Scott C. Linn

University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business

Professor of Finance Emeritus

3704 Windover Drive

Norman, OK 73072

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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“  My current research focuses on topics related to energy finance and energy markets including the determinants of prices, price volatility, price discovery, and, resource allocation decisions by energy companies. I also have work in progress that focuses on agency problems and corporate governance topics,  ”

Scholarly Papers (26)

1.

Vertical and Horizontal Agency Problems in Private Firms: Ownership Structure and Operating Performance

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 20 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2021
Sridhar Gogineni, Scott C. Linn and Pradeep K. Yadav
The University of Tampa - John H. Sykes College of Business, University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business and University of Oklahoma Price College of Business
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Agency problems, Control, Horizontal agency costs, Management structure, Ownership structure, Private companies, Vertical agency costs

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Corporate Governance and Executive Perquisites: Evidence from the New SEC Disclosure Rules

AAA 2009 Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS) Paper
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 16 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 18 Mar 2009
Angela B. Andrews, Scott C. Linn and Han Yi
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Accounting, University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business and Korea University
Downloads 1,025 (38,329)
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Perquisites (Perks), Agency Costs, Corporate Governance, Executive Compensation, the SEC regulation

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The Influence of Managerial Ownership on the Real Gains in Corporate Mergers and Market Revaluation of Merger Partners: Empirical Evidence

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 21 Mar 2002
Department of Finance, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business and University of Oklahoma Price College of Business
Downloads 955 (42,342)
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Mergers, Operating Performance

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The Corporate Sell-Off

Midland Corporate Finance Journal, pp. 17-26, Summer 1984
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 19 May 2006
Scott C. Linn and Michael S. Rozeff
University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business and SUNY at Buffalo - Department of Financial & Managerial Economics
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sell-offs, divestitures, synergy, mergers

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Evidence on the Determinants of Cash Holdings By Private and Public Companies

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 15 Mar 2012
Sridhar Gogineni, Scott C. Linn and Pradeep K. Yadav
The University of Tampa - John H. Sykes College of Business, University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business and University of Oklahoma Price College of Business
Downloads 553 (86,719)
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cash holdings, private firms, public firms

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The Effect of Voluntary Spin-Offs on Stock Prices: The Anergy Hypothesis

Advances in Financial Planning and Forecasting, pp. 265-292, 1985
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 19 May 2006
Scott C. Linn and Michael S. Rozeff
University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business and SUNY at Buffalo - Department of Financial & Managerial Economics
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spin-off, diseconomy, anergy, event study

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Dynamics of Arbitrage

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 25 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 13 Jan 2020
University of Oklahoma - Division of Finance, University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business, University of Missouri - Trulaske College of Business, Energy Information Administration - US DOE and University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business
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theory of storage, commodity markets, cash-and-carry arbitrage, financialization, spot oil markets, oil futures markets, oil storage

Dynamics of Arbitrage

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 11 Feb 2021
University of Oklahoma - Division of Finance, University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business, University of Missouri - Trulaske College of Business, Energy Information Administration - US DOE and University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business
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theory of storage, commodity markets, cash-and-carry arbitrage, financialization, spot oil markets, oil futures markets, oil storage

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Severely Obstructive Resistance in Takeover Bids: Is a Board Passivity Rule Effective?

American Finance Association Meetings Working Paper
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 16 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2021
Department of Finance, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business and University of Oklahoma Price College of Business
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hostile takeover; bid resistance; stockholder wealth; managerial turnover; corporate governance

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Can the Stock Market Systematically Make Use of Firm- and Deal-Specific Factors When Initially Capitalizing the Real Gains from Mergers and Acquisitions?

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 23 Jul 2004
Department of Finance, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business and University of Oklahoma Price College of Business
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Mergers, Operating Performance

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Fuzzy Inductive Reasoning and Nonlinear Dependence in Security Returns: Results from an Artificial Stock Market Environment

Number of pages: 72 Posted: 21 Jun 2001
Scott C. Linn and Nicholas Tay
University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business and University of San Francisco
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Nonlinear Return Behavior, Learning, Fuzzy Logic, Induction, Stock Price Dynamics

11.

The Role of Financial Markets in Determining Physical Oil Prices: A Survey of the Literature

Number of pages: 84 Posted: 01 Oct 2012
University of Oklahoma - Division of Finance, University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business, Energy Information Administration - US DOE, University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business and Wichita State University - W. Frank Barton School of Business
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Oil prices, energy markets, energy derivatives, commodity index funds, speculation, arbitrage

12.

Rumors in Financial Markets

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 23 Sep 2011
Fan Chen, Scott C. Linn and Lawrence Berger
University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business - Division of Finance, University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business and New School for Social Research
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Rumors; Information transmission

13.

