Konstantinos Stathopoulos

The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School

Professor of Accounting and Finance

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Manchester, M15 6PB

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UK Executive Compensation Practices: New Economy vs. Old Economy

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UK Executive Compensation Practices: New Economy vs. Old Economy

University of Manchester, MSAF, Working Paper
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 10 Sep 2003
Susanne Espenlaub, Martin Walker and Konstantinos Stathopoulos
The University of Manchester - Division of Accounting and Finance, The University of Manchester - Manchester Business School and The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School
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Managerial Compensation, Remuneration Committee, Executive Stock Options, New Economy

UK Executive Compensation Practices: New Economy vs. Old Economy

Posted: 18 Jan 2005
Susanne Espenlaub, Martin Walker and Konstantinos Stathopoulos
The University of Manchester - Division of Accounting and Finance, The University of Manchester - Manchester Business School and The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School

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Managerial compensation, remuneration committee, executive stock options, new economy

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Managerial Incentives, Risk Aversion, and Debt

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 05 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2012
Andreas Milidonis and Konstantinos Stathopoulos
University of Cyprus - Department of Accounting and Finance and The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School
Downloads 672 (83,957)
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Executive compensation, CEO incentives,Risk taking, Risky debt, Bankruptcy

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Institutional Investors’ Horizons and Corporate Employment Decisions

Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 15 May 2015 Last Revised: 05 May 2020
Mohamed Ghaly, Viet Anh Dang and Konstantinos Stathopoulos
Lancaster University - Department of Accounting and Finance, Alliance Manchester Business School and The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School
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Institutional ownership, Investment horizon, Employment, Investment efficiency, Corporate governance, Monitoring

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Cash Holdings and Labor Heterogeneity: The Role of Skilled Labor

Review of Financial Studies (RFS), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 02 Mar 2017
Mohamed Ghaly, Viet Anh Dang and Konstantinos Stathopoulos
Lancaster University - Department of Accounting and Finance, Alliance Manchester Business School and The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School
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Cash Holdings, Skilled Labor, Labor Adjustment Costs, Labor Heterogeneity

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IFRS and the Use of Accounting-Based Performance Measures in Executive Pay

Number of pages: 75 Posted: 11 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 04 Aug 2012
Georgios Voulgaris, Konstantinos Stathopoulos and Martin Walker
The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School and The University of Manchester - Manchester Business School
Downloads 557 (106,603)
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Optimal Contracting, IFRS, Performance Measures, Executive Pay, Fair Value Accounting

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UK Executive Stock Option Valuation: A Conditional Model

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 04 Feb 2005
Edward Lee, Konstantinos Vonatsos and Konstantinos Stathopoulos
University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School, Manchester Business School and The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School
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Managerial Compensation, Executive Stock Options, Option Valuation

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Agency Theory Versus Managerial Ownership Theories: Understanding the Non-Linear Relationship between Managerial Incentives and Firm Risk

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 11 Nov 2005 Last Revised: 29 Jun 2009
Susanne Espenlaub, Konstantinos Stathopoulos and Martin Walker
The University of Manchester - Division of Accounting and Finance, The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School and The University of Manchester - Manchester Business School
Downloads 431 (145,436)
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Executive Compensation, Pay for Performance, Pay Performance Sensitivity, Firm Risk

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Does Corporate Tax Planning Affect Firm Productivity?

Number of pages: 81 Posted: 08 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 02 Dec 2024
Spyridon Gkikopoulos, Edward Lee and Konstantinos Stathopoulos
The University of Machester - Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School and The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School
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Check-the-Box, Corporate tax planning, Productivity, Tax service providers, TFP

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Compensation Consultants and CEO Pay: UK Evidence

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 02 Nov 2008 Last Revised: 31 Mar 2010
Georgios Voulgaris, Konstantinos Stathopoulos and Martin Walker
The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School and The University of Manchester - Manchester Business School
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Corporate Governance, Compensation Consultants, Executive Compensation, Managerial Power Approach

