Kose John

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Dividends, Dilution, and Taxes: A Signalling Equilibrium (1983) (1494)
Corporate Governance and Board Effectiveness (1997) (1365)
Corporate Governance and Risk Taking (2007) (1103)
Troubled debt restructurings*1: An empirical study of private reorganization of firms in default (1990) (1086)
Top‐Management Compensation and Capital Structure (1993) (847)
Asset sales and increase in focus (1995) (774)
Efficient Signalling with Dividends and Investments (1987) (373)
Insider Trading around Dividend Announcements: Theory and Evidence (1991) (373)
A Theory of Bank Regulation and Management Compensation (1995) (329)
The Voluntary Restructuring of Large Firms in Response to Performance Decline (1992) (327)
Does Geography Matter? Firm Location and Corporate Payout Policy (2011) (322)
Takeovers and the Cross-Section of Returns (2007) (320)
Credit Ratings, Collateral and Loan Characteristics: Implications for Yield (2000) (236)
Incentive Features in CEO Compensation in the Banking Industry (2003) (209)
Dividend Policy: Its Impact on Firm Value (2000) (208)
Bankruptcy and the Resolution of Financial Distress (2008) (196)
An empirical analysis of strategic competition and firm values The case of R&D competition (1996) (195)
Payout Policy, Agency Conflicts, and Corporate Governance (2006) (192)
Debtor-in-Possession Financing and Bankruptcy Resolution: Empirical Evidence (2003) (171)
On the Optimality of Resetting Executive Stock Options (1999) (171)
Cross-Country Variations in Capital Structures the Role of Bankruptcy Codes (2005) (167)
Outside Monitoring and CEO Compensation in the Banking Industry (2009) (150)
Risk-shifting incentives of depository institutions: A new perspective on federal deposit insurance reform (1991) (142)
Risky Debt, Investment Incentives, and Reputation in a Sequential Equilibrium (1985) (135)
Universal banking and firm risk-taking (1994) (135)
Employee Rights and Acquisitions (2015) (124)
Bank Equity Stakes in Borrowing Firms and Financial Distresses (1994) (120)
The Effect of State Antitakeover Laws on the Firm's Bondholders (2009) (119)
Information Content of Insider Trading Around Corporate Announcements: The Case of Capital Expenditures (1990) (112)
Managing Financial Distress and Valuing Distressed Securities: A Survey and a Research Agenda (1993) (110)
Market Manipulation and the Role of Insider Trading Regulations (1997) (103)
Optimal Incorporation, Structure of Debt Contracts, and Limited-recourse Project Financing (1996) (99)
Costly Contracting and Optimal Payout Constraints (1982) (94)
Spanning the State Space with Options (1980) (93)
Takeovers and Divergence of Investor Opinion (2009) (89)
Corporate Governance and Financing Policy: New Evidence (2010) (86)
Risk‐Shifting Incentives and Signalling Through Corporate Capital Structure (1987) (86)
Optimality of project financing: Theory and empirical implications in finance and accounting (1991) (81)
Corporate Governance and Dividend Payout Policy: A Test Using Antitakeover Legislation (2011) (77)
Corporate Governance in Banks (2016) (73)
Fintech: The Impact on Consumers and Regulatory Responses (2018) (72)
Governance and Payout Precommitment (2015) (69)
Corporate Governance and Managerial Risk Taking: Theory and Evidence (2004) (68)
Three Factors, Interest Rate Differentials and Stock Groups (1981) (63)
Value relevance of banks: global evidence (2011) (58)
Margin Rules, Informed Trading in Derivatives and Price Dynamics (2000) (58)
Investor protection and cross-border acquisitions of private and public targets (2010) (56)
Urban Agglomeration and CEO Compensation (2012) (53)
The determinants of organizational form changes: evidence and implications from real estate (1997) (52)
Managerial Entrenchment and Capital Structure: New Evidence (2010) (51)
The Public Blockchain Ecosystem: An Empirical Analysis (2020) (51)
Earthly Reward to the Religious: Religiosity and the Costs of Public and Private Debt (2018) (50)
Peer Effects in Corporate Governance (2008) (48)
Design of Corporate Governance: Role of Ownership Structure, Takeovers, and Bank Debt (2006) (43)
Bitcoin's Fatal Flaw: The Limited Adoption Problem (2020) (42)
Hot and cold merger markets (2010) (41)
Corporate Governance in the Modern Financial Sector (2009) (40)
Market Resolution and Valuation in Incomplete Markets (1982) (40)
Employment Protection and Corporate Cash Holdings: Evidence from China's Labor Contract Law (2017) (39)
The value of financing through cross-border asset sales: Shareholder returns and liquidity (2013) (37)
