Shawn Mobbs

University of Alabama - Culverhouse College of Business Administration

101 Paul W. Bryant Dr.

Box 870382

Tuscaloosa, AL 35487

United States

  • University of Alabama - Culverhouse College of Business Administration

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Are All Inside Directors the Same? Evidence from the External Directorship Market.

Journal of Finance, Forthcoming, ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 241/2009, 3rd Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Papers, AFA 2009 San Francisco Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 90 Posted: 22 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 04 Sep 2012
Ronald W. Masulis and Shawn Mobbs
University of New South Wales, Sydney and University of Alabama - Culverhouse College of Business Administration
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Citation 41

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board of directors, inside directors, independent directors, corporate governance, manager entrenchment

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Independent Director Incentives: Where Do Talented Directors Spend Their Limited Time and Energy?

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming, AFA 2013 San Diego Meetings Paper, ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 355/2013
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 07 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 25 Nov 2013
Ronald W. Masulis and Shawn Mobbs
University of New South Wales, Sydney and University of Alabama - Culverhouse College of Business Administration
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director incentives, busy directors, labor markets, firm reputation, firm performance

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Independent Director Reputation Incentives: The Supply of Monitoring Services

ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 353/2013
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 24 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 23 Aug 2017
Ronald W. Masulis and Shawn Mobbs
University of New South Wales, Sydney and University of Alabama - Culverhouse College of Business Administration
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independent director, reputations incentives, board decisions, director labor market, option grants, dividends, class-action lawsuits, covenant violations, stock repurchases, exchange delistings

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CEO Selection and Executive Appearance

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 17 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 19 Dec 2019
Douglas O. Cook and Shawn Mobbs
University of Alabama - Culverhouse College of Commerce & Business Administration and University of Alabama - Culverhouse College of Business Administration
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labor market, CEO selection, attractive, tournaments, facial traits

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CEOs Under Fire: The Effects of Competition from Inside Directors on Forced CEO Turnover and CEO Compensation

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA), Forthcoming, EFA 2009 Bergen Meetings Paper, AFA 2009 San Francisco Meetings Paper, CELS 2009 4th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 19 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 08 Nov 2023
Shawn Mobbs
University of Alabama - Culverhouse College of Business Administration
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CEO turnover, compensation, directors, board monitoring, inside directors, succession, labor market competition, reputation

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Internal Managerial Promotions: Insider Incentives and CEO Succession

Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming, EFA 2008 Athens Meetings Paper, ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 226/2008
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 10 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 04 Sep 2012
Shawn Mobbs and Charu G. Raheja
University of Alabama - Culverhouse College of Business Administration and Wake Forest University
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Succession, CEO turnover, organization structure, tournament, compensation, firm performance

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How Does Forced CEO Turnover Experience Affect Directors?

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 31 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 23 Mar 2020
Jesse A. Ellis, Lixiong Guo and Shawn Mobbs
North Carolina State University, University of Mississippi and University of Alabama - Culverhouse College of Business Administration
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CEO turnover, director experience, director learning, board monitoring, incentives, labor market

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Independent Directors and Corporate Litigation

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 20 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 24 Dec 2016
James Malm and Shawn Mobbs
College of Charleston and University of Alabama - Culverhouse College of Business Administration
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Independent directors; Inside directors; Corporate litigation

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Firm CFO Board Membership and Departures

5th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 30 Jun 2010 Last Revised: 23 Jun 2018
Shawn Mobbs
University of Alabama - Culverhouse College of Business Administration
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CFO; inside directors; financial expertise; financial policy; boards

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Director Overconfidence

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 27 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 19 Feb 2019
Randy Beavers and Shawn Mobbs
Seattle Pacific University and University of Alabama - Culverhouse College of Business Administration
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overconfidence, CEO-director, CEO turnover, committee participation

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Female Directors: Why are Some Less Informed than Others?

Journal of Corporate Finance (2021): 101938. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2021.101938
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 06 Apr 2021
Shawn Mobbs, Yongxian Tan and Shage Zhang
University of Alabama - Culverhouse College of Business Administration, Curtin University and Trinity University
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board gender diversity; female directors; information acquisition; insider trading; CEO compensation; restatements; firm value

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Tradeoffs between Internal and External Governance: Evidence from Exogenous Regulatory Shocks

Financial Management, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 14 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 19 Feb 2016
Lixiong Guo, Patrick A. Lach and Shawn Mobbs
University of Mississippi, Lach Financial, LLC and University of Alabama - Culverhouse College of Business Administration
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external governance, internal governance, shareholder activism, corporate control

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Ethics and Corporate Lobbying

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 11 Mar 2021
Anqi Jiao, Shawn Mobbs and Sandra Mortal
Capital University of Economics and Business, University of Alabama - Culverhouse College of Business Administration and University of Alabama - Culverhouse College of Commerce & Business Administration
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corporate lobbying; ethics; politically connected directors; regulations

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Director Optimism: Should Shareholders Pay Attention?

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 02 Oct 2024
jaideep chowdhury, Shawn Mobbs and Weiwei Zhang
James Madison University, University of Alabama - Culverhouse College of Business Administration and James Madison University
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Director Optimism, forced CEO turnover, relative performance evaluation, insider trade level profitability

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Do Director Ownership Plans Change Director Behavior?

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 28 Jan 2025
Shawn Mobbs and Shage Zhang
University of Alabama - Culverhouse College of Business Administration and Trinity University
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director ownership plan, institutional ownership, director behavior, insider trading, meeting attendance

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CEO Marketability, Employment Opportunities, and Compensation: Evidence from Compensation Peer Citations

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 20 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 23 Apr 2021
Daewoung Choi, David C. Cicero and Shawn Mobbs
University of Washington, Bothell, Harbert College of Business, Auburn University and University of Alabama - Culverhouse College of Business Administration
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compensation peers, outside opportunities, 2006 disclosure rule, labor market, compensation