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Excess Corporate Payouts and Financial Distress Risk

European Financial Management, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 08 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 19 Jan 2021
Dimitris Andriosopoulos, Amedeo De Cesari and Konstantinos Stathopoulos
Strathclyde Business School, University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School - Finance & Accounting Group and The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School
Downloads 387 (164,401)
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payout policy, financial distress, firm survival, over-payers, financial flexibility

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Cash Holdings and Employee Welfare

Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 18 Apr 2015
Mohamed Ghaly, Viet Anh Dang and Konstantinos Stathopoulos
Lancaster University - Department of Accounting and Finance, Alliance Manchester Business School and The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School
Downloads 358 (179,297)
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Cash Holdings, Employee Welfare, Implicit Claims, Stakeholders, Human Capital.

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Market Liquidity and Institutional Trading During the 2007-8 Financial Crisis

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Market Liquidity and Institutional Trading During the 2007-8 Financial Crisis

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 20 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 22 Aug 2012
Ser-Huang Poon, Michael Rockinger and Konstantinos Stathopoulos
Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, University of Lausanne - School of Economics and Business Administration (HEC-Lausanne) and The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School
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Institutional Herding, Institutional Count, Institutional Holdings, Market Liquidity, Financial Crises

Market Liquidity and Institutional Trading During the 2007-8 Financial Crisis

Manchester Business School Research Paper No. 623
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 06 Jan 2012
Ser-Huang Poon, Michael Rockinger and Konstantinos Stathopoulos
Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, University of Lausanne - School of Economics and Business Administration (HEC-Lausanne) and The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School
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institutional herding, institutional count, institutional holdings, market liquidity, financial crises

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National Culture and Bank Risk-Taking

Journal of Financial Stability, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 23 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 26 Aug 2017
Stella Mourouzidou Damtsa, Stella Mourouzidou Damtsa, Andreas Milidonis and Konstantinos Stathopoulos
The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business SchoolBank of Cyprus, University of Cyprus - Department of Accounting and Finance and The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School
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Bank Risk-Taking, National Culture, Financial Crisis, Domestic vs. Global Banks

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Strategic Distortions in Analyst Forecasts in the Presence of Short-Term Institutional Investors

Accounting and Business Research, forthcoming
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 18 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 17 Jun 2018
Pawel Bilinski, Douglas J. Cumming, Lars Helge Haß, Konstantinos Stathopoulos and Martin Walker
Bayes Business School, City University London, Florida Atlantic University, University of Strathclyde - Strathclyde Business School, The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School and The University of Manchester - Manchester Business School
Downloads 315 (205,856)
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Target prices; Earnings forecasts; Strategic distortions; Short-term investors

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Do Corporate Press Releases Drive Media Coverage?

British Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 02 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 19 Feb 2020
Nikolaos Tsileponis, Konstantinos Stathopoulos and Martin Walker
University of Bristol Business School, The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School and The University of Manchester - Manchester Business School
Downloads 301 (216,185)
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financial press; firm-originated news; media coverage management; information environment

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Managerial Short-Termism and Corporate Tax Avoidance

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 30 Jan 2022 Last Revised: 14 May 2024
Spyridon Gkikopoulos, Edward Lee and Konstantinos Stathopoulos
The University of Machester - Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School and The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School
Downloads 286 (228,168)
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FAS 123R, firm valuation, myopia, short-termism, tax avoidance, vesting equity

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Executive Compensation and the Split Share Structure Reform in China

The European Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 18 May 2012 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2013
Wenxuan Hou, Edward Lee, Konstantinos Stathopoulos and Zhenxu Tong
University of Edinburgh - Business School, University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School and University of Exeter
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Executive compensation, Split Share Structure Reform, State Ownership, China

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Firm Innovation and Institutional Investment: The Role of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

The European Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 23 Jan 2013
Nida Abdioglu, Arif Khurshed and Konstantinos Stathopoulos
Bandirma Onyedi Eylul University/ Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, University of Manchester - Manchester Business School, Division of Accounting Finance and The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School
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Institutional investors; Sarbanes-Oxley Act; Firm Innovation; Information Asymmetry.

