Discontinued operations should reflect a strategic shift of resources that will help to improve future firm performance. A shift of fixed cost allocation from discontinuing or disposing of a line of business is discussed in management text books, and such decisions are complex and affect the...

We empirically examine the cash flow statements for Japanese banks and whether their managers engage in classification shifting to temper concerns about risk exposure. To create a buffer against liquidity shocks, they shift cash flows from investing and/or financing activities to operating...

We analyze CEO pay and equity holdings for the S&P 1,500 and broad industry classes. Between 1994 and 2000, real annual compensation doubled, and there was a dramatic shift from salary to option grants. The value and proportion of CEO equity holdings and the price-performance-sensitivity of...