Amir Rubin

Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Beedie School of Business

8888 University Drive

Burnaby, British Colombia V5A 1S6

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Reichman University

P.O. Box 167

Herzliya, 4610101

Israel

  • Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Beedie School of Business

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1.

Corporate Social Responsibility as a Conflict between Shareholders

EFA 2006 Zurich Meetings
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 20 Mar 2005
Amir Rubin and Amir Barnea
Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Beedie School of Business and HEC Montreal
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Corporate social responsibility, ownership structure, corporate governance

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Institutional Ownership, Volatility and Dividends

AFA 2008 New Orleans Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 30 Aug 2006 Last Revised: 25 Jan 2008
Amir Rubin and Daniel R. Smith
Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Beedie School of Business and Queensland University of Technology - School of Economics and Finance
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Dividend policy, Herding, Institutional Investors, Ownership Structure, Volatility

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Corporate Governance and the Timing of Earnings Announcements

Review of Finance, 2014, 18(6), 2003-2044
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 15 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 20 Jun 2015
Roni Michaely, Amir Rubin and Alexander Vedrashko
The University of Hong Kong, Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Beedie School of Business and Simon Fraser University - Beedie School of Business
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Earning Announcements, Governance, Opportunism, Timing

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Ownership Level, Ownership Concentration and Liquidity

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Ownership Level, Ownership Concentration and Liquidity

forthcoming
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 14 Apr 2007
Amir Rubin
Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Beedie School of Business
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Ownership, concentration, liquidity, adverse selection, trading

Ownership Level, Ownership Concentration and Liquidity

Journal of Financial Markets, Vol. 10, pp. 219-248, 2007
Posted: 15 Aug 2007
Amir Rubin
Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Beedie School of Business

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Ownership, concentration, liquidity, adverse selection, trading

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The Impact of Business Intelligence Systems on Stock Return Volatility

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 04 Dec 2007 Last Revised: 30 Jul 2009
Eran Rubin and Amir Rubin
California State University Fresno and Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Beedie School of Business
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Business Intelligence, Stock Return Volatility, Decision Support, Information Availability

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Directors Skill and Financial Reporting Quality

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Directors Skill and Financial Reporting Quality

Singapore Management University School of Accountancy Research Paper No. 2014-09
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 16 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 21 Jan 2014
Amir Rubin and Dan Segal
Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Beedie School of Business and Reichman University
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Independent Directors; Financial Reporting Quality; Monitoring; Skill

Directors Skill and Financial Reporting Quality

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 26 Apr 2017
Amir Rubin and Dan Segal
Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Beedie School of Business and Reichman University
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Skill, Independent Directors, Financial Reporting Quality, Monitoring

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Are Friday Announcements Special? Overcoming Selection Bias

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming, American Finance Association 2016 San Francisco Meetings
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 21 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 21 Apr 2016
Roni Michaely, Amir Rubin and Alexander Vedrashko
The University of Hong Kong, Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Beedie School of Business and Simon Fraser University - Beedie School of Business
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Inattention; Friday; Selection bias; Corporate announcements; Market reaction

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Political Views and Corporate Decision-Making: the Case of Corporate Social Responsibility

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 14 Apr 2007
Amir Rubin
Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Beedie School of Business
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Decision-Making, Politics, CSR, Elections, Headquarter

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Further Evidence on the Strategic Timing of Earnings News: Joint Analysis of Weekdays and Times of Day

Forthcoming in Journal of Accounting and Economics
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 23 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 03 May 2016
Roni Michaely, Amir Rubin and Alexander Vedrashko
The University of Hong Kong, Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Beedie School of Business and Simon Fraser University - Beedie School of Business
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earnings announcements, timing, Friday evening, inattention, hiding news, post-earnings announcement drift

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Systematic Bias in the Progress of Research

Journal of Political Economy, forthcoming
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 01 Jul 2017 Last Revised: 19 Mar 2021
Amir Rubin and Eran Rubin
Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Beedie School of Business and California State University Fresno
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Agency, Article influence, Citation, Information, Finance, Research, Innovation, Science, Strategic

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The Effect of Index Option Initiation on Volatility in the Presence of Heterogenous Beliefs and Short Sale Constraint

EFA 2002 Berlin Meetings Presented Paper, Sauder School of Business Working Paper
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 10 Mar 2002
Amir Rubin and Alan Kraus
Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Beedie School of Business and University of British Columbia (UBC) - Division of Finance
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Options, Short Sales Constraint, Volatility

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The Effect of Pay-For-Performance Compensation and Wealth Derived Income on the Growth-Income Inequality Relation in the US

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 31 Oct 2011 Last Revised: 02 Sep 2014
Amir Rubin and Dan Segal
Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Beedie School of Business and Reichman University
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GDP, growth, income inequality, stock market return

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Lured by the Consensus

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 19-06
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 23 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 13 Mar 2019
Roni Michaely, Amir Rubin, Dan Segal and Alexander Vedrashko
The University of Hong Kong, Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Beedie School of Business, Reichman University and Simon Fraser University - Beedie School of Business
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consensus, analyst quality, forecasts, post-earnings announcement drift, stock recommendations

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Alternative Explanations of the Volatility Trend: Are They Really That Different?

