Richard J. Fairchild

University of Bath - School of Management

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Bath, BA2 7AY

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1.

The Effect of Managerial Overconfidence, Asymmetric Information, and Moral Hazard on Capital Structure Decisions.

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 29 Apr 2005
Richard J. Fairchild
University of Bath - School of Management
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Behavioral Corporate Finance, Managerial overconfidence, capital structure, asymmetric information, moral hazard.

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Behavioural Corporate Finance: Existing Research and Future Directions

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 11 Sep 2007
Richard J. Fairchild
University of Bath - School of Management
Downloads 3,452 (6,732)
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Behavioural Corporate Finance

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From Behavioural to Emotional Corporate Finance: A New Research Direction

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 16 Sep 2009
Richard J. Fairchild
University of Bath - School of Management
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behavioural corporate finance, emotional corporate finance, phantasy, emotional volatility, investment appraisal, project entrapment

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The Airbus-Boeing Dispute: A Strategic Trade Theory Approach

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 16 Jul 2010
Richard J. Fairchild and Steven M. McGuire
University of Bath - School of Management and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 1,103 (39,063)
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Airbus-Boeing Dispute, Launch-Aid, WTO

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Does Audit Tenure Lead to More Fraud? A Game-Theoretic Approach

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 18 Jun 2007
Richard J. Fairchild
University of Bath - School of Management
Downloads 966 (47,162)
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auditor tenure, managerial fraud, mandatory turnover, auditor ability, auditor/manager empathy.

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Auditor Tenure, Managerial Fraud, and Report Qualification: Theory and Evidence

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 18 Jun 2009
Richard J. Fairchild, Ian Crawford and Hassan Saqlain
University of Bath - School of Management, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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auditor tenure, fraud, game theory, evidence

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The Effects of Self-Interest and Fairness on Entrepreneur/Venture Capitalist Financial Contracting and Performance

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 16 Jan 2006
Richard J. Fairchild
University of Bath - School of Management
Downloads 667 (77,406)
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venture capitalist contracting, double-sided moral hazard,self-interest, inequity aversion, bargaining

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Warning: Trading Can Be Hazardous to Your Wealth! (Just Watch Out for Bears!)

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 19 Aug 2016
Richard J. Fairchild, Neal Hinvest and Muhamed Alsharman
University of Bath - School of Management, University of Bath - Department of Psychology and Independent
Downloads 504 (109,775)
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Neuroeconomics, exepriment, behavioural finance, risk-aversion, emotions, bear market, investors' trading performance

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The Relationship Between Product Market Competition and Capital Structure in Chinese Listed Firms

International Review of Financial Analysis, Vol. 20, pp. 41-51, 2011
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 07 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 02 Mar 2011
Yilmaz Guney, Ling Li and Richard J. Fairchild
Coventry University, Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE) and University of Bath - School of Management
Downloads 473 (118,373)
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Capital Structure, Product Market Competition, Chinese Firms, Endogeneity, System-GMM

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Overconfidence, Fairness, and Team Performance

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 09 Aug 2005
Richard J. Fairchild
University of Bath - School of Management
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Overconfidence, team performance, fairness in bargaining

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Potential Product Market Competition, Financial Structure, and Actual Competitive Intensity

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 14 Apr 2004
Richard J. Fairchild
University of Bath - School of Management
Downloads 463 (121,406)
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Bertrand price competition in differentiated products, financial structure

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The Conflict Between Economic and Social Preferences: Social Investing, Social Enterprise, Mind-Sets and Nudges

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 06 Mar 2018
Neal Hinvest, Richard J. Fairchild and Habiba Elkholy
University of Bath - Department of Psychology, University of Bath - School of Management and University of Bath - Department of Psychology
Downloads 430 (132,415)
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Social Investing; Neuro-Economics; Behavioural Economics; Social Preferences; Nudges

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An Entrepreneur's Choice of Crowd-Funding or Venture Capital Financing: The Effect of Entrepreneurial Overconfidence and CF-Investors’ Passion

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 04 Mar 2017
Richard J. Fairchild, Weixi Liu and Yang Yao
University of Bath - School of Management, University of Bath - School of Management and University of Bath - School of Management
Downloads 406 (141,508)
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Crowdfunding, venture capital, double-sided moral hazard, investor excitement

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Fraud-Perception, Superegos, and Cultural Spread of Unethical Behaviour: Theory and Evidence from Enron

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 07 Dec 2018
Richard J. Fairchild and Oliver Marnet
University of Bath - School of Management and University of Southampton
Downloads 394 (146,441)
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Corporate fraud, Behavioural Economics, psychoanalysis, game theory

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A Theory of Entrepreneurial Overconfidence, Effort, and Firm Outcomes

Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance, 2015, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 1-27
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 29 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 17 Mar 2015
Craig R. Everett and Richard J. Fairchild
Pepperdine University - Graziadio School of Business and Management and University of Bath - School of Management
Downloads 380 (152,463)
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Overconfidence, Entrepreneurship, Cognitive Bias, IPO, Mergers & Acquisitions, Effort

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Financial Bargaining between Managers and Venture Capitalists

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 26 Nov 2002
Richard J. Fairchild
University of Bath - School of Management
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efficient and inefficient bargaining, financial contract, bidding, moral hazard, venture capitalists

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Corporate Dividend Policy in Thailand: Theory and Evidence

International Review of Financial Analysis, Vol. 31, No. __, 2014, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 07 Jan 2014
Richard J. Fairchild, Yilmaz Guney and Yordying Thanatawee
University of Bath - School of Management, Coventry University and Burapha University - Burapha Business School
Downloads 347 (168,503)
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Dividend change, earnings, profitability, investment, ownership structure, Thai firms

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Crypto Investors' Behaviour and Performance and the Dot-Com Bubble Compared: This Time it is Different?

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 23 Dec 2022
Richard J. Fairchild, James Kinsella, Neal Hinvest and Chusu He
University of Bath - School of Management, University of Bath, School of management, University of Bath - Department of Psychology and University of Greenwich - Accounting and Finance
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cryptocurrencies, emotional finance, market cycle, bubble, prediction

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Finitely Repeated Prisoners' Dilemma Games - Do Players Use Backward or Forward Induction?

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 20 Feb 2003
Richard J. Fairchild
University of Bath - School of Management
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Finitely repeated prisoners' dilemma, forward and backward induction, bounded rationality, cooperation versus defection

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An Emotional Finance Framework for Examining Bubbles and Crashes

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 05 Jan 2022
Richard J. Fairchild and James Kinsella
University of Bath - School of Management and University of Bath, School of management
Downloads 285 (207,515)

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Emotional Finance, Psychoanalysis, Bubbles, Investor Unconscious Emotions, Love and Hate, Theory Framework

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Emotional Games

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 14 Mar 2012
Richard J. Fairchild
University of Bath - School of Management
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empathy, emotions, game theory

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Debt Maturity Structure of Chinese Companies

Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Vol. 16, pp. 268–297, 2008
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 07 Dec 2009
Kailan Cai, Richard J. Fairchild and Yilmaz Guney
University of Bath, University of Bath - School of Management and Coventry University
Downloads 272 (217,697)
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Chinese firms, corporate debt maturity, system-GMM, market conditions, ownership structure

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When Do Share Repurchases Increase Shareholder Wealth?

Journal of Applied Finance, Vol. 16, No. 1, Spring/Summer 2006
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 24 Aug 2006
Richard J. Fairchild
University of Bath - School of Management
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The Effects of Fairness and Moral Hazard in Bargaining

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 26 Nov 2002
Richard J. Fairchild
University of Bath - School of Management
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Bargaining, fairness, moral hazard, inefficient offers, absolute and relative payoffs

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A Game-Theoretic Analysis of Environmental Behaviour at the Corporate and Global Level

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 18 Dec 2008
Baris Yalabik and Richard J. Fairchild
affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Bath - School of Management
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Corporate environmental behaviour, global environmental behaviour, game theory, empathy, anger, guilt

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Investment Cash Flow Sensitivity under Managerial Optimism: New Evidence from NYSE Firms Panel Data

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 04 Jul 2013
Ezzeddine Ben Mohamed, Abdelfatteh Bouri and Richard J. Fairchild
University of Sfax, University of Sfax - Faculty of Economics and Management (FSEGS) and University of Bath - School of Management
Downloads 191 (304,833)

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Managerial optimism, corporate investment, investment cash flow sensitivity, over investment, underinvestment, financial constraints

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The Performance of FDIC-Identified Community Banks

Number of pages: 91 Posted: 01 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2024
Athina Petropoulou, Vasileios Pappas, Steven Ongena, Dimitrios Gounopoulos and Richard J. Fairchild
University of Sussex Business School, University of Surrey - Surrey Business School, University of Zurich - Department Finance, University of Bath - School of Management and University of Bath - School of Management
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Community banks, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Long-run efficiency, Short-run efficiency, Stochastic Frontier Analysis, Lasso

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A Game Theoretic Analysis of Trust and Social Capital in Sustainable Supply Chain Management

Fairchild, R. and Alexander, A. (2014) A game theory analysis of trust and social capital in sustainable supply chain management. Presented at the British Academy of Management 2014 conference, Belfast, UK, 9-11 Sept 2014.
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 01 Oct 2014
Richard J. Fairchild and Anthony Alexander
University of Bath - School of Management and Cardiff University - Cardiff Business School
Downloads 173 (333,079)

