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Robert J. Schonlau

Colorado State University, Fort Collins - Department of Finance & Real Estate

Fort Collins, CO 80523

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1.

Do Takeover Defense Indices Measure Takeover Deterrence?

Review of Financial Studies (July 2017) 30 (7): 2359-2412
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 22 May 2015 Last Revised: 21 Jun 2017
Jonathan M. Karpoff, Robert J. Schonlau and Eric W. Wehrly
University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, Colorado State University, Fort Collins - Department of Finance & Real Estate and Western Washington University
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Antitakeover provisions, takeover defenses, G-index, E-index, acquisitions

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Board Networks and Merger Performance

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 01 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 10 Sep 2009
Param Vir Singh and Robert J. Schonlau
Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business and Colorado State University, Fort Collins - Department of Finance & Real Estate
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Mergers, Directors, Networks, Acquisitions, Interlocks, Boards

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Shareholder Perks and Firm Value

Forthcoming, The Review of Financial Studies
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 09 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 06 Jul 2021
Jonathan M. Karpoff, Robert J. Schonlau and Katsushi Suzuki
University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, Colorado State University, Fort Collins - Department of Finance & Real Estate and Hitotsubashi University - Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy
Downloads 1,078 (51,217)

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Shareholder perks, retail investors, share liquidity, cost of capital, signaling

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Which Antitakeover Provisions Deter Takeovers?

European Corporate Governance Institute – Finance Working Paper No. 836/2022, Journal of Corporate Finance, Vol. 75, 2022
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 17 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 26 Apr 2023
Jonathan M. Karpoff, Robert J. Schonlau and Eric W. Wehrly
University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, Colorado State University, Fort Collins - Department of Finance & Real Estate and Western Washington University
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Antitakeover provisions, takeover defenses, takeover likelihood, governance, acquisitions

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Determinants of Capital Structure: An Expanded Assessment

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 19 Dec 2018 Last Revised: 15 Feb 2022
Toshinori Fukui, Todd Mitton and Robert J. Schonlau
Texas A&M University, Mays Business School, Brigham Young University - J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott School of Management and Colorado State University, Fort Collins - Department of Finance & Real Estate
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capital structure

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Golden Parachutes and the Limits of Shareholder Voting

73:1 Vanderbilt Law Review 223 (2020)
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 20 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 22 Jan 2020
Albert H. Choi, Andrew Lund and Robert J. Schonlau
University of Michigan Law School, Villanova University School of Law and Colorado State University, Fort Collins - Department of Finance & Real Estate
Downloads 748 (84,033)
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Golden Parachutes, Executive Compensation, Shareholder Voting, Say on Golden Parachutes, Corporate Governance

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Trade Relationships, Indirect Economic Links, and Mergers

26th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference 2013
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 18 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 03 Dec 2019
Jarrad Harford, Robert J. Schonlau and Jared R. Stanfield
University of Washington, Colorado State University, Fort Collins - Department of Finance & Real Estate and University of Oklahoma
Downloads 553 (124,422)
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Mergers & Acquisitions, Product Market, Horizontal, Vertical, Supply Chain, Rivals

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Right on Schedule: CEO Option Grants and Opportunism

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 05 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 02 Feb 2016
Robert Daines, Robert Daines, Grant Richard McQueen and Robert J. Schonlau
Stanford Graduate School of BusinessStanford Law School, Brigham Young University - Department of Business Management and Colorado State University, Fort Collins - Department of Finance & Real Estate
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Executive compensation, Stock options, Corporate governance, CEO pay, Option backdating, Stock price manipulation

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Do Outside Directors Face Labor Market Consequences? A Natural Experiment from the Financial Crisis

Harvard Business Law Review, Vol. 4, p. 53, 2014
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 14 Jan 2013 Last Revised: 21 Feb 2015
Steven Davidoff Solomon, Andrew Lund and Robert J. Schonlau
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, Villanova University School of Law and Colorado State University, Fort Collins - Department of Finance & Real Estate
Downloads 466 (153,016)
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board of directors, financial institutions, financial crisis, labor market for directors, board turnover, corporate governance, outside directors

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Does the Director Labor Market Offer Ex Post Settling-Up for CEOs? The Case of Acquisitions

AFA 2013 San Diego Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 15 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 03 Dec 2012
Jarrad Harford and Robert J. Schonlau
University of Washington and Colorado State University, Fort Collins - Department of Finance & Real Estate
Downloads 385 (191,334)
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boards, directors, mergers and acquisitions, CEOs, director labor market, ex post settling-up, career concerns

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Golden Parachutes, Severance and Firm Value

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 29 Oct 2015
Andrew Lund and Robert J. Schonlau
Villanova University School of Law and Colorado State University, Fort Collins - Department of Finance & Real Estate
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Golden Parachute, Executive Compensation, Severance, Corporate Governance, Acquisitions, Takeovers, Agency Costs, Tobin’s Q, Dodd-Frank

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Diagnosing Instrument-Induced Bias: A Test for Control Variable Contamination in 2SLS Models

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 02 May 2025 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2025
Asad Dossani, Jeffrey P. Dotson and Robert J. Schonlau
Colorado State University, Fort Collins - College of Business, Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Marketing and Logistics and Colorado State University, Fort Collins - Department of Finance & Real Estate
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Endogeneity, 2SLS, IV Methods, Contaminated Controls, Diversification Discount, Instrumental Variables