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Financing a corporate venture capital program by Tawiah, Bernard, O’Connor Keefe, Michael

“…Firms invest in Corporate venture capital (CVC) for strategic reasons. Consistent with maintaining financial flexibility to fund CVC driven innovation and…”
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News feeds are no longer free: policy implications from Australia by Nguyen, Loan Cong To, Keefe, Michael O'Connor

“…In 2021, the Australian Government introduced its News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code ('the Code') to support the sustainability of the…”
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The financing of uncertain future investments by Yaghoubi, Mona, Keefe, Michael O’Connor

“…Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of two important financing sources, debt and cash, on a firm’s investment decisions and…”
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The influence of cash flow volatility on firm use of debt of different maturities or zero-debt: International evidence by Keefe, Michael O’Connor, Nguyen, Phoebe Huyen

“…The empirical international literature on the relationship between firm cash flow volatility and debt maturity and zero-debt policy provides contradictory…”
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Data breaches and corporate liquidity management by Boasiako, Kwabena A., Keefe, Michael O'Connor

“…This paper investigates the effects of data breach disclosure laws and the subsequent disclosure of data breaches on the cash policies of corporations in the…”
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Robust determinants of IPO underpricing and their implications for IPO research by Butler, Alexander W., Keefe, Michael O'Connor, Kieschnick, Robert

“…Using several different methodologies, we quantify the statistical robustness of variables used in prior research to explain initial IPO returns. We establish…”
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A theory of political connections and financial outcomes by O'Connor Keefe, Michael

“…I model the effect of political connections through the channels of lender compensation, contract enforcement, and social objectives on financial outcomes such…”
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Board of director compensation in China: To pay or not to pay? How much to pay? by Chen, Zonghao, Keefe, Michael O’Connor

“…Over the period 2005 through 2015, we find that director compensation in Chinese listed firms is influenced by both director characteristics and ownership…”
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Is the relationship between investment and conditional cash flow volatility ambiguous, asymmetric or both? by O'Connor Keefe, Michael, Tate, James

“…We investigate the effect of cash flow volatility on investment. Our evidence suggests that financially constrained firms decrease investment (i) when…”
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Does the effect of revealed private information on initial public offering (IPO) first trading day return differ by IPO market heat? by Keefe, Michael O'Connor

“…By IPO market regime, I decompose the effect of revealed private information on the initial return of IPOs (initial public offerings) into adjusted and…”
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Seasonal Affective Disorder and IPO Underpricing: Updated Evidence by Keef, Stephen P, Keefe, Michael O'Connor, Khaled, Mohammed S

“…Using several proxies for seasonal affective disorder (SAD), we find that SAD negatively affects initial public offering (IPO) first trading day return…”
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The influence of moral hazard on investment in financially constrained and unconstrained firms by Keefe, Michael O’Connor, Kieschnick, Robert

“…•Add decreasing returns to scale to the continuous investment model of Tirole (2006).•Decreasing returns to scale imply an optimum investment level.•Firms that…”
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Rookie directors and firm performance: Evidence from China11We thank William L Megginson (the editor), two anonymous referees, Graeme Guthrie, Heng Geng, Adrian Cheung and seminar participants at the Victoria University of Wellington, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies and the 2018 Financial Market and Corporate Governance Conference. All remaining errors are our own by Chen, Zonghao, Keefe, Michael O'Connor

“…This paper examines the benefits and costs associated with rookie independent directors (RIDs) in Chinese public companies from 2008 to 2014. We find that RIDs…”
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Rookie directors and firm performance: Evidence from China by Chen, Zonghao, Keefe, Michael O'Connor

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The influence of cash flow volatility on capital structure and the use of debt of different maturities by Keefe, Michael O'Connor, Yaghoubi, Mona

“…The empirical literature on the relationship between capital structure and firm cash flow volatility is inconclusive. We explore this relationship using…”
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Board of director compensation in China: It pays to be connected by Chen, Zonghao, Keefe, Michael O'Connor, Watts, Jameson K.M.

“…We investigate the influence of board of director networks (network prominence) on the career outcomes of directors of Chinese public firms from 2005 to 2014…”
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Two essays on the first trading day returns of initial public offerings by Keefe, Michael O'Connor

“…In Essay 1, I disentangle the effect of correlated omitted variables, such as private valuation information, from the offer price revision of the investment…”
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Two essays on the first trading day returns of initial public offerings by Keefe, Michael O'Connor

“…In Essay 1, I disentangle the effect of correlated omitted variables, such as private valuation information, from the offer price revision of the investment…”
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