• Dividends and taxes: The moderating role of agency conflicts 

      Berzins, Janis; Bøhren, Øyvind; Stacescu, Bogdan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      We find that potential conflicts between majority and minority shareholders strongly influence how dividends respond to taxes. When the controlling shareholder has a smaller stake, the incentives to extract private benefits ...
    • Wall street analysts as investor relations officers 

      Hope, Ole-Kristian; Huang, Zhongwei; Moldovan, Rucsandra (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      This paper examines the practice of hiring financial analysts as investor relations officers (IRO). We posit that analysts-turned-IROs (AIROs) have a competitive advantage in communicating with investors, thereby lowering ...