Assem Safieddine

American University of Beirut - Olayan School of Business

Associate Professor of Finance

Bliss Street

Beirut 1107 2020

Lebanon

http://sb.aub.edu.lb/faculty/nbk.asp

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (12)

1.

Ownership Concentration and Sensitivity of Executive Pay to Accounting Performance Measures: Evidence from Publicly and Privately-Held Insurance Companies

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 30 Nov 1998
Bin Ke, Kathy R. Petroni and Assem Safieddine
National University of Singapore, Michigan State University - Eli Broad College of Business and Eli Broad Graduate School of Management and American University of Beirut - Olayan School of Business
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Citation 17

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Tax-Motivated Trading and Price Pressure: An Analysis of Mutual Fund Holdings

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 27 Nov 2000
Scott Gibson, Assem Safieddine and Sheridan Titman
College of William and Mary - Mason School of Business, American University of Beirut - Olayan School of Business and University of Texas at Austin - Department of Finance
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Citation 8

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3.

Is Governance a Prerequisite for Democracy? Insights from the Middle East

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 22 Jan 2009
Assem Safieddine and Leila Attoue
American University of Beirut - Olayan School of Business and American University of Beirut - Olayan School of Business
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Debt and Corporate Performance: Evidence from Unsuccessful Takeovers

NBER Working Paper No. w6068
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 17 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 01 Aug 2022
Assem Safieddine and Sheridan Titman
American University of Beirut - Olayan School of Business and University of Texas at Austin - Department of Finance
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Debt and Corporate Performance: Evidence from Unsuccessful Takeovers

Posted: 04 Nov 1996
Assem Safieddine and Sheridan Titman
American University of Beirut - Olayan School of Business and University of Texas at Austin - Department of Finance

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Smart Investments by Smart Money: Evidence from Acquirers’ Projected Synergies

Journal of Corporate Finance, Vol. 56, 2019
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 01 May 2019
Ahmad Ismail, Samer Khalil, Assem Safieddine and Sheridan Titman
American University of Beirut, Murray State University, American University of Beirut - Olayan School of Business and University of Texas at Austin - Department of Finance
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Citation 1

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Stock Picking; Mergers; Acquisitions; Institutional Investors

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Does Changing Leverage Cause Miss-Specification of Long-Run Return Measures in Seasoned Equity Offerings?

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 20 Mar 2011
Robyn McLaughlin, Assem Safieddine and Georges Tsafack
Suffolk University - Department of Finance, American University of Beirut - Olayan School of Business and Suffolk University
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Event study, New issues puzzle, SEO issues, Leverage change, Structural change

7.

Projected Operating Efficiencies, Credit Ratings and the Creation of Debt Capacity

Number of pages: 74 Posted: 03 Dec 2024
Ahmad Ismail and Assem Safieddine
American University of Beirut and American University of Beirut - Olayan School of Business
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cost reductions, operating efficiencies, revenue enhancement, debt capacity, acquisitions

8.

Islamic Financial Institutions and Corporate Governance: New Insights for Agency Theory

Corporate Governance: An International Review, Forthcoming, Islamic Law and Law of the Muslim World Paper No. 09-57
Posted: 21 Nov 2008 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2009
Assem Safieddine
American University of Beirut - Olayan School of Business

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Corporate Governance, Islamic Financial Institutions, Agency Theory

9.

Market Expectations and the Valuation Effects of Equity Issuance

Posted: 15 Apr 2005
Aigbe Akhigbe, Melinda L. Newman and Assem Safieddine
University of Akron - Department of Finance, University of Akron - Department of Finance and American University of Beirut - Olayan School of Business

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Equity issuance, capital structure

10.

Ownership Concentration and Sensitivity of Executive Pay to Accounting Performance Measures: Evidence from Publicly and Privately-Held Insurance Companies

Journal of Accounting & Economics, Vol 28, No 2, December 1999
Posted: 15 Feb 2000
Bin Ke, Kathy R. Petroni and Assem Safieddine
National University of Singapore, Michigan State University - Eli Broad College of Business and Eli Broad Graduate School of Management and American University of Beirut - Olayan School of Business

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11.

The Long-Run Performance of Convertible Debt Issuers

Posted: 21 Aug 1998
Robyn McLaughlin, Assem Safieddine and Gopala K. Vasudevan
Suffolk University - Department of Finance, American University of Beirut - Olayan School of Business and Suffolk University - Department of Finance

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12.

The Information Content of Corporate Offerings of Seasoned Securities: An Empirical Analysis

Financial Management, Vol 27, No 2
Posted: 14 Aug 1998
Robyn McLaughlin, Assem Safieddine and Gopala K. Vasudevan
Suffolk University - Department of Finance, American University of Beirut - Olayan School of Business and Suffolk University - Department of Finance

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