What motivates managers?: Evidence from organizational form changes (2005) (36)
Does Corporate Governance Matter More for High Financial Slack Firms? (2017) (36)
Relationship Investing: Large Shareholder Monitoring with Managerial Cooperation (1998) (35)
Efficient Funds in a Financial Market with Options: a New Irrelevance Proposition (1981) (32)
Managerial ability and success: Evidence from the career paths of film directors☆ (2017) (32)
Bank Consolidation and New Business Formation * (2008) (31)
Intensity of Volatility Linkages in Islamic and Conventional Markets (2016) (31)
COVID-19, volatility dynamics, and sentiment trading (2021) (28)
Leverage and Growth Opportunities: Risk-Avoidance Induced by Risky Debt (2001) (27)
The Notching Rule for Subordinated Debt and the Information Content of Debt Rating (2010) (27)
Impact of interest rate surprises on Islamic and conventional stocks and bonds (2017) (26)
Regulation, Subordinated Debt, and Incentive Features of CEO Compensation in the Banking Industry (2007) (25)
On the Capital-Structure Implications of Bankruptcy Codes (2004) (22)
Corporate Governance and Managerial Risk Taking (2008) (22)
Institutions, Markets and Growth: A Theory of Comparative Corporate Governance (2006) (21)
Corporate Governance and Corporate Risk Taking: Theory and Evidence (2006) (20)
Privatization as an agency problem: Auctions versus private negotiations (2007) (19)
Bank Incentives, Economic Specialization, and Financial Crises in Emerging Economies (2008) (19)
Corporate Governance and Finance (2003) (18)
Multinationals' tax evasion: A financial and governance perspective (2017) (17)
On Long-Tenured Independent Directors (2017) (16)
Financial system design and liquidity provision by banks and markets in a dynamic economy (2004) (16)
Contract Renegotiation and the Optimality of Resetting Executive Stock Options (1998) (15)
Bankrupt Firms: Who's Buying? (2010) (14)
It Takes Two to Tango: Overpayment and Value Destruction in M&A Deals (2010) (14)
Taxes, institutions, and innovation: Theory and international evidence (2020) (14)
Resolution of financial distress: A theory of the choice between Chapter 11 and workouts (2013) (14)
Bitcoin's Limited Adoption Problem (2021) (14)
Earthly Reward to the Religious: Religiosity and the Cost of Public and Private Debt (2017) (14)
Hedging With Financial Futures for Institutional Investors: From Theory to Practice (1985) (14)
Asymmetric benchmarking of pay in firms (2013) (14)
Economic Implications of Scaling Blockchains: Why the Consensus Protocol Matters (2020) (14)
Perspectives on bank capital regulation and managerial compensation (1995) (13)
Market Efficiency in an Arrow-Debreu Economy: A Closer Look (1978) (12)
Privatizing in stages and the dynamics of ownership structure (1996) (12)
Takeovers, Governance and the Cross-Section of Returns (2005) (11)
Issues in corporate governance and finance (2007) (10)
Cross-Border Liability of Multinational Enterprises, Border Taxes, and Capital Structure (1991) (10)
The Role of Termination in Employment Contracts: Theory and Evidence from Film Directors’ Careers (2002) (10)
Security Design, Incentives, and Islamic Microfinance: Cross Country Evidence (2018) (10)
Cross-Border Asset Sales: Shareholder Returns and Liquidity (2011) (10)
Corporate Governance in the US and Global Settings (2014) (10)
Performance and Managerial Turnover: Evidence from Career Paths of Film Directors (2007) (9)
Do Country-level Creditor Protections Affect Firm-level Debt Structure? (2018) (9)
Corporate Limited Liability and the Design of Corporate Taxation (1994) (9)
Heterogeneous Speeds of Adjustment in Target Capital Structure (2012) (8)
Managerial incentives, derivatives and stability (2006) (8)
Corporate Governance and Payout Commitments (2008) (8)
Bilateral Political Relations and Cross-Border M&As (2016) (7)
Privatization with Political Constraints: Auctions Versus Private Negotiations (1997) (6)
Bankruptcy Sells Stocks… But Who's Buying (and Why)? (2014) (6)
Information Structures, Optimal Contracts and the Theory of the Firm (1990) (6)
Senior and Subordinated Issues, Debt Ratings and Price Impact (2005) (6)
Law, Organizational Form and Taxes: A Stakeholder Perspective (2005) (6)
Corporate Asset Purchases, Sales and Governance (2010) (5)
Global Corporate Governance (2017) (5)
Leverage, governance and wealth effects of asset purchasers (2013) (5)
The Dynamics of Debtor-in-Possession Financing: Bankruptcy Resolution and the Role of Prior Lenders (2000) (5)
Bitcoin’s limited adoption problem (2022) (5)
