We find that the portfolio of Korean firms with small accounts payable and large accounts receivable experiences negative excess returns when investors learn that North Korea sank a South Korean warship in May 2010. The negative effect of small accounts payable (large accounts receivable) is...

This paper compares the reaction of bidders' stock prices to acquisition announcements by regulated non-financial firms, banks, and unregulated companies in Japan. Results suggest that regulated non-financial firms do not experience a significant stock price response at M&A announcements,...

This study explores whether and how controlling and institutional shareholdings shape payout policies. Both shareholdings are significantly associated with payouts consisting of repurchases and dividends. However, the two shareholder groups appear to have divergent preferences on payouts, as...

We investigated the relation between changes in cash dividend payments, non-public tradable shares, and the percentage of ownership of the controlling shareholder in Chinese firms before and after the Split-share structure reform. We found a significant reduction in cash dividends before and...