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Supply Chain Management, Trust, Social Capital, Game Theory

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Investment Cash Flow Sensitivity under Managerial Optimism: New Evidence from NYSE Panel Data Firms

Journal of Economics, Finance & Administrative Science, Vol. 19, No. 36, 2014
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 19 Jun 2014
Ezzeddine Ben Mohamed, Richard J. Fairchild and Abdelfettah Bouri
University of Sfax, University of Bath - School of Management and University of Sfax
Downloads 166 (345,232)
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Managerial optimism, Corporate investment, Investment cash flow sensitivity, Over investment, Underinvestment, Financial constraints

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Bank Risk-Taking, Managerial Overconfidence, and Punishment Threats

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 24 Jul 2013
Richard J. Fairchild
University of Bath - School of Management
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Bank Risk-taking, Managerial Overconfidence, Punishment Threats, UK Banking Commission Report

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Revisiting the Incentive Contracts of Hedge Funds: A Game Theoretic Perspective with Managerial Ownership, Effort and Ability

Number of pages: 72 Posted: 22 Mar 2011
Richard J. Fairchild and Karan Puri
University of Bath - School of Management and University of Bath - Department of Accounting and Finance
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Hedge Funds, Incentive Contracts, Bargaining Power, Ability

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Fairness Norms and Self-Interest in Venture Capital/Entrepreneur Contracting and Performance

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 15 Apr 2010
Richard J. Fairchild
University of Bath - School of Management
Downloads 147 (381,873)
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venture capital performance, double-side moral hazard, fairness norms

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Is Corporate Hedging Always Beneficial? A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis

Ahmed, H., Fairchild, R. and Guney, Y. (2020). Is Corporate Hedging Always Beneficial? A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis; European Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 29 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 15 Jul 2020
Hany Ahmed, Richard J. Fairchild and Yilmaz Guney
Coventry University, University of Bath - School of Management and Coventry University
Downloads 141 (394,825)

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Financial derivatives, Hedging, Performance, Value, UK firms, Risk management

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The Combined Effects of Bounded Rationality and Moral Reasoning on Cooperative and Destructive Equilibria in Finitely Repeated Prisoners' Dilemma Games

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 28 Feb 2005
Richard J. Fairchild
University of Bath - School of Management
Downloads 137 (403,651)
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Prisoners' dilemma, bounded rationality, ethical behavior, cooperation

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Adverse Selection, Impatience, and Immediate or Delayed Bargaining Agreements

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 22 Nov 2002
Richard J. Fairchild
University of Bath - School of Management
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bargaining, adverse selection, impatience, delays, signalling of bargaining strength

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How Successful Will Be the Cop26 Agreement on De-Forestation?: A Game Theoretic Analysis

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How Successful Will Be the Cop26 Agreement on De-Forestation?: A Game Theoretic Analysis

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 28 Mar 2022
Richard J. Fairchild
University of Bath - School of Management
Downloads 109 (483,114)

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International Environmental Agreement, Behavioural Game Theory, Transfers. Warm-glow, COP26, Deforestation

How Successful Will Be the Cop26 Agreement on De-Forestation?: A Game Theoretic Analysis

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 22 May 2023
Richard J. Fairchild and Baris Yalabik
University of Bath - School of Management and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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international environmental agreements, COP26, De-forestation, Game Theory, Participation, Ratification, Compliance, Economic Transfers, Behavioural Economics

How Successful Will Be the Cop26 Agreement on De-Forestation?: A Game Theoretic Analysis

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 20 Apr 2024
Richard J. Fairchild and Baris Yalabik
University of Bath - School of Management and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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International Environmental Agreements, COP26, De-forestation, Game Theory, Participation, Ratification, COMPLIANCE, Economic Transfers, behavioural economics

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When Love and Hate Collide: A Network Analysis of emotional contagion in Financial Markets

Number of pages: 85 Posted: 20 Apr 2021
Muhamed Alsharman and Richard J. Fairchild
Independent and University of Bath - School of Management
Downloads 94 (531,496)

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Emotional Finance; Investor Networks; Herding; Emotional Contagion; Phantasy; Freudian Love and Hate

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Reciprocity in Teams

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 26 Oct 2010
Richard J. Fairchild
University of Bath - School of Management
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Teamwork, Double-Sided Effort-Shirking, Project Conflicts, Positive Reciprocity, Empathy, Negative Reciprocity, Retaliation

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Corporate Dividend Policy, Managerial Overconfidence, Myopia, and Investor Irrationality: A Complex Concoction

European Journal of Finance, 2023
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 01 Sep 2023
Abdullah AlGhazali, Richard J. Fairchild and Yilmaz Guney
Dhofar University, University of Bath - School of Management and Coventry University
Downloads 87 (557,852)
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Dividends, value, managerial overconfidence, ability, myopia, catering, moral hazard

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Direct Versus Indirect Bargaining, Conflicts, Overconfidence and Uncertainties: A Game-theoretic Approach

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 11 Jan 2019
Richard J. Fairchild
University of Bath - School of Management
Downloads 78 (594,937)
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Direct Versus Indirect Bargaining; Representative Agent; Nash Bargaining; Conflicts; Uncertainty; Overconfidence; Brexit; Deal/No Deal

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Audit Within the Corporate Governance Paradigm: A Cornerstone Built on Shifting Sand?

