We investigate how director networks impact IPO characteristics and find that firms with better-connected directors have higher IPO market valuation, more positive offer price revisions, higher first-day returns, more pre-IPO media coverage, and superior post-IPO stock performance. Director...

This paper investigates the effect of CEO equity incentives on corporate spin-off decisions. We find that CEOs with stronger equity incentives are more likely to engage in corporate spin-offs and the announcements of such spin-offs are positively received by the market, as evidenced by both...