Harley E. Ryan

Georgia State University - Department of Finance

Associate Professor

University Plaza

35 Broad Street, Suite 1221

Atlanta, GA 30303-3083

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (25)

1.

Managerial Incentives and Corporate Fraud: The Sources of Incentives Matter

EFA 2006 Zurich Meetings
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 02 Jun 2006 Last Revised: 18 Oct 2011
Shane A. Johnson, Harley E. Ryan and Yisong S. Tian
Texas A&M University - Department of Finance, Georgia State University - Department of Finance and York University - Schulich School of Business
Downloads 3,767 (6,258)
Citation 124

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corporate fraud, incentives, stock options, executive compensation, governance

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Board-of-Director Monitoring and CEO Tenure

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 13 Jun 2007 Last Revised: 25 Feb 2009
Harley E. Ryan, Lingling Wang and Roy A. Wiggins
Georgia State University - Department of Finance, University of Connecticut - Department of Finance and Bentley University - Department of Finance
Downloads 924 (53,900)
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Board of Directors, Monitoring, Bargaining Power, Learning, Governance

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Does the Location of Directors Matter? Information Acquisition and Board Decisions

AFA 2011 Denver Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 18 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 28 Jul 2012
University of North Texas, College of Business Administration, Department of Finance, Insurance Real Estate and Law, Georgia State University - Robinson College of Business, Daniels College of Business, University of Denver and Georgia State University - Department of Finance
Downloads 899 (55,986)
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Geography, Geographic Distance, Proximity, Board of Directors, Independence, Soft Information, Monitoring, CEO Compensation, Management Turnover

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CEO Mobility and the CEO-Firm Match: Evidence from CEO Employment History

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 01 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 18 Jul 2012
Harley E. Ryan and Lingling Wang
Georgia State University - Department of Finance and University of Connecticut - Department of Finance
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CEO Experience, CEO-firm Match, Firm Performance, Firm Policies, Employment History

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Does Combining the CEO and Chair Roles Cause Poor Firm Performance?

Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business Research Paper No. 2015-11
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 15 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 25 Nov 2015
Narayanan Jayaraman, Vikram K. Nanda and Harley E. Ryan
Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business, University of Texas at Dallas - School of Management - Department of Finance & Managerial Economics and Georgia State University - Department of Finance
Downloads 695 (78,778)
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Duality, Corporate Governance, Board Structure, Tournament Incentives, Learning

Pay for outsiders: Incentive compensation for nonfamily executives in family firms

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 18 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 21 Aug 2020
Zhi Li, Harley E. Ryan and Lingling Wang
Chapman University - The George L. Argyros College of Business and Economics, Georgia State University - Department of Finance and University of Connecticut - Department of Finance
Downloads 401 (153,187)
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Nonfamily Executives in Family Firms, Executive Compensation, Family Monitoring, Risk Aversion, Ownership Dilution

Pay for Outsiders: Compensation Incentives for Nonfamily Executives in Family Firms

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 25 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 05 Aug 2017
Zhi Li, Harley E. Ryan and Lingling Wang
Chapman University - The George L. Argyros College of Business and Economics, Georgia State University - Department of Finance and University of Connecticut - Department of Finance
Downloads 285 (222,405)
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Family Firms, Nonfamily Executives, Executive Compensation

Pay for Outsiders: Incentive Compensation for Nonfamily Executives in Family Firms

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming, University of Connecticut School of Business Research Paper No. 21-01
Posted: 11 Dec 2020 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2021
Zhi Li, Harley E. Ryan and Lingling Wang
Chapman University - The George L. Argyros College of Business and Economics, Georgia State University - Department of Finance and University of Connecticut - Department of Finance

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Executive Compensation for Nonfamily Executives, Family Monitoring, Risk Aversion, Ownership Dilution

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Investment Banks and Public Debt Exchange Offers in Financial Distress

AFA 2001 New Orleans Meetings
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 07 Nov 2000
Robert M. Mooradian and Harley E. Ryan
Northeastern University, D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Finance Area and Georgia State University - Department of Finance
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Do Pension-Related Business Ties Influence Mutual Fund Proxy Voting? Evidence from Shareholder Proposals on Executive Compensation

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 03 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2015
Rasha Ashraf, Narayanan Jayaraman and Harley E. Ryan
Georgia State University - Department of Finance, Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business and Georgia State University - Department of Finance
Downloads 501 (118,990)
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Proxy Voting, Mutual Funds, Executive Compensation, Shareholder Rights

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Outside Employment Opportunities, Employee Productivity, and Debt Discipline

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 20 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 11 Mar 2015
Jayant R. Kale, Harley E. Ryan and Lingling Wang
Georgia State University, Georgia State University - Department of Finance and University of Connecticut - Department of Finance
Downloads 495 (120,696)
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Debt Discipline, Agency Theory, Outside Employment Opportunities, Employee Productivity

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Corporate Governance, Debt, and Activist Institutions

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 17 Mar 2006
Jayant R. Kale, Burak Ciceksever and Harley E. Ryan
Georgia State University, Independent and Georgia State University - Department of Finance
Downloads 422 (145,915)
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Governance, Agency problems, Leverage; Capital structure, Activist Institutions

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Discretion in Pay Ratio Estimation

Journal of Banking & Finance, volume 173, 2025[10.1016/j.jbankfin.2025.107416]
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 05 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 24 Feb 2025
University of North Texas, College of Business Administration, Department of Finance, Insurance Real Estate and Law, University of Connecticut - Department of Finance, Georgia State University - Department of Finance and University of Connecticut - Department of Finance
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G38, D63, D78, M12, M14 CEO pay ratio, Disclosure estimation method, ESG disclosure, Disclosure discretion, Income inequality aversion, Social attitudes

12.

