Employing a large sample of 12,454 firms across 40 countries from 2001 to 2014, we find that firms with high media coverage tend to take risky but value-enhancing investments. We further show that this positive relation is achieved through three plausible channels, namely, the information...

This study finds that the rival response of acquisition targets is positively associated with rivals’ media coverage. We show that media coverage increases the probability of rivals being targeted in the future and the expected returns conditional on future acquisitions, thus supporting the...

Employing an international sample of 12,422 bank loan facilities across 37 countries spanning the period from 2000-2016, we find that both media coverage and positive media sentiment reduce the bank loan interest rate spread, which can be achieved through the media’s roles in mitigating...