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Partisan Bias in Fund Portfolios
Journal of Financial & Quantitative Analysis, forthcoming (with Y. Xi)
Media Coverage: CNBC; Reuters; Wall Street Journal
Insider Trading Patterns
Journal of Corporate Finance, forthcoming (with L. Biggerstaff and D. Cicero)
Friendly Directors and the Cost of Regulatory Compliance
Journal of Corporate Finance, 58 (2019), 112 – 141 (with Y. Xi)
Offshore Expertise for Onshore Companies: Director Connections to Island Tax Havens and Corporate Tax Policy
Management Science, 64 (2018), 3241 – 3268 (with C. Jiang, T. Kubick and M. Miletkov)
Foreign Independent Directors and the Quality of Legal Institutions
Journal of International Business Studies, 48 (2017), 267 – 292 (with M. Miletkov and A. Poulsen)
Do CMO Incentives Matter? An Empirical Investigation of CMO Compensation and Its Impact on Firm Performance
Management Science, 63 (2017), 1993 – 2015 (with N. Bansal, K. Joseph and M. Ma)
Guy O. and Rosa Lee Mabry Award for Best Paper in the KU School of Business, 2017
Director Networks and Informed Traders
Journal of Accounting & Economics, 62 (2016), 1 – 23 (with F. Akbas and F. Meschke)
Featured in The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation
The Cost of Innovation: R&D and High Cash Holdings in U.S. Firms
Journal of Corporate Finance, 41 (2016), 280 – 303 (with Z. He)
Investor Protection and the Role of Firm-level Financial Transparency in Attracting Foreign Investment
Financial Review, 24 (2015), 393 – 434 (with B. Hansen and M. Miletkov)
Nominated (Finalist) for the Financial Review Reader’s Choice Best Paper Award in 2015
Corporate Boards and Acquirer Returns: International Evidence
Managerial Finance, 41 (2015), 244 – 266 (with M. Miletkov and S. Moskalev)
The Role of Corporate Board Structure in Attracting Foreign Investors,
Journal of Corporate Finance, 24 (2014) 143 – 157 (with M. Miletkov and A. Poulsen)
Outstanding Paper in International Finance, Eastern Finance Association (EFA) Meeting, 2014
How Do Public Companies Adjust Their Board Structures?
Journal of Corporate Finance, 23 (2013) 108 – 127 (with D. Cicero and T. Yang)
Advertising Investments, Information Asymmetry, and Insider Gains
Journal of Empirical Finance, 22 (2013), 1 – 15 (with K. Joseph)
Forecasting Residential Real Estate Price Changes from Online Search Activity
Journal of Real Estate Research, 35 (2013), 283 – 312 (with E. Beracha)
Best Paper (Housing Category), 2012 American Real Estate Society (ARES) Meeting
Disentangling the Market Value of Customer Satisfaction: Evidence from Market Reaction to the Unanticipated Component of ACSI Announcements, International Journal of Research in Marketing, 30 (2013), 168 – 178 (with V. Ivanov and K. Joseph)
Endogeneity and the Dynamics of Internal Corporate Governance
Journal of Financial Economics, 105 (2012), 581 – 606 (with J. Linck and J. Netter)
Featured in The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation
Top 1% in number of citations in the field of Economics & Business and publication year (Web of Science).
The Size, Concentration and Evolution of Corporate R&D Spending in U.S. Firms from 1976 to 2010: Evidence and Implications, Journal of Corporate Finance, 18 (2012), 496 – 518 (with M. Hirschey and H. Skiba)
Financial Development and the Evolution of Property Rights and Legal Institutions
Emerging Markets Review, 13 (2012), 650 – 673 (with M. Miletkov)
Implications of Data Screens on Merger and Acquisition Analysis: A Large Sample Study of Mergers and Acquisitions from 1992-2009, Review of Financial Studies, 24 (2011), 2316 – 2357 (with J. Netter and M. Stegemoller)
Reprinted, Mergers and Acquisitions, (2012), ed. J. H. Mulherin, Edward Elgar Publishing
Guy O. and Rosa Lee Mabry Award for Best Paper in the KU School of Business, 2012
Forecasting Abnormal Stock Returns and Trading Volume Using Investor Sentiment: Evidence from Online Search
International Journal of Forecasting, 27 (2011), 1116 – 1127 (with K. Joseph and Z. Zhang)
Legal Institutions, Democracy and Financial Sector Development
Advances in Financial Economics, 13 (2009), 171 – 196 (with M. Miletkov)
Corporate Boards and Regulation: The Effect of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Exchange Listing Requirements on Firm Value, Journal of Corporate Finance, 13 (2007), 229 –250
Best Ph.D. Student Paper, 2006 Southern Finance Association (SFA) Meeting