The purpose of this paper is to study whether speculative activities are ethically justified. The importance of this topic derives from the fact that many of the activities which configure a modern economy contain a speculative component. The analysis is based on the premise that the ethical...

We examine the relation between layoffs and stockholders' wealth, and corporate performance subsequent to layoffs. We find that layoffs are preceded by a period of poor stock market and earnings performance, and are followed by significant improvements in both. On average, layoff announcements...

We study the process of corporate restructuring for a sample of 298 firms during the 1989-98 period that announce that they are considering restructuring alternatives. We find that restructuring is a lengthy process, with the majority of the restructuring period occurring prior to any definitive...