Price Dispersion in a Model with Middlemen and Oligopolistic Market Makers: A Theory and an Application to the North American Natural Gas Market

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 15 Dec 2004
Jiandong Ju, Scott C. Linn and Zhen Zhu
Tsinghua University - PBC School of Finance, University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business and University of Central Oklahoma - Department of Economics
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Oligopolistic market makers, middlement, price dispersion, North American natural gas market

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The Interaction Effects of CEO Power, Social Connections and Incentive Compensation on Firm Value

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 17 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 28 May 2015
Gary Caton, Jeremy Goh, Jinghao Ke and Scott C. Linn
Montana State University, Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business and University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business
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CEO power, social connections, corporate governance

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Director Networks and Firm Value

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 06 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 11 Aug 2022
University of Illinois at Chicago - Department of Finance, University of Memphis, University of Delaware - Department of Finance and University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business
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Board of Directors, Network Centrality, Quasi-natural Experiment, Firm Value

16.

Open Market Share Repurchase Programs and Corporate Governance: Company Performance

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 17 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 05 Feb 2016
Gary Caton, Jeremy Goh, Yen Teik Lee and Scott C. Linn
Montana State University, Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business, National University of Singapore (NUS) - Department of Finance and University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business
Downloads 215 (242,619)
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Corporate Payout, Share Repurchases, Corporate Governance

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Operating Performance Changes Associated with Corporate Mergers and the Role of Corporate Governance

Journal of Banking & Finance, Vol. 33, No. 10, pp. 1829-1841, October 2009, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2009.03.012
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 05 Jun 2010 Last Revised: 14 Nov 2023
Department of Finance, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business and University of Oklahoma Price College of Business
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Mergers, Corporate Governance, Operating Performance

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Arbitrage and Its Physical Limits

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 15 May 2017 Last Revised: 17 May 2017
University of Oklahoma - Division of Finance, University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business, University of Missouri - Trulaske College of Business and University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business
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Limits to Arbitrage, Commodity Markets, Theory of Storage, Oil Futures Market, Physical Constraints, Cash-And-Carry Arbitrage

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EIA Storage Announcements, Analyst Storage Forecasts, and Energy Prices

The Energy Journal, Vol.40(5), 2019
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 26 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 25 Aug 2019
Louis H. Ederington, Fang Lin, Scott C. Linn and Lisa Yang
University of Oklahoma - Division of Finance, Pacific Lutheran University, University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business and Loyola University Chicago
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Energy Market, Storage Forecasts, EIA Storage Reports

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A Review of the Evidence on the Relation Between Crude Oil Prices and Petroleum Product Prices

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 10 Oct 2018
University of Oklahoma - Division of Finance, University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business, Missouri State University - College of Business, Energy Information Administration - US DOE and University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business
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Oil Prices, Petroleum Product Prices, Energy Economics, Commodities

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Characteristics of Petroleum Product Prices: A Survey

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 10 Oct 2018
University of Oklahoma - Division of Finance, University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business, Missouri State University - College of Business, Energy Information Administration - US DOE and University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business
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Petroleum Product Prices, Commodities, Energy Economics

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A Model of Middlemen and Oligopolistic Market Makers

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 19 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 29 Jan 2009
Jiandong Ju, Scott C. Linn and Zhen Zhu
Tsinghua University - PBC School of Finance, University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business and University of Central Oklahoma - Department of Economics
Downloads 110 (423,336)
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oligopolistic market makers; middlemen; intermediaries; price dispersion

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New Tests of the Theory of Storage and the Theory of Normal Backwardation: Time and Frequency Dimensions

Number of pages: 79 Posted: 28 Nov 2023
Pierre Six, Wenbin Cao, Xiaoman Duan and Scott C. Linn
Neoma Business School, NEOMA Business School, Sam Houston State University - Department of General Business and Finance and University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business
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Theory of storage, Theory of normal backwardation, Convenience yield, Futures risk premium, Hedging Pressure, Time and frequency domain

24.

Price Discovery Under Model Uncertainty

Energy Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 02 Mar 2022 Last Revised: 17 Mar 2022
Jaeho Kim and Scott C. Linn
Hanyang University - ERICA and University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business
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Price Discovery, Energy Commodities, Regime Switching, Vector Error Correction, Bayesian Inference

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The Accuracy of Natural Gas Storage Forecasts and the Influence of Herding, Anti-Herding, and Forecast Timing

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 27 Nov 2023 Last Revised: 30 Nov 2023
University of Oklahoma - Division of Finance, University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business and Oklahoma State University
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Natural gas in storage, analyst forecasts, forecast accuracy, herding behavior, forecast timing

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Fuzzy Inductive Reasoning, Expectation Formation and the Behavior of Security Prices

Posted: 09 Mar 2001
Nicholas Tay and Scott C. Linn
University of San Francisco and University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business

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Expectations, Learning, Fuzzy Logic, Induction, Stock Price Dynamics