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 17 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2009
Amir Rubin and Daniel R. Smith
Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Beedie School of Business and Queensland University of Technology - School of Economics and Finance
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Volatility, Trend, Turnover

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Do Differences in Analyst Quality Matter for Investors Relying on Consensus Information?

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 12 Feb 2022
Roni Michaely, Amir Rubin, Dan Segal and Alexander Vedrashko
The University of Hong Kong, Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Beedie School of Business, Reichman University and Simon Fraser University - Beedie School of Business
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consensus, analyst quality, forecasts, dispersion, post-earnings announcement drift

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The Interpretation of Unanticipated News Arrival and Analysts’ Skill

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 08 May 2013 Last Revised: 12 Dec 2015
Amir Rubin, Benjamin Segal and Dan Segal
Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Beedie School of Business, Fordham University and Reichman University
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Analysts, Corporate Disclosure, Forecast Error, Unanticipated News, Timeliness, 8-K

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CEO Trade Timing and Managerial Talent

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 08 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2018
Amir Rubin and Alexander Vedrashko
Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Beedie School of Business and Simon Fraser University - Beedie School of Business
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CEO Talent; Executive Compensation; Governance; Insider Trading; Trade Timing

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Reducing Managers' Incentives to Cannibalize: Managerial Stock Options when Shareholders are Diversified

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 08 Mar 2007
Alan Kraus and Amir Rubin
University of British Columbia (UBC) - Division of Finance and Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Beedie School of Business
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capital budgeting, options, diversification, contract theory, ownership structure

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Divided We Fall

NYU Stern School of Business Forthcoming
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 09 Dec 2020
Joshua Livnat, Amir Rubin and Dan Segal
New York University, Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Beedie School of Business and Reichman University
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Congress, Regulation, Industry

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Consumer Sentiment Inequality, Relative Performance of Firms, and the Market 

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 27 Mar 2023 Last Revised: 08 Jan 2025
Husna Memon and Amir Rubin
Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Beedie School of Business and Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Beedie School of Business
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Consumer Confidence Index, Inattention, Leading indicator, Index of Consumer Sentiment, Sentiment, Sentiment inequality, Stock market, Systematic, VIX

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The Effect of Short Sale Constraint Removal on Volatility in the Presence of Heterogeneous Beliefs

International Review of Finance, Vol. 4, pp. 171-188, 2003, EFA 2002 Berlin Meetings Presented Paper, Sauder School of Business Working Paper
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 10 Aug 2007
Amir Rubin and Alan Kraus
Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Beedie School of Business and University of British Columbia (UBC) - Division of Finance
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Options, Short Sales Constraint, Volatility

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Editor Home Bias?

Research Policy, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 31 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 07 Mar 2023
Amir Rubin, Eran Rubin and Dan Segal
Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Beedie School of Business, California State University Fresno and Reichman University
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Civil law, Common law, Editorial Bias, EU, Home-bias, Legal origin, Productivity, Scholarly, Science

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Managerial Opportunism and Guidance Transparency

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 08 Jul 2019
Amir Rubin and Alexander Vedrashko
Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Beedie School of Business and Simon Fraser University - Beedie School of Business
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Guidance, Governance, Disclosure, Financial Crisis, Leverage, Timing, Transparency

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On the Economic Effects of Exploratory Behavior upon Decision-Aid Use: Evidence from Autocomplete and Financial Markets

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 29 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 01 Dec 2019
Eran Rubin and Amir Rubin
California State University Fresno and Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Beedie School of Business
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Exploratory behavior, Decision bias, Input text, Financial markets, Transactions, Turnover

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Divided We Fall: Congressional Cycles, the Stock Market and Firm

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 06 Dec 2022
Joshua Livnat, Amir Rubin and Dan Segal
New York University, Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Beedie School of Business and Reichman University
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Congress, Growth, Industry, Regulation, Stock market

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Talent versus University Nurturing in Research Productivity

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 02 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 18 May 2020
Amir Rubin and Eran Rubin
Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Beedie School of Business and California State University Fresno
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Knowledge, Nature, Nurture, Productivity, Scholarly, Science, Talent

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Divided We Fall: Congressional Cycles, the Stock Market and Firm Performance

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 23 Mar 2024
Joshua Livnat, Amir Rubin and Dan Segal
New York University, Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Beedie School of Business and Reichman University
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Congress, Growth, Industry, Regulation, Stock market

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Managerial Stock Options When Shareholders are Diversified

Posted: 13 Mar 2006
Amir Rubin and Alan Kraus
Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Beedie School of Business and University of British Columbia (UBC) - Division of Finance

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Option compensation, contract theory, ownership structure, diversification