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Selling to buy: Asset sales, acquisition financing, and value creation

Journal of Financial Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In line with increased liquidity offered by asset sales, our findings show that firms selling large assets prior to acquisitions are more likely to use cash as payment method. Additionally, we find that in subsequent cash acquisitions, firms using cash stemming from asset sales experience higher announcement abnormal returns compared to firms ...
Christos Mavrovitis (Mavis), Nathan P. McNamee, Nickolaos G. Travlos   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

School-based adolescent health survey in Himachal Pradesh, India: study design and protocol. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Mohanty S, Mehra D, Das SS, Sethi G, Garg R, Gupta A, Chauhan A, Mehra S.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

CEO social media activity and insider trading

Journal of Financial Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article studies the relationship between CEOs' social media activity and their insider trading behavior. Drawing on psychological evidence linking online activity to risk‐taking, we find that active CEOs on social media exhibit higher risk preferences and engage more in insider trading—particularly in terms of incidence, intensity, and ...
Zhichuan Li, Claire Y. C. Liang, Zhenyang Tang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Central Bank Purchases and Corporate Bond Issuance during the Pandemic: The Case of Japan

Journal of Financial Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In its massive purchases of corporate bonds during the COVID‐19 pandemic, the Bank of Japan set the maximum eligible remaining maturity at 5 years. I document that during the postpandemic period, Japanese firms increased bond issuance, with the increase concentrated in (1) issuance of bonds with eligible maturities (1–5 years) and (2 ...
Yusuke Tsujimoto
wiley   +1 more source

Measurement of efficiency and its drivers in the Chilean banking industry. [PDF]

PLoS One
Cobas A, Maziotis A, Villegas A.
europepmc   +1 more source

When attentive insider trading matters: Evidence from government investment

Journal of Financial Research, EarlyView.
Abstract We examine whether insiders can exploit public information to increase their trading profitability. By exploiting, as a quasi‐natural experiment, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), announced in the U.S. in March 2021 and implemented in November 2021, we provide evidence that insiders earn higher profits when government investment plans ...
Dimitris Petmezas, Etienne Redor, Shaoyi Wang, Nan Xiong   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Corporate social (ir)responsibility and firm risk: The role of corporate governance

Journal of Financial Research, EarlyView.
Abstract We study how corporate governance moderates the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR), corporate social irresponsibility (CSI), and firm risk. We find that CSR reduces risk for firms with strong governance. In contrast, CSI increases firm risk more significantly for firms with stronger governance, suggesting that backlash ...
Craig Dunbar, Zhichuan Frank Li, Yaqi Shi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The expected inflation risk premium in the U.S. stock market

Journal of Financial Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article studies how expected inflation risk affects asset prices. We propose an ex‐ante, tradable proxy for this risk, derived from the term spread of gold futures prices. Using cross‐sectional and time series asset pricing tests, we show how an increase in expected inflation risk lowers contemporaneous prices and raises equity returns ...
Pascal Letourneau, Gabriel J. Power, Garrett C. C. Smith   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Magnitude, trends, transitions, and drivers of the double burden of malnutrition among adolescent girls in urban slums, Kenya: findings from a longitudinal study (2017-2019). [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Wanjohi MN, Asiki G, Pradeilles R, Kabiru C, Iddi S, Langat N, Amugsi DA, Wilunda C, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Kimani-Murage EW.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

CBDC as Imperfect Substitute to Bank Deposits: A Macroeconomic Perspective

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, EarlyView.
Abstract The impact of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) is analyzed in a closed‐economy model with monopolistic competition in banking and where CBDC is an imperfect substitute with bank deposits. The design of CBDC is characterized by its interest rate, its substitutability with bank deposits, and its relative liquidity.
PHILIPPE BACCHETTA, ELENA PERAZZI
wiley   +1 more source