marcia Millon Cornett, Jamie John McNutt and Hassan Tehranian

An empirical analysis of the determinants and pricing of corporate bond clawbacks pp. 431-446

Kenneth Daniels, Demissew Diro Ejara and Jayaraman Vijayakumar

Economic impact of political barriers to cross-border acquisitions: An empirical study of CNOOC's unsuccessful takeover of Unocal pp. 447-468

Kam-Ming Wan and Ka-fu Wong

Liquidity and employee options: An empirical examination of the Microsoft experience pp. 469-487

Don M. Chance

Does institutional activism increase shareholder wealth? Evidence from spillovers on non-target companies pp. 488-504

Dong Wook Lee and Kyung Suh Park

Value of outside blockholder activism: Evidence from the switchers pp. 505-522

Woochan Kim, Woojin Kim and Kap-Sok Kwon

Volume 15, issue 3, 2009

Legal protection of investors, corporate governance, and the cost of equity capital pp. 273-289

Kevin C.W. Chen, Zhihong Chen and K.C. John Wei

What determines the financing decision in corporate takeovers: Cost of capital, agency problems, or the means of payment? pp. 290-315

Marina Martynova and Luc Renneboog

An examination of IPO secondary market returns pp. 316-330

Daniel J. Bradley, John S. Gonas, Michael J. Highfield and Kenneth D. Roskelley

CEO tenure, the risk of termination and firm value pp. 331-344

Jeff Brookman and Paul D. Thistle

A framework for the study of expansion options, loan commitments and agency costs pp. 345-357

Masahiko Egami

Intended use of proceeds and the long-run performance of seasoned equity issuers pp. 358-367

Don M. Autore, David E. Bray and David R. Peterson

Information salience, investor sentiment, and stock returns: The case of British soccer betting pp. 368-387

Frederic Palomino, Luc Renneboog and Chendi Zhang

Conference and special issue on corporate finance and governance in emerging markets pp. 388-388

Xinzhong Xu, Joseph Fan and K.C. John Wei

Volume 15, issue 2, 2009

How do firms finance their investments?: The relative importance of equity issuance and debt contracting costs pp. 179-195

Vladimir A. Gatchev, Paul A. Spindt and Vefa Tarhan

Financial leverage and bargaining power with suppliers: Evidence from leveraged buyouts pp. 196-211

David T. Brown, C. Edward Fee and Shawn Thomas

Share repurchase, executive options and wealth changes to stockholders and bondholders pp. 212-229

Sang-gyung Jun, Mookwon Jung and Ralph A. Walkling

Governance with multiple objectives: Evidence from top executive turnover in China pp. 230-244

Eric C. Chang and Sonia M.L. Wong

Too few dividends? Groups' tunneling through chair and board compensation pp. 245-256

Francisco Urzúa I.

Were internal capital markets affected by the 'perfect' pension storm? pp. 257-271

Michael J. Alderson and Brian L. Betker

Volume 15, issue 1, 2009

The rise of corporate governance in corporate control research pp. 1-9

Jeffry Netter, Annette Poulsen and Mike Stegemoller

Creditor financing and overbidding in bankruptcy auctions: Theory and tests pp. 10-29

Bjorn Eckbo and Karin Thorburn

Relationships, corporate governance, and performance: Evidence from private placements of common stock pp. 30-47

Karen H. Wruck and YiLin Wu

Ownership structure and target returns pp. 48-65

Scott W. Bauguess, Sara B. Moeller, Frederik P. Schlingemann and Chad J. Zutter

Firm size and the effectiveness of the market for corporate control pp. 66-79

David Offenberg

Size, ownership and the market for corporate control pp. 80-84

David Robinson

Bidder returns and merger anticipation: Evidence from banking deregulation pp. 85-98

David Becher

Gaining a competitive edge through acquisitions: Evidence from the telecommunications industry pp. 99-112

Evrim Akdogu

Heterogeneous impacts of staggered boards by ownership concentration pp. 113-128

Morgan Rose

The market for shareholder voting rights around mergers and acquisitions: Evidence from institutional daily trading and voting pp. 129-145

Jennifer E. Bethel, Gang Hu and Qinghai Wang

A discussion of the efficacy of governance in the context of corporate acquisitions: Evidence on staggered boards and institutional trading and voting pp. 146-148

Harley E. Ryan

Bidding strategies and takeover premiums: A review pp. 149-178

Bjorn Eckbo