Amedeo De Cesari

University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School - Finance & Accounting Group

Full Professor in Finance

Crawford House

Booth Street East

Manchester, M15 6PB

United Kingdom

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The Effects of Ownership and Stock Liquidity on the Timing of Repurchase Transactions

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The Effects of Ownership and Stock Liquidity on the Timing of Repurchase Transactions

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 12 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 26 Aug 2012
Amedeo De Cesari, Susanne Espenlaub, Arif Khurshed and Michael Simkovic
University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School - Finance & Accounting Group, The University of Manchester - Manchester Business School, University of Manchester - Manchester Business School, Division of Accounting Finance and University of Southern California Gould School of Law
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open market repurchase, timing, ownership, liquidity

The Effects of Ownership and Stock Liquidity on the Timing of Repurchase Transactions

Journal of Corporate Finance, Vol. 18, 2012
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 01 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 26 Aug 2012
Amedeo De Cesari, Susanne Espenlaub, Arif Khurshed and Michael Simkovic
University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School - Finance & Accounting Group, The University of Manchester - Manchester Business School, University of Manchester - Manchester Business School, Division of Accounting Finance and University of Southern California Gould School of Law
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Open market repurchase, timing, ownership, liquidity

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The Law and Finance of Share Repurchases in Europe

Journal of Corporate Law Studies, Vol. 12, pp. 33-57, 2012
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 10 Apr 2012 Last Revised: 10 Feb 2014
Mathias Siems and Amedeo De Cesari
European University Institute (EUI) and University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School - Finance & Accounting Group
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market manipulation, share repurchases, share buy-backs, dividends, law and finance, market abuse directive, securities regulation

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The Effects of Ownership and Stock Liquidity on the Timing of Repurchase Transactions

5th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 27 May 2009 Last Revised: 26 Aug 2012
Amedeo De Cesari, Susanne Espenlaub, Arif Khurshed and Michael Simkovic
University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School - Finance & Accounting Group, The University of Manchester - Manchester Business School, University of Manchester - Manchester Business School, Division of Accounting Finance and University of Southern California Gould School of Law
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repurchase, timing, insider ownership, institutional ownership

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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
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payout policy, financial distress, firm survival, over-payers, financial flexibility

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Executive Incentives and Payout Policy: Empirical Evidence from Europe

Journal of Banking and Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 12 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 13 Jan 2015
Amedeo De Cesari and Neslihan Ozkan
University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School - Finance & Accounting Group and University of Bristol - School Accounting and Finance, U.K.
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Executive incentives; Dividends; Share repurchases; Europe

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Employment Protection and Share Repurchases: Evidence from Wrongful Discharge Laws

Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 88 Posted: 01 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 06 Jul 2021
Viet Anh Dang, Amedeo De Cesari and Hieu V. Phan
Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School - Finance & Accounting Group and University of Massachusetts Lowell
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Employment Protection, Share Repurchases, Corporate Payout, Labor Laws

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Initial Compensation Contracts for New Executives and Financial Distress Risk: An Empirical Investigation of UK Firms

Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 20 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 10 Nov 2017
Jie Chen, Amedeo De Cesari, Paula Hill and Neslihan Ozkan
Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds, University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School - Finance & Accounting Group, University of Bristol and University of Bristol - School Accounting and Finance, U.K.
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Executive compensation; financial distress risk; bank monitoring

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The Effects of Corporate Acquisitions on CEO Compensation and CEO Turnover of Family Firms

Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 12 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2016
Amedeo De Cesari, Halit Gonenc and Neslihan Ozkan
University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School - Finance & Accounting Group, University of Groningen - Faculty of Economics and Business and University of Bristol - School Accounting and Finance, U.K.
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CEO compensation, acquisitions, Europe

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Acquisitions and Technology Value Revision

