Research

Managerial Response to Institutional Investor Distraction

With Tri Trinh and Mark D. Walker

North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Vol. 76 (2025).

Hunting and Fishing CEOs: Environmental Plunderers or Saviors?

With Thomas Covington and Steve Swidler

Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 197 (2025): 423-444.

Seasoned Equity Offerings and Payout Policy

With Mark D. Walker

Journal of Financial Research, Vol. 45, No. 3 (2022): 695-718.

Reexamining the Relative-age Effect and Career Success: New Evidence from S&P 1500 CEOs

With Thomas Covington and Steve Swidler

Managerial Finance, Vol. 48, No. 1 (2022): 49-56.

The Effects of Activist Investors on Firms' Mergers and Acquisitions

With Steve Swidler and Tri Trinh

Journal of Financial Research (2019).

Credibility and Multiple SEOs: What Happens When Firms Return to the Capital Market?

With Mark D. Walker and Jing Zhao

Financial Management (2015).

Business in Troubled Waters: Does Adverse Attitude Affect Firm Value?

With Jung Chul Park, Dipanwita Sarkar, and Jayanta Sarkar

Journal of Corporate Finance, Vol. 22 (2013): 221-235.

Cross-border Bank Mergers and Acquisitions: What Factors Pull and Push Banks Together?

With James R. Barth, John S. Jahera, Jr., and Dongyun Lin

Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies, Vol. 16, No. 4 (2013): 1350022-1 to 1350022-23.

Corporate Risk and Corporate Governance: Another View

With Hao Li and John S. Jahera, Jr.

Managerial Finance, Vol. 39, No. 3 (2013): 204-227.

What Determines the Number and Value of Bank Mergers and Acquisitions Around the Globe?

With James R. Barth, John S. Jahera, Jr., and Triphon Phumiwasana

Banking and Finance Review, Vol. 4, No. 1 (2012): 59-76.

Small and Medium Enterprise Financing in Transition Economies

With James R. Barth and Dongyun Lin

Atlantic Economic Journal, Vol. 39, No. 1 (March 2011): 19-38.

Capital Structure, Corporate Governance, and the Effect of Sarbanes-Oxley

With Mark Bertus and John S. Jahera

Corporate Ownership and Control.

Sarbanes-Oxley, Corporate Governance, and Strategic Dividend Decisions

With Mark Bertus and John S. Jahera

Corporate Ownership and Control.

The Impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on the Premia Paid in Mergers and Acquisitions

With Mark Bertus, Renata F. Gallyamova, and John S. Jahera, Jr.

Journal of Financial and Economic Practice, Vol. 9, No. 1 (Fall 2008): 36-51.

Seasoned Equity Offerings: What Firms Say, Do, and How the Market Reacts

With Mark D. Walker

Journal of Corporate Finance, 14 (2008): 376-386.

A Note on Foreign Bank Ownership and Monitoring: An International Comparison

With Mark Bertus and John S. Jahera

Journal of Banking and Finance, 32 (2008): 338-345.

To Be Euro or Not to Be Euro: A Comparative Analysis of Banking Systems

With Mark Bertus and John S. Jahera

Applied Financial Economics Letters, Vol. 3, Issue 6 (2007): 391-396.

The Relation Between Bank Regulation and Economic Performance: A Cross-country Analysis

With Mark Bertus and John S. Jahera

Banks and Bank Systems, Vol. 2, Issue 3 (2007): 32-45.

The Role of Banks in Global Mergers and Acquisitions

With James R. Barth and Triphon Phumiwasana

The Chinese Banker, June 2007. English and Chinese versions available.

Global Diversification, Industrial Diversification, and Firm Value

With David J. Denis and Diane K. Denis

Journal of Finance, 57 (2002): 1951-1979.