SEO valuation and insider manipulation of R&D

We examine a sample of 674 SEOs from 1999-2010 where reduced R&D spending is significantly associated with the lowering of insider ownership proportions. With this association established, we derive an R&D manipulation variable measuring underinvestment in R&D. We add to the...

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Main Authors: Robert M. Hull, Sungkyu Kwak, Rosemary L. Walker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: LLC "CPC "Business Perspectives" 2016-07-01
Series:Investment Management & Financial Innovations
Online Access:https://businessperspectives.org/images/pdf/applications/publishing/templates/article/assets/7305/imfi_en_2016_02cont2_Hull.pdf