Over the past two decades, the US stock market has undergone significant changes in its structure, with small firms disappearing and large firms gaining market share. This study investigates whether the dominance of large firms in the market creates positive spillover for or shifts resources...

A growing literature has examined the benefits and costs of implementing new disclosure regulations. However, little is known about the consequences when regulators fail to take action. Using IFRS adoption in 2005 as the setting, we examine the costs of regulatory inactions among non-adopting...

Banks’ mandatory switch from an incurred credit loss model (IL) to an expected credit losses model (EL) in certain jurisdictions can affect loan pricing and securitization in foreign markets. Comparing U.S. banks with IFRS subsidiaries to U.S. domestic banks, we find that the former charge...

We develop three complementary tests to examine how adverse selection affects the design of executive compensation contracts: First, we show that externally hired CEOs receive higher total pay and have fewer equity incentives relative to internally promoted CEOs, consistent with their ability to...