On the Participation and Reputation of Financial Advisors in Corporate Acquisitions

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 11 Aug 1998
Jayant R. Kale, Omesh Kini and Harley E. Ryan
Georgia State University, Georgia State University and Georgia State University - Department of Finance
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Gender and Geography in the Boardroom: What Really Matters for Board Decisions?

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 08 Mar 2019
University of North Texas, College of Business Administration, Department of Finance, Insurance Real Estate and Law, Georgia State University - Robinson College of Business, Daniels College of Business, University of Denver and Georgia State University - Department of Finance
Downloads 376 (166,276)
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Board of Directors, Gender, Geography

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Board Structure Mandates: Consequences for Director Location and Financial Reporting

Forthcoming in Management Science
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 31 May 2015 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2017
University of North Texas, College of Business Administration, Department of Finance, Insurance Real Estate and Law, Georgia State University - Robinson College of Business, Daniels College of Business, University of Denver and Georgia State University - Department of Finance
Downloads 157 (393,013)
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Board structure, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, geographic location, labor supply, monitoring, financial reporting

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Founding Family Ownership and Firm Performance: Evidence from the Evolution of Family Ownership and Firm Policies

Forthcoming, Journal of Business Finance & Accounting
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 06 Jan 2022 Last Revised: 24 Jan 2022
Huimin Li and Harley E. Ryan
University of New Hampshire - Department of Accounting & Finance and Georgia State University - Department of Finance
Downloads 151 (406,027)
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Firm Evolution, Family Ownership Dilution, Firm Performance, R&D, Investment-Cash Flow Sensitivity, Debt Financing, SEO

16.

Ethical Dilemmas: Corporate Response and Market Reaction to the Russia-Ukraine War

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 12 Apr 2024
Lixin Huang, Harley E. Ryan, Lingling Wang and Tim Zhang
Georgia State University, Georgia State University - Department of Finance, University of Connecticut - Department of Finance and University of Texas at San Antonio - Alvarez College of Business
Downloads 143 (424,150)

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Corporate ethical dilemma, Essential human needs, Corporate objective, Stock market reaction, Socially responsible investing, Russia-Ukraine war

17.

Family Firms and Top Management Compensation Incentives

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 21 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 24 Aug 2022
Zhi Li, Harley E. Ryan and Lingling Wang
Chapman University - The George L. Argyros College of Business and Economics, Georgia State University - Department of Finance and University of Connecticut - Department of Finance
Downloads 133 (449,265)
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Family Firms, Executive Compensation, agency theory, Tournament Incentives

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Dual Agency Problems in Family Firms: Evidence from Director Elections

Journal of Corporate Finance, Vol. 62, 2020
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 18 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 24 Jan 2022
Rasha Ashraf, Huimin Li and Harley E. Ryan
Georgia State University - Department of Finance, University of New Hampshire - Department of Accounting & Finance and Georgia State University - Department of Finance
Downloads 105 (537,660)

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Director Elections, Family Firms, Governance

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Boards in Practice: Director Location, Qualifications, and Credible Contracting

7th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 03 May 2012
Daniels College of Business, University of Denver, University of North Texas, College of Business Administration, Department of Finance, Insurance Real Estate and Law, Georgia State University - Robinson College of Business and Georgia State University - Department of Finance
Downloads 69 (691,898)

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Industry Tournament Incentives and Outcomes When Agents Have Multiple Activities: Evidence from the National Basketball Association

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 24 Mar 2022
Harley E. Ryan and Qinxi Wu
Georgia State University - Department of Finance and Baylor University - Hankamer School of Business
Downloads 66 (708,030)

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Tournament Incentives, Compensation, Performance, Aggressiveness, NBA

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Managerial Incentives and Corporate Fraud: The Sources of Incentives Matter

Review of Finance, Vol. 13, Issue 1, pp. 115-145, 2009
Posted: 17 Jan 2009
Shane A. Johnson, Harley E. Ryan and Yisong S. Tian
Texas A&M University - Department of Finance, Georgia State University - Department of Finance and York University - Schulich School of Business

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M52, G34, K42, M41

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Financial Advisors and Shareholder Wealth Gains in Corporate Takeovers

Posted: 30 Jun 2004
Jayant R. Kale, Omesh Kini and Harley E. Ryan
Georgia State University, Georgia State University and Georgia State University - Department of Finance

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Takeovers, Financial Advisors, Reputation

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Out-of-Court Restructurings and the Resolution of Financial Distress: Section 3(A)(9) Compared to Investment-Bank-Managed Exchange Offers

Journal of Business, Vol. 79, No. 1
Posted: 05 Feb 2004
Robert M. Mooradian and Harley E. Ryan
Northeastern University, D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Finance Area and Georgia State University - Department of Finance

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Exchanger offer, financial distress, financial restructuring, investment bank

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The Interactions between R&D Investment Decisions and Compensation Policy

Financial Management, Vol. 31, No. 1, Spring 2002
Posted: 06 Mar 2002
Harley E. Ryan and Roy A. Wiggins
Georgia State University - Department of Finance and Bentley University - Department of Finance

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Characteristics of Common Stock Holdings of Insurance Companies

J. OF RISK AND INSURANCE, Vol. 63 No. 1, March 1996
Posted: 18 Apr 1998
S.G. Badrinath, Jayant R. Kale and Harley E. Ryan
San Diego State University, Georgia State University and Georgia State University - Department of Finance

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Other Papers (1)

Total Downloads: 127
1.

Where are the Women? Board Decisions and Female Director Location

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 31 Oct 2013
University of North Texas, College of Business Administration, Department of Finance, Insurance Real Estate and Law, Georgia State University - Robinson College of Business, Daniels College of Business, University of Denver and Georgia State University - Department of Finance
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Board of Directors, Gender Diversity, Geography