Shawn Thomas

University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business

Professor of Finance

246 Mervis Hall

Pittsburgh, PA 15260

United States

http://www.pitt.edu/~shthomas/index.htm

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

19

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Scholarly Papers (19)

Bank Loan Loss Provisions: A Reexamination of Capital Management, Earnings Management and Signaling Effects

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 06 May 1998
Anwer S. Ahmed, Carolyn Takeda and Shawn Thomas
Texas A&M University - Mays Business School, University of Florida - Department of Finance, Insurance and Real Estate and University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business
Downloads 2,657 (10,956)
Citation 20

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Bank Loan Loss Provisions: A Reexamination of Capital Management, Earnings Management and Signaling Effects

Journal of Accounting & Economics, Vol 28, No 1, August 1999
Posted: 09 Jun 1999
Anwer S. Ahmed, Carolyn Takeda and Shawn Thomas
Texas A&M University - Mays Business School, University of Florida - Department of Finance, Insurance and Real Estate and University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business

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Common Ownership and Competition in Product Markets

29th Annual Conference on Financial Economics & Accounting 2018, Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 104 Posted: 10 May 2017 Last Revised: 08 Feb 2020
University of Pittsburgh - Finance Group, University of Cyprus - Department of Accounting and Finance and University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business
Downloads 1,830 (20,316)
Citation 9

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Common Ownership, Governance, Competition, Horizontal Merger

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Related Party Transactions: Their Origins and Wealth Effects

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 17 Mar 2007
Michael D. Ryngaert and Shawn Thomas
University of Florida - Department of Finance, Insurance and Real Estate and University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business
Downloads 1,749 (21,792)
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Related Party Transaction, Ownership Structure, Tunneling, Corporate Governance

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Sources of Gains in Horizontal Mergers: Evidence from Customer, Supplier, and Rival Firms

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Vol. 74, 2004
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 30 May 2003 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2015
C. Edward Fee and Shawn Thomas
Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business and University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business
Downloads 1,651 (23,763)
Citation 82

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Mergers, Acquisitions, Collusion, Buying Power

Proprietary Costs and the Disclosure of Information About Customers

Journal of Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 27 Jan 2012
Jesse A. Ellis, C. Edward Fee and Shawn Thomas
North Carolina State University, Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business and University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business
Downloads 1,052 (45,481)
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Proprietary Costs, Disclosure, Customers, Competition

Proprietary Costs and the Disclosure of Information About Customers

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 15 Sep 2010
Jesse A. Ellis, C. Edward Fee and Shawn Thomas
North Carolina State University, Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business and University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business
Downloads 402 (156,875)
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Proprietary Costs, Disclosure, Customers, Competition

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Corporate Diversification, Asymmetric Information, and Firm Value: Evidence from Stock Market Trading Characteristics

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 09 Mar 2000
Shawn Thomas and C. Edward Fee
University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business and Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business
Downloads 1,329 (32,886)
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Financial Leverage and Bargaining Power With Suppliers: Evidence from Leveraged Buyouts

AFA 2007 Chicago Meetings Paper, Swedish Institute for Financial Research Conference on The Economics of the Private Equity Market, Journal of Corporate Finance, Vol. 15, 2009
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 06 Oct 2005 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2015
David T. Brown, C. Edward Fee and Shawn Thomas
University of Florida - Department of Finance, Insurance and Real Estate, Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business and University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business
Downloads 1,116 (42,498)
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Buying Power, Leveraged Buyout, Suppliers

Corporate Structure and Equity Offerings: Are There Benefits to Diversification?

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 25 Oct 1998
University of Pittsburgh, University of Florida - Department of Finance, Insurance and Real Estate and University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business
Downloads 977 (50,434)
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Corporate Structure and Equity Offerings: Are There Benefits to Diversification?