Accounting data and asset valuation: Theory (1994) (5)
Parametric fixed point algorithms with applications to economic policy analysis (1984) (5)
Do Country-Level Creditor Protections Affect Firm-Level Debt Structure Concentration? (2021) (5)
Earnings management in the short- and long-term post-regulation periods (2021) (4)
Incentive Features in CEO Compensation: The Role of Regulation and Monitored Debt (2006) (4)
First Version : May , 2004 Current Version : August , 2004 Corporate Governance , Risk-Taking and Growth (2004) (4)
Long‐Tenured Independent Directors and Firm Performance† (2021) (4)
How Much Liquidity Insurance Do Credit Lines Provide? (2012) (4)
Senior and Subordinated Issues, Bond Ratings and the Market Price of Debt (2006) (4)
Keeping Secrets from Creditors: The Uniform Trade Secrets Act and Financial Leverage (2019) (4)
Managerial Compensation and the Efficiency of Large Shareholder Monitoring (1999) (4)
Signaling Models and Product Market Games in Finance: Do We Know What We Know? (2010) (4)
Bitcoin and Beyond (2022) (4)
Corporate governance : a global perspective (2005) (4)
Actively Keeping Secrets From Creditors: Evidence From the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (2020) (3)
Equilibrium Staking Levels in a Proof-of-Stake Blockchain (2021) (3)
Multinationals’ Tax Evasion: A Financial and Governance Perspective (2015) (3)
Does Corporate Governance Matter More for High Free Cash Flow Firms (2012) (3)
Temporal resolution of uncertainty, disclosure policy, and corporate debt yields (2010) (3)
Long-Tenured Independent Directors and Firm Performance (2021) (3)
Asymmetry of Information, Regulatory Lags and Optimal Incentive Contracts: Theory and Evidence (1983) (3)
Innovations in Investments and Corporate Finance (2002) (3)
Fundamentals, Factor Structure, and Multibeta Models in Large Asset Markets (1991) (3)
Financial distress and resolution: Introduction to the focused issue (2007) (3)
The Information Value of Corporate Social Responsibility (2018) (3)
Liquidity and Large Shareholder Monitoring (2018) (3)
Investment, depreciation and obsolescence of R&D☆ (2020) (3)
From Watchdog to Watchman: Do Independent Directors Monitor a CEO of Their Own Age? (2018) (3)
Debt Structure When Bankruptcy Law Offers Incentives to Restructure (2016) (3)
Board Independence, CEO Ownership, and Compensation (2017) (2)
Managerial Entrenchment Waves (2017) (2)
Institutions and Innovation (2018) (2)
The Controversy Over Executive Compensation (2004) (2)
Collective fineness of stock prices and efficiency of financial markets (1983) (2)
R&D investment intensity and jump volatility of stock price (2020) (2)
Does Board Classification Matter? Evidence of Spillover Effects in the Market for Corporate Control (2009) (2)
Do Classified Boards Deter Takeovers? Evidence from Merger Waves (2021) (2)
Investor protection and firm value: Evidence from PIPE offerings (2016) (2)
Corporate Governance and Managerial Risk Taking: Theory and Evidence Author-Name: Bernard Yeung (2004) (2)
Recent issues in corporate finance and investments (2000) (2)
How a Firm’s Value Capture Affects Value Creation in Its Ecosystem (2021) (2)
Organizational Form Changes: Increasing Stockholder Wealth or Serving Managerial Interests? (1998) (2)
Stock liquidity, empire building, and valuation (2021) (2)
Sinners or Saints? Top Underwriters, Venture Capitalists, and IPO Underpricing (2018) (2)
The Role of Incentives in the Prevention of Financial Crises in Emerging Economies (2000) (2)
The Financial and Social Performance of Islamic Microfinance Institutions: A Cross- Country Study (2017) (2)
The Cooperative Financial Institution and Bank Market Power (2012) (1)
Structural stability of market models (1983) (1)
Interstate Banking, Bank Information, and Corporate Acquisitions (2016) (1)
Financing activities after accounting restatements: an examination of SEOs and PIPEs (2015) (1)
Bank Securitization and Systemic Risk (2017) (1)
SIGNALLING VIA OPTIMAL DEBT CONTRACTS (1983) (1)
Spreads and Volatility in House Returns (2022) (1)
Cross-Sectional Dispersion and Bank Performance (2022) (1)
Risk Management Research Report - Spring 2010 (2009) (1)
Chapter 7: Executive Summary (2009) (1)
DESIGN OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: (2005) (1)
Bank Integration and the Market for Corporate Control: Evidence from Cross-State Acquisitions (2019) (1)
Smart Contracts and Decentralized Finance (2022) (1)
Transparency, legal structure, and value relevance of banks: global evidence (2003) (1)
