Michael D. Wittry

Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance

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Columbus, OH 43210-1144

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Institutional and Legal Context in Natural Experiments: The Case of State Antitakeover Laws

Journal of Finance, 73(2), 657-714, April 2018
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 11 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 18 Jul 2018
Jonathan M. Karpoff and Michael D. Wittry
University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance
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Antitakeover laws, business combination laws, takeover defenses, natural experiments, test identification

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Crisis Poison Pills

Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series 2020-18, Fisher College of Business Working Paper No. 2020-03-006, Charles A. Dice Working Paper No. 2020-06, Review of Corporate Finance Studies, 10(1), 204-251, March 2021.
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 23 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 12 Apr 2021
Ofer Eldar and Michael D. Wittry
UC Berkeley School of Law and Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance
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Poison pills, crisis pills, coronavirus, COVID-19, activist interventions

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The Consequences to Directors for Deploying Poison Pills

Fisher College of Business Working Paper No. 2019-03-023, Charles A. Dice Center Working Paper No. 2019-23, European Corporate Governance Institute – Finance Working Paper No. 918/2023
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 27 Sep 2019 Last Revised: 16 Jun 2023
William C. Johnson, Jonathan M. Karpoff and Michael D. Wittry
University of Massachusetts Lowell - The Robert J. Manning School of Business, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance
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poison pills, director reputation, director turnover, director labor market

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The Rise of Anti-Activist Poison Pills

European Corporate Governance Institute – Finance Working Paper No. 869/2023, Fisher College of Business Working Paper No. 2022-03-007, Charles A. Dice Center Working Paper No. 2022-07, Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2022-48
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 24 Aug 2022 Last Revised: 14 Jan 2023
Ofer Eldar, Tanja Kirmse and Michael D. Wittry
UC Berkeley School of Law, Drexel University and Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance
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Poison pills, activism, hedge funds, market for corporate control, takeovers

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Strategic Learning and Corporate Investment

Fisher College of Business Working Paper No. 2021-03-015, Charles A. Dice Center Working Paper No. 2021-15
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 15 Sep 2021 Last Revised: 29 Jul 2022
Paul H. Décaire and Michael D. Wittry
Arizona State University (ASU) - Finance Department and Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance
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Real options, strategic interactions, learning, peer behavior, investment, historical data

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Corporate Takeover Defenses

Fisher College of Business Working Paper No. 2022-03-009, Charles A. Dice Center Working Paper No.2022-9, European Corporate Governance Institute – Finance Working Paper No. 843/2022, The Handbook of Corporate Finance, edited by David Denis, 2023
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 07 Sep 2022 Last Revised: 09 May 2023
Jonathan M. Karpoff and Michael D. Wittry
University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance
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Takeover defenses, antitakeover provisions, managerial entrenchment, shareholders’ interest, value reversal, lifecycle effects

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(Debt) Overhang: Evidence from Resource Extraction

Fisher College of Business Working Paper No. 2019-03-031, Charles A. Dice Center Working Paper No. 2019-03-031, Review of Financial Studies, 34(4), 1699-1746, April 2021.
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 09 Dec 2019 Last Revised: 12 Apr 2021
Michael D. Wittry
Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance
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debt overhang, underinvestment, reclamation liability, general liability overhang

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Is Public Equity Deadly? Evidence from Workplace Safety and Productivity Tradeoffs in the Coal Industry

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Is Public Equity Deadly? Evidence from Workplace Safety and Productivity Tradeoffs in the Coal Industry

Fisher College of Business Working Paper No. 2021-03-005, Charles A. Dice Working Paper No. 2021-05
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 30 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 15 Jun 2022
Erik Gilje and Michael D. Wittry
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance
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Public listing status, workplace safety, risk-taking, productivity, tradeoffs, ESG

Is Public Equity Deadly? Evidence from Workplace Safety and Productivity Tradeoffs in the Coal Industry

NBER Working Paper No. w28798
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 17 May 2021 Last Revised: 10 Mar 2023
Erik Gilje and Michael D. Wittry
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance
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Hedging House Price Risk with Futures Contracts after the Bubble Burst

Finance Research Letters, 11(4), 332-340, December 2014
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 06 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2015
Patrick J. Schorno, Steve Swidler and Michael D. Wittry
KPMG, USA, Lafayette College - Department of Economics & Business and Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance
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Hedging, Residential real estate, Housing, Financial crisis