Journal of Corporate Finance

1994 - 2025

Current editor(s): A. Poulsen and J. Netter

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Are liquidity and corporate control priced by shareholders? Empirical evidence from Swiss dual class shares pp. 299-323: Lucien Gardiol, Rajna Gibson-Asner and Nils S. Tuchschmid
To live or let die? An empirical analysis of piecemeal voluntary corporate liquidations pp. 325-354: Gayle R. Erwin and John J. McConnell
Debt and equity as optimal contracts pp. 355-366: Joao C. Santos

Leadership structure: Separating the CEO and Chairman of the Board pp. 189-220: James A. Brickley, Jeffrey Coles and Gregg Jarrell
Heterogeneous shareholders and signaling with share repurchases pp. 221-249: John C. Persons
Overallotment option restrictions and contract choice in initial public offerings pp. 251-275: Craig G. Dunbar
In defense of defensive measures pp. 277-297: Oded H. Sarig and Eli Talmor

New evidence on the effects of federal regulations on insider trading: The Insider Trading and Securities Fraud Enforcement Act (ITSFEA) pp. 89-111: Jon A. Garfinkel
Boards of directors and capital structure: Alternative forms of corporate restructuring pp. 113-139: Ernst Maug
Capital structure, asset structure and equity takeover premiums in cash tender offers pp. 141-165: Matthew T. Billett and Mike Ryngaert
The effect of stock splits on the ownership structure of firms pp. 167-188: Sandip Mukherji, Yong H. Kim and Michael C. Walker

Financial innovation and investor wealth: A study of the poison put in convertible bonds pp. 1-22: Vikram Nanda and Youngkeol Yun
The impact of the nature and sequence of multiple bids in corporate control contests pp. 23-43: Ajeyo Banerjee and James E. Owers
Concentration of voting rights and board resistance to takeover bids pp. 45-73: Josee St-Pierre, Jean-Marie Gagnon and Jacques Saint-Pierre
Fiduciary responsibility and bank-firm relationships: An analysis of shareholder voting by banks pp. 75-87: Thomas H. Payne, James A. Millar and G. William Glezen

Futures trading and supply contracting in the oil refining industry pp. 317-334: Michael Sykuta
Executive compensation and dividend policy pp. 335-358: Lourdes Ferreira White
International differences in oversubscription and underpricing of IPOs pp. 359-381: Bhagwan Chowdhry and Ann Sherman

Equity offerings following the IPO theory and evidence pp. 227-259: Ivo Welch
Effects of competition on bidder returns pp. 261-282: Sankar De, Mark Fedenia and Alexander J. Triantis
Financial information disclosure, union power, and integration pp. 283-299: Pier Angelo Mori
Changes in ownership structure and the value of the firm: The case of mutual-to-stock converting thrift institutions pp. 301-316: Joseph Aharony, Haim Falk and Chan-Jane Lin

Franchise contracting, organization, and regulation: Introduction pp. 1-7: Francine Lafontaine and Scott Masten
The economics of franchise contracts pp. 9-37: Benjamin Klein
The role of risk in franchising pp. 39-74: Francine Lafontaine and Sugato Bhattacharyya
Is franchising a capital structure issue? pp. 75-101: Seth Norton
Ownership rights and incentives in franchising pp. 103-131: Nancy A. Lutz
Returns to franchising pp. 133-155: Steven C. Michael and Hollie J. Moore
The foundations of franchise regulation: Issues and evidence pp. 157-197: J. Howard Beales and Timothy J. Muris
Tying, franchising, and gasoline service stations pp. 199-225: Howard P. Marvel

Determinants of conglomerate and predatory acquisitions: evidence from the 1960s pp. 283-318: Brad Barber, Donald Palmer and James Wallace
Earnings management and firm valuation under asymmetric information pp. 319-345: Paul K. Chaney and Craig M. Lewis
Adverse selection and the costs of financial distress pp. 347-365: Enrica Detragiache
State takeover legislation and share values: The wealth effects of Pennsylvania's Act 36 pp. 367-382: Jonathan Karpoff and Paul Malatesta
Corporate takeovers, firm performance, and board composition pp. 383-412: Omesh Kini, William Kracaw and Shehzad Mian
Measuring managerial equity ownership: a comparison of sources of ownership data pp. 413-435: Stacey R. Kole

The economics of corporate governance: Beyond the Marshallian firm pp. 139-174: Gerald T. Garvey and Peter Swan
The consequences of unbundling managers' voting rights and equity claims pp. 175-199: Wayne H. Mikkelson and M. Megan Partch
The causes and consequences of takeover defense: Evidence from greenmail pp. 201-231: Sanjai Bhagat and Richard Jefferis
Asset sales by financially distressed firms pp. 233-257: David T. Brown, Christopher James and Robert M. Mooradian
Financing of multinational subsidiaries: Parent debt vs. external debt pp. 259-281: Bhagwan Chowdhry and Vikram Nanda

Statement by the editors pp. 1-3: Kenneth Lehn and Wayne Marr
Corporate voting: Evidence from charter amendment proposals pp. 5-31: James A. Brickley, Ronald C. Lease and Clifford Smith
Managerial shareownership, voting power, and cash dividend policy pp. 33-62: Bjorn Eckbo and Savita Verma
Managerial performance, boards of directors and takeover bidding pp. 63-90: David Hirshleifer and Anjan Thakor
Majority owner-managers and organizational efficiency pp. 91-118: David J. Denis and Diane K. Denis
An empirical examination of organizational structure: The economics of the factoring decision pp. 119-138: Janet Kiholm Smith and Christjahn Schnucker