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Do U.S. Insurance Firms Offer the 'Wrong' Incentives to Their Executives?

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 13 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 12 Apr 2011
Andreas Milidonis and Konstantinos Stathopoulos
University of Cyprus - Department of Accounting and Finance and The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School
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Executive Compensation, Default Risk, Risk Management, Insurance

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Foreign Institutional Investment: Is Governance Quality at Home Important?

Journal of International Money and Finance, Vol. 32, 2013
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 08 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 24 Jan 2013
Nida Abdioglu, Arif Khurshed and Konstantinos Stathopoulos
Bandirma Onyedi Eylul University/ Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, University of Manchester - Manchester Business School, Division of Accounting Finance and The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School
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Foreign institutional investment, home country effect, flight to quality, familiarity argument

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The Impact of Investor Horizon on Say-on-Pay Voting

British Journal of Management, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 03 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 15 Mar 2016
Konstantinos Stathopoulos and Georgios Voulgaris
The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School and The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School
Downloads 204 (318,474)
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Say on Pay; Investor Horizon; Executive Pay; Corporate Governance

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National Culture and Bank Deposits

Review of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 16 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 21 Dec 2020
Stella Mourouzidou Damtsa, Stella Mourouzidou Damtsa, Andreas Milidonis and Konstantinos Stathopoulos
The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business SchoolBank of Cyprus, University of Cyprus - Department of Accounting and Finance and The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School
Downloads 201 (322,758)
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deposits, national culture, trust, individualism, hierarchy, risk

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CEO Pay Contracts and IFRS Reconciliations

European Accounting Review Forthcoming
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 08 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 01 Feb 2014
Georgios Voulgaris, Konstantinos Stathopoulos and Martin Walker
The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School and The University of Manchester - Manchester Business School
Downloads 199 (325,793)
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IFRS Reconciliations, CEO pay contracts, Earnings Management, Performance measures, Incentives, Accounting choice

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Manifestations of Political Uncertainty around US Presidential Elections: Cross-Sectional Evidence from the Option Market

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 07 Jun 2019
Alexandros Kostakis, Konstantinos Gkionis and Konstantinos Stathopoulos
University of Liverpool - Management School (ULMS), UBS and The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School
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Political Uncertainty; US Presidential Election; Firm Risk and Return; Trading Activity; Dispersion of Beliefs; Option-Implied Information

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The Importance of Shareholder Activism: The Case of Say-on-Pay

Corporate Governance: An International Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 27 Jul 2018
Konstantinos Stathopoulos and Georgios Voulgaris
The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School and The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School
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Corporate Governance; Say-on-Pay; Shareholder Activism; Shareholder Voting

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Information Asymmetry, Disclosure and Foreign Institutional Investment: An Empirical Investigation of the Impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Leeds University Business School Working Paper No. 15-06
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 08 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 28 Nov 2015
Nida Abdioglu, Vassiliki C. Bamiatzi, S. Tamer Cavusgil, Arif Khurshed and Konstantinos Stathopoulos
Bandirma Onyedi Eylul University/ Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Independent, Georgia State University, University of Manchester - Manchester Business School, Division of Accounting Finance and The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School
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Institutional Foreign Investors, Information Asymmetry, Active and Passive Institutional Investors, Sarbanes-Oxley Act

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Outside Employment Opportunities and Tournament Incentives

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Forthcoming, Proceedings of the EUROFIDAI-ESSEC Paris December Finance Meeting 2023
Number of pages: 92 Posted: 19 Jun 2023 Last Revised: 02 Apr 2025
Yue Feng, Amedeo De Cesari and Konstantinos Stathopoulos
The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School - Finance & Accounting Group and The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School
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Non-compete agreements, Human capital, Executive pay gap, Tournament incentives

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The Capital Market Implications of Climate Risk Disclosure

