The recycling of used lithium-ion batteries can undoubtedly bring enormous environmental and economic benefits. However, most researchers paid attention to the leaching and seldom the separation of valuable metals in waste LiNixCoyMnzO2 cathode materials. From the perspective of the raw...

Why do firms pay dividends? This is a question which has long interested researchers, particularly since the dividend irrelevance proposition of Miller and Modigliani (1961) because, even though their theory (which relies on several assumptions) suggests investors are indifferent between a...

This paper examines the effects of economic shocks originating from China’s Five-Year Plans on firms’ shareholders and stakeholders in the U.S. Using establishment-level data, we show that the shocks were not preceded by low production or employment, nor were they anticipated by the U.S....

We propose a tractable model of dynamic investment, division sales (spinoffs), financing, and risk management for a multi-division firm that faces costly external finance. The model highlights the importance of considering the intertwined nature of the different policies. Our main results are as...

We test the empirical validity of a claim that has been playing a central role in debates on corporate governance—the claim that interventions by activist hedge funds have a negative effect on the long-term shareholder value and corporate performance. We subject this claim to a comprehensive...