International Journal of Managerial Finance: Volume 18 Issue 5

Stock returns, oil prices and leverage: evidence from US firms

Md Ruhul Amin, Andre Varella Mollick

This paper aims to investigate how the relation between stock returns of US firms and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil prices is affected by leverage from 1990 to 2020.

Are social connections of independent directors all the same? Evidence from corporate monitoring

Zhe Li, Emre Unlu, Julie Wu

Studies on corporate boards examine how social ties between the CEO and independent board members affect the effectiveness of board monitoring. Much evidence suggests that social…

CEO pay slice and acquisitions in Australia: the role of tournament incentives

Hoa Luong, Abeyratna Gunasekarage, Syed Shams

This paper investigates the influence of tournament incentives, measured by Chief Executive Officer (CEO) pay slice (CPS), on the acquisition decisions of Australian firms.

Mutual fund manager turnover: an empirical investigation of performance

Avinash Ghalke, Shripad Kulkarni

When a fund manager leaves, the investment strategy of the fund changes or remains the same. The departing fund manager's resignation is either forced or voluntary. The study…

Employee mistreatment and information asymmetry

Omer Unsal

In this paper, the author utilizes a unique hand-collected dataset of workplace lawsuits, violations and allegations to test the relation between employee mistreatment and…

Valuation of short-lived firms following waves of new listings

Yoshie Saito

The survival rate of newly listed firms is low, and there is evidence of a surge of poorly performing new listed firms leading up to the crash of the dot.com bubble. The author…

Did the STOCK Act impact the performance, risk and flow of hedge funds?

Laleh Samarbakhsh, Meet Shah

This research aims to examine hedge funds’ performance, risk and flow before and after the implementation of the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act.

Bank stability, credit information sharing and a shift toward households' lending: international evidence

Tu D.Q. Le, Dat T. Nguyen

The study aims to investigate the relationship between a shift in lending activities toward households, credit information sharing and bank stability.

Role of educational, regional and religious attributes of CEOs in performance of Indian family firms

Ranjan DasGupta, Rajesh Pathak

The authors investigate whether community-based CEO's attributes, particularly educational attainment, regional and religious affiliation, are direct antecedents of performance in…