Do Corporate Name Changes Affect Share Price? An Event Studies Analysis of Corporate Rebranding on the NYSE

Changes in Share Ownership and Corporate Monitoring

We document a significant decrease in the ownership structure of a large number of companies in the UK over the last decade. We find that the increase in firm's size and risk and the decrease in performance explain a large proportion of this change. We also find that the dilution of ownership through new issues rather than sales of stakes to be the main reason for the decrease in management own...

Do Personal Taxes affect Corporate Financing Decisions?

The traditional view is that interest deductibility encourages firms to use debt financing; however, some argue that the personal tax disadvantage to interest offsets the corporate tax advantage. This paper investigates the degree to which personal taxes affect corporate financing decisions. In crosssectional regressions that control for personal taxes, debt usage is positively correlated with ...

Do Real Estate Shocks Affect Corporate Investment?

Do corporate chains affect quality of care in nursing homes? The role of corporate standardization.

BACKGROUND Chain-owned nursing homes have become the predominant type of provider in the United States, but little is known about their management structures. Prior research has found that chain ownership has significant effects on health outcomes, but why that is the case is not well understood. PURPOSE This study examines the effects of corporate-mandated standardization and corporate-spons...

The Mediating Role of Corporate Image on the Relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility and Firm Performance: An Empirical Study

This study attempted to investigate the effects of corporate social responsibility on firm performance. It also tried to identify the mediating role of corporate image on the relationship between corporate social responsibility and firm performance. This research collected data on latent constructs through a questionnaire administered survey of managers across a spectrum of industries in Bangla...