Number of pages: 78 Posted: 14 Feb 2025 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2025
Jiang Luo, Konstantinos Stathopoulos, Avanidhar Subrahmanyam, Xiaoxia Ye and Ran Zhao
Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Finance Area, University of Nottingham and San Diego State University
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Climate risk, Disclosure, Breadth of ownership, Stock liquidity, Price efficiency JEL: G14, G20, G30, Q54 Climate risk, Disclosure, Breadth of ownership, Stock liquidity, Price efficiency JEL: G14, G20, G30, Q54

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The Impact of Executive Pay on the Disclosure of Alternative Earnings Per Share Figures

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 17 Sep 2012
Colette Grey, Konstantinos Stathopoulos and Martin Walker
University of Limerick - Kemmy Business School, The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School and The University of Manchester - Manchester Business School
Downloads 180 (357,199)
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accounting choice, earnings per share, transitory items, executive remuneration, share options

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Does Corporate Social Responsibility Spending Affect Strike Risk? Evidence from Union Elections

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 24 Nov 2020
Steven Xianglong Chen, Edward Lee and Konstantinos Stathopoulos
University of Liverpool - Management School (ULMS), University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School and The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School
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stakeholder management, resource competition, corporate social responsibility, labour union, strike risk,

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Do Financial Analysts Play a Complementary or Substitutive Role in the Corporate Information Environment? Evidence from Organised Labour

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 25 Nov 2020
Steven Xianglong Chen, Edward Lee and Konstantinos Stathopoulos
University of Liverpool - Management School (ULMS), University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School and The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School
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financial analysts; information intermediary, earnings forecast, uncertainty, human capital management, labour unions

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The Role of Mutual Funds in Deterring Corporate Fraud in China

ENTREPRENEURSHIP, GOVERNANCE AND ETHICS, Cumming, D., C., Mallin and R., Cressy, eds., Springer, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 03 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 23 Jan 2012
Wenxuan Hou, Edward Lee and Konstantinos Stathopoulos
University of Edinburgh - Business School, University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School and The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School
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Fund, Fund Ownership, Fraud, Integrity, Ethics, China

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Does Employee Ownership Reduce Strike Risk? Evidence from U.S. Union Elections

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 24 Nov 2020
Steven Xianglong Chen, Edward Lee and Konstantinos Stathopoulos
University of Liverpool - Management School (ULMS), University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School and The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School
Downloads 134 (457,627)

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strike risk, labor union, non-executive stock options, employee ownership, corporate governance

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The (Non-) Effect of Labor Unionization on Firm Risk: Evidence From the Options Market

Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 17 Dec 2018 Last Revised: 21 Dec 2020
Mohamed Ghaly, Alexandros Kostakis and Konstantinos Stathopoulos
Lancaster University - Department of Accounting and Finance, University of Liverpool - Management School (ULMS) and The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School
Downloads 94 (595,080)

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Unionization, Labor Power, Option-Implied Firm Risk, Regression Discontinuity Design

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The Monitoring Role of the Financial Press Around Corporate Announcements

Accounting and Business Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 10 Mar 2020
Nikolaos Tsileponis, Konstantinos Stathopoulos and Martin Walker
University of Bristol Business School, The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School and The University of Manchester - Manchester Business School
Downloads 73 (690,676)

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financial press, corporate disclosure, tone, content analysis, information intermediary, information environment

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Rookie Directors and Board Efficacy

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 01 Apr 2025
Bilal Al Dah, Mustafa A Dah and Konstantinos Stathopoulos
Kean University - School of Accounting & Finance, Lebanese American University - Adnan Kassar School of Business and The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School
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Rookie directors, Seasoned directors, Board refreshment, Board monitoring, Board advising.

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The Compensation of UK Executive Directors: Lots of Carrots But are There Any Sticks?

Competition and Change, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 83-99, March 2005
Posted: 18 Jan 2005
Susanne Espenlaub, Martin Walker and Konstantinos Stathopoulos
The University of Manchester - Division of Accounting and Finance, The University of Manchester - Manchester Business School and The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School

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Managerial compensation, executive turnover, pay for performance