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Why Do Businesses Incorporate in Other EU Member States? An Empirical Analysis of the Role of Conflict of Laws Rules
Research in law, political science and economics has taken a strong interest in the way companies strategically incorporate in foreign ju
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Investing in Managerial Honesty
Two laboratory experiments show that investors perceive a CEO to be more committed to honesty when the CEO resisted, at a personal cost,
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Employment and Wage Insurance within Firms: Worldwide Evidence
If unemployment insurance is more generous, workers should demand less implicit insurance from their employers: firm- and government-prov
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Private Equity and Human Capital Risk
The social costs associated with private equity restructuring have been the subject of emotional debates.
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Takeovers and (Excess) CEO Compensation
We study if a CEO’s equity-based compensation affects the expected value generation in takeovers.
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Board Quotas and Director-Firm Matching
We study the impact of board gender quotas on the labor market for corporate directors.
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Why Do Family Business Groups Expand by Creating New Public Firms? The Role of Internal Capital Markets
In public equity markets around the world, corporations pursue distinctly different approaches to funding investment opportunities with e
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Companies Should Maximize Shareholder Welfare Not Market Value
What is the appropriate objective function for a firm?
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Market Soundings: The Interaction between Securities Regulation and Company Law in the United Kingdom and Italy
Before deciding on operations involving share issuance or sale, companies or shareholders may seek to disclose information to selected in