In the current study, we investigate the impacts of social capital (SC) and intellectual capital
(IC) on audit fees among the companies listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE). Since …

The 2008 financial crisis was followed by a global economic downturn, a credit crunch, and
a reduction in cross-border lending, trade finance, and foreign direct investment, which …

In this article I investigate the relation between the employee‐friendly practices of the
acquiring firm and the acquisition performance. I find a positive relation between employee …

We examine firm governance choices and firm valuation in the presence of expropriation
risk. We argue that firms have fewer incentives to practice good governance and disclose …

This paper quantifies the “human costs of bankruptcy” by estimating employee wage losses
induced by the bankruptcy filing of employers using employee-employer matched data from …

We propose and investigate a new channel through which the resource curse-a stylized fact
that countries rich in natural resources grow slower-operates. Predatory governments are …

We propose a new channel through which expropriation risk reduces capital allocation
efficiency and decreases firm growth. We build an agency model of corporate disclosure …

According to a Wall Street Journal article (“Inside capitol, investor access yields rich tips,”
Dec 20, 2012), the number of hedge funds specializing in political intelligence in the US …

This paper quantifies the “human costs of bankruptcy” by estimating employee wage losses
induced by the bankruptcy filing of employers using worker-firm matched data from the US …

This paper quantifies the human costs of corporate bankruptcy by estimating worker
outcomes after a bankruptcy filing by their employers. Using worker-firm matched data from …