This study was conducted to analyze the short and long run price performance of IPOs in Bangladesh. Based on a sample of 163 IPOs that were issued during the period between 1992 and 2006, this study documents short run out-performance and long run underperformance of IPOs in the secondary...

This study investigates whether corporate governance can mitigate real earnings management. In recent years, firms have been switching from accrual based to real earnings management and the incidence of real earnings management is also increasing. The role of corporate governance to reduce...

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) is enacted to strengthen corporate governance practices by enhancing the power of audit committee. After 2002, audit committee has received increasing emphasis in accounting research. The objective of this study is to review the growing volume of audit committee...

This paper examines how corporate governance is practiced through ownership structure and how firm's performance as well as its dividend payout policy is influenced by different ownership pattern. In doing so, this paper attempts to investigate the pattern of ownership mix and ownership...

This paper examines whether the corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance of target firms influences the acquisition premiums paid by the acquirers. Using U.S. public merger and acquisition (M&A) deals, I find that acquisition premiums increase in the targets' perceived CSR quality, an...

This study investigates the role of peer pressure on banks' Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities and the long-term impacts of their CSR spending on financial performance. We find that a bank's CSR expenditure increases with that of its peer-banks. However, there is no association...