Climate risk is one of the greatest challenges facing the world today and investors are taking notice. But a full understanding of how climate risks get implemented into firm policy remains elusive. In our recent paper, we study the propagation of climate disasters through common ownership networks as a mechanism through which investors may impact… Read More »
Publicly listed corporations in the US typically have investor relations (IR) programs that involve providing information to and interfacing with external firm stakeholders. IR encompasses various activities, including preparing and issuing corporate disclosures, managing relationships with current and prospective investors, organizing non-deal roadshows to improve visibility with the street, interfacing with sell-side analysts to evaluate… Read More »
In the complex realm of corporate taxation, tax audits play a crucial role in influencing how companies deal with their tax planning strategies. The influence of these audits is substantial, yet a comprehensive understanding of their economic implications remains elusive, primarily due to the lack of detailed public data. Although tax audits are inherently negative… Read More »
The notions behind decentralized virtual currency were developed over a long period of time and decades before the introduction of Bitcoin, the first cryptographic virtual currency, in 2008. To a certain extent, they express the idea of “denationalization of money,” which represents a significant part of the work of the Nobel laureate Friedrich Hayek from… Read More »
Elon Musk’s SpaceX, a pioneering company in reusable rockets and spacecraft design, continues to rank as one of the most valuable private companies in the world. According to Bloomberg, its valuation nears 180 billion dollars, over 100 times that of a “unicorn”— a private company that is valued at over one billion dollars. To date,… Read More »
The issue of agency conflicts between shareholders and managers remains a prominent challenge. This struggle often manifests through rent extraction, where managers exploit opportunities for excess pay or insider trading profits. Scholars have explored various mechanisms to mitigate these conflicts, with one notable approach being the implementation of clawback provisions. This post delves into the… Read More »
In 2019, approximately 200 CEOs from the Business Roundtable made headlines by declaring a shift in corporate priorities. They asserted that companies should not focus solely on maximizing shareholder gains but should also consider the well-being of employees, environmental sustainability, and fair treatment of suppliers. Thus, a natural question arises: does this commitment to social… Read More »
Regulators face near-zero competition and exit threats. Thus, agency problems are more likely to occur when information asymmetry exists between regulators and constituents (Stiglitz 1999; Coffee 2007). If information asymmetry exacerbates moral hazard in the regulatory context, then the question is whether regulatory transparency can reduce moral hazard and improve regulator accountability. After all, regulators… Read More »
2021 saw a remarkable surge in the global market for corporate control, with a record number of 65,000 mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Among other factors, tax rules play an important role in shaping the probability and structure of M&A transactions. In 2008, the temporary suspension of limitations on tax loss transfers led to a substantial… Read More »
Regulation of behavioral science is coming. The Biden Administration has committed to tackling “junk fees” which emerge from deceptive, online behavioral design practices, as has the Federal Trade Commission. In the UK, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is increasingly concerned with harms arising from ‘behavioral design’ and ‘choice architecture’. So too is the European… Read More »