British Journal of Management (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 28 Dec 2018
Richard J. Fairchild, David Gwilliam and Oliver Marnet
University of Bath - School of Management, University of Wales and University of Southampton
Downloads 72 (621,927)

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Auditor Independence, Corporate Governance, Dependence, Bias

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Economic and Public-value creation in responsible and sustainable supply chains: a game-theoretic analysis

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 16 Sep 2021
Richard J. Fairchild and Anthony Alexander
University of Bath - School of Management and Cardiff University - Cardiff Business School
Downloads 69 (636,143)

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Socially Responsible Supply Chains, Behavioural Economics, Game Theory, consumer pressure, investor pressure, public value

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CEO Overconfidence and Time Preference

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 10 Jan 2024
Abdulmohsen Alosaimi, Richard J. Fairchild, Arman Hassanniakalager and Abdulateif A. Almulhim
King Saud University, University of Bath - School of Management, CMC Markets and King Faisal University
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Overconfidence, time preference, long-term orientation, corporate decisions, immediate rewards

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Persuasive Advertising and Emotional Finance: A Dynamic Hotelling Approach

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 21 Feb 2024
Richard J. Fairchild and James Kinsella
University of Bath - School of Management and University of Bath, School of management
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Hotelling Duopoly Competition; Persuasive Advertising; Emotional Finance; Emotional Economics; Consumer-Investor Interactions

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The impact of cultural differences and group influence on the escalation of commitment

Number of pages: 86 Posted: 19 Apr 2021
Richard J. Fairchild and Muhamad Chahrour
University of Bath - School of Management and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Behavioural Corporate Finance, Escalation of commitment, individual biases, culture, group-think

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UK Levelling Up and Place-Based Investing: A Behavioural Economics Framework

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 11 Dec 2023
Richard J. Fairchild and Jonathan Labbe
University of Bath - School of Management and University of Lorraine
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The Conflict of Interest Inherent to Community Pharmacy in England: A Game-Theoretic Analysis of the Failure of the Medicines Use Review (MUR) Service

Number of pages: 69 Posted: 18 Nov 2021
Richard J. Fairchild and Jon Lischetzki
University of Bath - School of Management and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Health Service, MUR, Behavioural Economics, financial versus social incentives, game theory

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What Do Dividend Changes Reveal? Theory and Evidence From a Unique Environment

AlGhazali, A., Al-Yahyaee, K.H., Fairchild, R., and Guney, Y. (2023). What do dividend changes reveal? Theory and evidence from a unique environment. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting.
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 09 Nov 2023
Abdullah AlGhazali, Khamis Hamed Al-Yahyaee, Richard J. Fairchild and Yilmaz Guney
Dhofar University, Muscat University, University of Bath - School of Management and Coventry University
Downloads 29 (899,543)
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Dividend, profitability, earnings, tax-based signaling theory, catering theory, investments, life cycle theory, Oman

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CEO Narcissism and Credit Ratings

Journal of Business Ethics, Forthcoming
Posted: 05 Apr 2024
Zehan Hou, Richard J. Fairchild and Pietro Perotti
University of Bath, School of management, University of Bath - School of Management and University of Bath - School of Management

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Narcissism, CEO, Credit ratings

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Chapter 19: Emotions in the Financial Markets

Investor Behavior: The Psychology of Financial Planning and Investing. H. Kent Baker and Victor Ricciardi, editors, 347-364, Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2014
Posted: 10 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 16 May 2014
Richard J. Fairchild
University of Bath - School of Management

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Behavioral finance, emotional finance, behavioral corporate finance, conscious and unconscious emotions, emotional effects on the financial markets, behavioural finance, behavioral economics, behavioural economics

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Managerial Optimism and Firm Value: A Stochastic Frontier Approach

Posted: 26 Dec 2012
Ezzeddine Ben Mohamed, Richard J. Fairchild and Abdelfatteh Bouri
University of Sfax, University of Bath - School of Management and University of Sfax - Faculty of Economics and Management (FSEGS)

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managerial optimism, firm value, efficiency, corporate governance mechanisms

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venture, capital, financial contracting