One of the most important risks faced by a bank is that of loan default by its borrowers. Existing literature has documented the negative announcement-period returns for lending banks when a big sovereign borrower announces a moratorium on its bank loans. In contrast, little research has been...

The benefits of cross-listing for a foreign issuer are extensively documented in the literature, however it is not clear what motivates investors to hold American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) rather than the underlying stock of these issuers. We analyze the investment allocation decision of mutual...

We use a unique data set of bank loans to examine the wealth effects on lead lending banks when their borrowers suffer financial distress. We find a significant negative announcement return for the lead lending bank when a major corporate borrower announces default or bankruptcy. Banks with...

How capital structure, dividend policy and corporate governance vary across countries has been the focus of recent studies, but how resources are reallocated in response to poor performance has not received as much attention. This paper argues that the market for corporate control and the formal...

amp;#65279;Company stock option plans have diverse quot;sunsetquot; policies for modifying terms of options held by managers who exit the firm. In our Samp;P 500 sample, these forfeiture, vesting, and expiration provisions are less generous in companies characterized by fast growth, dependence on...

The benefits of cross-listing for a foreign quot;issuerquot; are extensively documented in the literature, however it is not clear what motivates quot;investorsquot; to hold American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) rather than the underlying stock of these issuers. We analyze the investment...

Why do some firms raise equity capital from a small number of "private” investors (e.g. Private Investment in Public Equities–PIPE), while other firms do so from a large number of small investors (e.g. Seasoned Equity Offering–SEO)? Recent studies list market timing, asymmetric...

Company stock option plans have diverse acirc;not;Ssunsetacirc;not;? policies for modifying terms of options held by managers who exit the firm. In our Samp;P 500 sample, these forfeiture, vesting, and expiration provisions are less generous in companies characterized by fast growth, dependence on...

Does repeated borrowing from the same lender affect loan contract terms? We find that such borrowing translates into a 10 to 17 bps lowering of loan spreads. These results hold using multiple approaches (Propensity Score Matching, Instrumental Variables, and Treatment Effects Model) that control...

While many empirical studies document borrower benefits of lending relationships, less is known about lender benefits. A relationship lender's informational advantage over a non-relationship lender may generate a higher probability of selling information-sensitive products to its borrowers. Our...