Project finance links financial structure to the project's operational characteristics in order to optimize the allocation of project risk and cash flow. We find that project companies use more leverage when project risk is high, but use less leverage when risk-reducing features are present,...

This paper examines the valuation impacts of outside independent directors in Korea, where a regulation requiring outside directors was instituted after the Asian financial crisis. In contrast to studies of U.S. firms, the effects of independent directors on firm performance are strongly...

In this article, we seek to contribute to the literature on corporate political activity (CPA) by exploring the impact of CEO values on this nonmarket activity. Building a database of CEO values by analyzing the text of quarterly earnings conference call transcripts, we test whether firms with...

We develop two investment strategy measures by investor type and explore their predictive capability on idiosyncratic volatility, liquidity risk and liquidity commonality. The measures indicate whether each of our nine investor types persistently implements a “positive-feedback” or a...

Behavioral bubble models typically assume that uninformed trend-chasers, presumably individual investors, cause bubbles, while informed contrarian investors such as institutions trade against bubbles. DeLong et al. (1990a) highlight that to be considered a 'bubble', the mis-pricing must prevail...

This paper offers a survey of open market share repurchase regulations in the ten largest stock markets around the world: the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Canada, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Hong Kong. We find that in many nations, open market share...

This research presents a series of testable propositions examining the context of the innovation ecosystem and the role of start-up types and the founders’ relationships with social tie development in the venture’s early stages. Studies suggest that, in general, social capital provides a...