Journal of Business, Vol. 74, No. 4, October 2001
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 21 Sep 2001 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2015
University of Pittsburgh, University of Florida - Department of Finance, Insurance and Real Estate and University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business
Downloads 93 (609,389)
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Firm Diversification and Asymmetric Information: Evidence from Analysts' Forecasts and Earnings Announcements

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Vol. 64, 2002
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 08 Nov 1999 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2015
Shawn Thomas
University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business
Downloads 1,032 (47,419)
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Corporate Equity Ownership and the Governance of Product Market Relationships

AFA 2005 Philadelphia Meetings, Journal of Finance, Vol. 61, No. 3, 2006
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 27 Jul 2004 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2015
C. Edward Fee, Charles J. Hadlock and Shawn Thomas
Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business, University of Pittsburgh and University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business
Downloads 541 (111,256)
Citation 47

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Contracting, ownership, vertical Integration

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Accelerated Share Repurchases

AFA 2010 Atlanta Meetings Paper, Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 17 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 20 Sep 2010
Leonce Bargeron, Manoj Kulchania and Shawn Thomas
University of Kentucky - Gatton College of Business and Economics, Wayne State University - Finance Group and University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business
Downloads 485 (127,143)
Citation 21

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Payout Policy, Accelerated Share Repurchase, Liquidity

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The Timing and Source of Long-Run Returns Following Repurchases

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 23 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 23 Jul 2015
Leonce Bargeron, Alice A. Bonaime and Shawn Thomas
University of Kentucky - Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Arizona and University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business
Downloads 474 (130,641)
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Share repurchases, Long-run performance, Market efficiency

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Cash Reserves as a Hedge Against Supply-Chain Risk

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 06 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 07 Apr 2017
Manoj Kulchania and Shawn Thomas
Wayne State University - Finance Group and University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business
Downloads 473 (130,986)
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Inventory, Cash, Supply chain disruption

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Voluntary Disclosures Regarding Open Market Repurchase Programs

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 27 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 27 Jan 2024
University of Kentucky - Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Arizona, University of Connecticut - Department of Accounting, University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business and University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business
Downloads 435 (144,710)
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Voluntary disclosure; Payout policy; Share repurchases; Payout flexibility

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Not All Related Party Transactions (RPTs) are the Same: Ex-Ante vs. Ex-Post RPTs

Journal of Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 07 Dec 2011
Michael D. Ryngaert and Shawn Thomas
University of Florida - Department of Finance, Insurance and Real Estate and University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business
Downloads 427 (147,882)
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Returns Over the Life-Cycles of Open Market Repurchase Programs

AFA 2013 San Diego Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 17 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 09 Dec 2012
Leonce Bargeron, Alice A. Bonaime and Shawn Thomas
University of Kentucky - Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Arizona and University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business
Downloads 307 (212,999)
Citation 1

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Payout policy, Share repurchases, Long-run performance

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Exposures to Common Shocks Along Supply Chains and Relative Performance Evaluation in CEO Compensation Contracts

Number of pages: 109 Posted: 08 May 2020 Last Revised: 31 Mar 2025
YiLin Wu, Richard Lok-Si Ieong and Shawn Thomas
National Taiwan University - Department of Economics, City University of New York, Baruch College - Zicklin School of Business - Department of Economics and Finance and University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business
Downloads 306 (213,734)

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Network centrality, Upstreamness, Suppliers, Relative performance evaluation, CEO Compensation, Input–output linkages, Peer groups

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Playing Favorites? Industry Expert Directors in Diversified Firms

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 29 Jan 2015 Last Revised: 03 Feb 2017
Jesse A. Ellis, C. Edward Fee and Shawn Thomas
North Carolina State University, Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business and University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business
Downloads 252 (261,216)
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Director experience, corporate diversification, investment

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Changes in Concentration Across Vertically Related Industries

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 22 Apr 2011
Mary J. Becker and Shawn Thomas
University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business and University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business
Downloads 216 (303,593)
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