Does overvaluation of bidder stock drive acquisitions? The case of public and private targets (2013) (1)
How Do Managers Deal with Strong Creditors? Cross-Country Evidence on Debt Structure Concentration (2017) (1)
Corporate Taxes, Choice among Accounting Alternatives, and Information Content of Earnings (1996) (1)
When Does Corporate Governance Matter? Evidence from Anti-Takeover Legislation (2010) (1)
Agency Costs of Idiosyncratic Volatility, Corporate Governance, and Investment (2010) (1)
CORPORATE DEBT MATURITY AROUND THE WORLD: ROLE OF CREDITOR RIGHTS AND CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT (2017) (1)
Mandatory Innovation Disclosure Increases Crash Risk: Evidence from the American Inventor’s Protection Act (2021) (0)
Vive La Petite Difference - Debt Rating Policy and Yield Differentials between Senior and Subordinated Debt (2006) (0)
Cross-Sectional Dispersion and Expected Aggregate Loan Losses (2017) (0)
RISKY DEBT, COSTLY CONTRACTING AND OPTIMAL DIVIDEND POLICY (1982) (0)
Bankruptcy Law and Debt Structure: International Evidence (2011) (0)
Market for Bank Control, Charter Value, and Risk Incentives: Evidence from a Landmark Court Decision (2014) (0)
On Externalities and Incentives: The Role of the Market Power and Organizational Form of Financial Intermediaries (2011) (0)
Corporate structure and control: Introduction to the special issue (1991) (0)
Impact of Change in Bankrupcty laws on Leverage: International Evidence (2010) (0)
Video: Frontiers of Research on Financial Institutions - Featured Panel (2010) (0)
Understanding the Maker Protocol (2022) (0)
Incentives of Fund Managers and Precautionary Fire Sales (2021) (0)
The Ex‐Dividend Day Behaviour of REITs: Tax or Market Microstructure Effects (2016) (0)
Interactions with Frontiers of Financial Economic — A Research Agenda for Real Estate Finance (1999) (0)
The Bright Side of Asymmetric Benchmarking: Evidence from Top Management Team Pay (2009) (0)
CEO Turnover Announcements and Information Frictions (2018) (0)
Stock price reaction to power outages following extreme weather events: Evidence from Texas power outage (2022) (0)
The Joint Discipline of Option and Debt: Theory and Evidence from CEO's Equity Holding, Capital Structure, and Executive Compensation (2012) (0)
Bank Ceo Pay-Risk Sensitivity and Loan Contract Terms (2021) (0)
Does the Disclosure of an Audit Engagement Partner’s Name Improve the Audit Quality? A Difference-in-Difference Analysis (2021) (0)
Recap of the 30th annual conference on Financial Economics and Accounting, November 1–2, 2019 (2020) (0)
Persistence of jump-induced tail risk and limits to arbitrage (2022) (0)
Default and Bankruptcy Resolution in China (2022) (0)
The Effects of Accumulated Wealth and Corporate Governance Quality on Nonprofit Performance (2017) (0)
Creditor Rights and Corporate Debt Structure around the World (2017) (0)
Law, Institutions and Taxes: A Perspective on Optimal Regulation (2009) (0)
Corporate Payout Policy and Changes in Housing Prices (2011) (0)
Polls, Politics and Disaster Relief: Evidence from Federal SBA Loan Programs (2021) (0)
Corporate Governance and Investment Conservatism: Evidence from Industry Shocks (2006) (0)
Privatization : financial perspectives (1999) (0)
Recap of the 30th annual conference on Financial Economics and Accounting, November 1–2, 2019 (2020) (0)
First Draft ; Aug 2004 Current draft : April 2007 Corporate Governance and Risk Taking (2004) (0)
Labor Market Agglomeration and Employee-Retention Policies (2021) (0)
Are Entrenched Managers Less Likely to Pay Dividends? A Test Using Antitakeover Legislation (2009) (0)
Author ' s personal copy Cross-country variations in capital structures : The role of bankruptcy codes q Viral (2010) (0)
Shareholder Litigation and Corporate Culture (2022) (0)
Introduction to the Special Issue: Interactions with Frontiers of Financial Economics—A Research Agenda for Real Estate Finance (1999) (0)
Editors' Report on the Mid-Year Operation: April 2002 (2002) (0)
High Impact Research in Finance: Role of Bisociation and Creativity (2023) (0)
Does the Market Know Better? The Case of Strategic vs. Non-Strategic Bankruptcies (2011) (0)
Financing activities after accounting restatements: an examination of SEOs and PIPEs (2015) (0)
Does Corporate Governance Matter More for Firms with High Financial Slack (2013) (0)
Current draft : Sept 2005 Corporate Governance and Corporate Risk Taking : Theory and Evidence (2005) (0)
Law , Institutions and Taxes : Optimal Regulation and the Financial Crisis (2009) (0)
Fiduciary Duty of Loyalty and Corporate Culture (2022) (0)