We investigate investors' time preferences and takeover performance outcomes in a cross-disciplinary international study. We use a cultural measure on long-term orientation (LTO) to capture investors' time preferences. Additionally, we study how investor protection and the nature of the deal...

Despite a considerable premium on equity with respect to risk free assets, many households do not own stocks. We ask why the prevalence of stockholding is so limited. We focus on individuals' attitudes towards risk and identify relevant factors that affect the willingness to take financial...

For a sample of 25,749 international firm-year observations, we evaluate the relationship between shareholders’ time orientation, firms’ corporate social responsibility, and cost of equity capital. We show that patient institutional investors monitor the CSR strategy of the firms they are...

Topics on behavioral corporate finance are concerned with the consequences ofboundedly rational investors for optimal financial decisions by firm management. Aspects ofbounded rationality are relevant both for the theory and the practice of corporate finance. Onthe one hand, a new kind of...

We apply cumulative prospect theory and hedonic framing to evaluate discountreverse convertibles (DRCs) and reverse convertible bonds (RCBs) as important examples ofstructured products from a boundedly rational investor’s point of view. While commonexpected utility theory would also conclude...

Im Rahmen der Behavioral Corporate Finance als einem Teilgebiet der Behavioral Financewerden die Konsequenzen aus beschränkter Kapitalgeberrationalität für optimale unter-nehmerische Finanzierungsentscheidungen geprüft. Beschränkte Kapitalgeberrationalitätim Sinne von systematischen...