This paper studies the role of institutional reforms in affecting bank valuation in new European Union (EU) member countries. It takes advantage of the dynamic nature of institutional reforms in transition economies and explores the causal effects of those reforms on banks' Tobin's Q over the...

We find a negative relationship between managerial ability and tax aggressiveness. The result is robust to a wide range of measures of tax aggressiveness, inclusion of firm fixed effects, and the use of a difference-in-differences approach using information regarding CEO turnover to control for...

PurposeThe aim of this paper is to examine how managerial ability affects corporate tax aggressiveness.Design/methodology/approachThe study follows the work of Demerjian, Lev, and McVay (2012) and quantifies managerial ability by calculating how efficiently managers generate revenues from given...

We examine firm's cash holdings from the perspective of the agency cost of debt and find that firms with outstanding loans hold significantly less cash than firms without outstanding loans. This relationship is particularly stronger in financially constrained firms with higher hedging needs,...

We investigate the impacts of improved intellectual property rights (IPR) protection on cross-border M&A performance. Using multiple measures of IPR protection and based on generalized difference-in-differences estimates, we find that countries with better IPR protection attract significantly...

Using theories of internal capital markets, this paper examines the link between financial market integration and the value of global diversification. Based on a sample of 1,491 completed cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As) conducted by US acquirers during the 1990–2003 period, we...

The recent U.S. financial crisis and governmental bailout of financial institutions have intensified the debate on the need for effectively measuring and monitoring the financial institutions’ risks. This paper contributes to this discussion by introducing a market-based capital measurement...