Management Science (Accepted/In Press)
Number of pages: 101 Posted: 12 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 02 Nov 2022
Xiangshang Cai, Amedeo De Cesari, Ning Gao and Ni Peng
University of Liverpool, University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School - Finance & Accounting Group, Manchester Accounting and Finance Group, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester and School of Business and Management, Queen Mary University of London
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technology peer, information transmission, mergers and acquisitions, innovation, valuation

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Market Contestability and Bank Payout Policy

Number of pages: 76 Posted: 07 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 11 Feb 2023
Amedeo De Cesari, Dudley Gilder, Winifred Huang and Enrico Onali
University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School - Finance & Accounting Group, Nottingham University Business School, University of Bath and University of Exeter Business School
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dividends, competition, payout policy, share repurchases

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Does CEOs’ Education Matter for Convertible Bond Issuance Decisions?

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 29 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 30 Oct 2018
Zainab Mehmood, Zainab Mehmood, Marie Dutordoir and Amedeo De Cesari
University of ManchesterUniversity of Manchester, The University of Manchester - Manchester Business School and University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School - Finance & Accounting Group
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CEO education, MBA, convertible debt, security choice

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Retail Investor Attention and IPO Valuation

Forthcoming in European Financial Management
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 05 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 10 Nov 2016
Hugh M. J. Colaco, Amedeo De Cesari and Shantaram P. Hegde
Aston Business School, University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School - Finance & Accounting Group and University of Connecticut- Finance Department
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initial public offering; equity valuation; retail investor; investor attention

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Dividend Changes and Stock Price Informativeness

Journal of Corporate Finance, Vol. 35, 2015
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 20 Nov 2017
Amedeo De Cesari and Winifred Huang
University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School - Finance & Accounting Group and University of Bath
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Dividend changes, Stock price informativeness, Stock returns

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The Effects of Ownership and Stock Liquidity on the Timing of Repurchase Transactions

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The Effects of Ownership and Stock Liquidity on the Timing of Repurchase Transactions

Journal of Corporate Finance, Vol. 18, 2012
Posted: 18 Aug 2012
Amedeo De Cesari, Susanne Espenlaub, Arif Khurshed and Michael Simkovic
University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School - Finance & Accounting Group, The University of Manchester - Manchester Business School, University of Manchester - Manchester Business School, Division of Accounting Finance and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Open market repurchase, timing, ownership, liquidity

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The Waiting Period of Initial Public Offerings

European Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 03 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 15 Mar 2017
Hugh M. J. Colaco, Amedeo De Cesari and Shantaram P. Hegde
Aston Business School, University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School - Finance & Accounting Group and University of Connecticut- Finance Department
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initial public offering; waiting period; underpricing; ex ante uncertainty; stock performance; operating performance

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The Impact of Underwriter Reputation on Bond Fees and Yields during the Global Financial Crisis

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 29 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 30 Oct 2018
Zainab Mehmood, Zainab Mehmood, Marie Dutordoir and Amedeo De Cesari
University of ManchesterUniversity of Manchester, The University of Manchester - Manchester Business School and University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School - Finance & Accounting Group
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GFC, Underwriter reputation, Certification hypothesis, Fees, Yield

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Outside Employment Opportunities and Tournament Incentives

Number of pages: 74 Posted: 19 Jun 2023
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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Stock Repurchases and Treasury Share Sales: Do They Stabilize Price and Enhance Liquidity?

Journal of Corporate Finance, Vol. 17, pp. 1558-1579, 2011
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 18 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2017
Amedeo De Cesari, Susanne Espenlaub and Arif Khurshed
University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School - Finance & Accounting Group, The University of Manchester - Manchester Business School and University of Manchester - Manchester Business School, Division of Accounting Finance
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Repurchase, liquidity, price stabilization, bid-ask spread, variance

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Expropriation of Minority Shareholders and Payout Policy

British Accounting Review 44 (2012) 207-220
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 01 May 2012 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2017
Amedeo De Cesari
University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School - Finance & Accounting Group
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dividend, repurchase, controlling shareholder, minority shareholder