Roberto Mura

University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School

Professor in Finance

Booth Street West

Manchester, Lancashire M15 6PB

United Kingdom

http://www.robertomura.com

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

14

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327

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Scholarly Papers (14)

1.

CEO Gender, Corporate Risk-Taking, and the Efficiency of Capital Allocation

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 14 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 16 Feb 2016
Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business, Purdue University, The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School and University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School
Downloads 3,264 (7,269)
Citation 369

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CEO, gender, risk-taking

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Financial Flexibility, Investment Ability and Firm Value: Evidence from Firms with Spare Debt Capacity

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 15 Jun 2009 Last Revised: 04 Apr 2010
Roberto Mura and Maria‐Teresa Marchica
University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School and The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School
Downloads 2,425 (11,661)
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financial flexibility, investment, low leverage, long-run performance

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Large Shareholder Diversification and Corporate Risk-Taking

Manchester Business School Research Paper No. 618
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 17 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 09 May 2012
Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business, Purdue University, The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School and University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School
Downloads 1,550 (23,533)
Citation 87

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Risk-taking choices, Large shareholders, Portfolio diversification

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Firm Performance: Do Non-Executive Directors Have a Mind of Their Own? Evidence from Uk Panel Data

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 21 Feb 2007
Roberto Mura
University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School
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firm performance, ownership structure, corporate governance, endogeneity, GMM, panel data

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Owners' Portfolio Diversification and Firm Investment: Theory and Evidence from Private and Public Firms

Johnson School Research Paper Series No. 18-2013, Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 19-12
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 12 Mar 2019 Last Revised: 13 Mar 2019
Tel Aviv University, The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School, The University of Hong Kong and University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School
Downloads 692 (73,131)
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diversification, strategies, private firms

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Market Frictions and Ability to Invest: A Cash Holding Policy Perspective

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 10 Mar 2008
Roberto Mura and Maria‐Teresa Marchica
University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School and The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School
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cash holding policy, investment-cash flow sensitivity, ownership structure, GMM

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Returns and Risks to Private Equity

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 09 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 25 Nov 2013
Maria‐Teresa Marchica and Roberto Mura
The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School and University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School
Downloads 589 (89,576)
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Private equity

Financial Flexibility and Investment Ability Across the Euro Area and the UK

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 09 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 16 Feb 2016
European Central Bank (ECB), The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School and University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School
Downloads 284 (205,185)
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low leverage, financial flexibility, investment, cross-country analysis

Financial Flexibility Across the Euro Area and the UK

ECB Working Paper No. 1630
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 11 Feb 2014
European Central Bank (ECB), The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School and University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School
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low leverage, financial flexibility, investment, cross-country analysis

How to Measure the Unobservable: A Panel Technique for the Analysis of TFP Convergence

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 10 May 2004
Università di Cagliari and Crenos, University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School and University of Cagliari and CRENoS
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Economic growth, convergence, TFP, panel data

How to Measure the Unobservable: A Panel Technique for the Analysis of TFP Convergence

Oxford Economic Papers, Vol. 60, Issue 2, pp. 343-368, 2008
Posted: 24 Jun 2008
Università di Cagliari and Crenos, University of Cagliari and CRENoS and University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School

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Corporate Acquisitions and Financial Constraints

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 09 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2015
The University of Manchester - Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School and University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School
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financial constraints, M&A, acquisition likelihood

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When Paid Work Gives in to Unpaid Care Work: Evidence from the Hedge Fund Industry under COVID-19

Proceedings of Paris December 2021 Finance Meeting EUROFIDAI - ESSEC
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 23 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 19 Oct 2021
Sara Ain Tommar, Olga Kolokolova and Roberto Mura
Neoma Business School, Lancaster University Management School and University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School
Downloads 240 (244,223)
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Hedge funds, COVID-19, Gender bias, Unpaid care work

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Shareholder Diversification and Bank Risk-Taking

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 21 May 2013 Last Revised: 24 Dec 2014
The University of Manchester - Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School and University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School
Downloads 219 (266,520)
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largest shareholder portfolio diversification, bank risk-taking, capital allocation efficiency

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Rating Friends: The Effect of Personal Connections on Credit Ratings

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 11 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 01 May 2016
The University of Manchester - Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School and University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School
Downloads 175 (326,747)
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executive and director networks, credit rating, asymmetric information

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The Effect of ‘Underwriter–Issuer’ Personal Connections on IPO Underpricing

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 28 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 17 Jun 2021
The University of Manchester - Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School and University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School
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IPO, underpricing, executive and director networks, asymmetric information