In this study, we examine the determinants of board monitoring activity and its impact on firm
value for a broad panel of firms over a six-year period from 1999 to 2005. During this period, …

We study the propensity of firms to commit financial fraud using a sample of SEC enforcement
actions from 2000 to 2006. Controlling for several rm characteristics as well as year and …

We examine firms that reprice their executive stock options and find little evidence that
repricing reflects managerial entrenchment or ineffective governance. Repricing grants are …

This article presents an empirical analysis of the economic performance of the US property-liability
insurance industry, using estimations across 18 lines of insurance for the years 1984 …

We examine the relationship between board monitoring and firm characteristics using a
broad sample of firms over the 8 year period from 1996 to 2003. We find that board …

This paper presents a flexible, lattice-based structural credit risk model that uses equity market
information and a detailed depiction of a financial institution’s liability structure to analyze …

We examine the value impact of mandatory Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) spending
required by the Indian Companies Act of 2013 for large and profitable Indian firms. We find …

In this study, we study the relationship between the level of board monitoring activity and firm
value for a broad panel of firms over a six-year period from 1999 to 2005. We develop and …

We study mergers and acquisition during the period from 1988 to 2005 and examine the
impact of merger market intensity, ie, merger waves, on the means of payment and the returns …

Buying a put option to protect a long stock position is a standard option trade whose payoff
pattern is well known. But option strategies in practice often involve a sequence of …