CEO Compensation and Bank Mergers

Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure

Michael C. Jensen, William H. Meckling · Journal of Financial Economics · 1976 · 70.7K citations

Management, Business Economics, Corporate Governance +16

Corporate financing and investment decisions when firms have information that investors do not have

Stewart C. Myers, Nicholas S. Majluf · Journal of Financial Economics · 1984 · 19.1K citations

Management, Business Economics, Finance +17

Moral Hazard and Observability

Bengt Holmström · The Bell Journal of Economics · 1979 · 8.5K citations

Business, Business Economics, Contract Law +17

The Hubris Hypothesis of Corporate Takeovers

Richard Roll · The Journal of Business · 1986 · 3.9K citations

Business, Business Economics, Economics +9

Risk Reduction as a Managerial Motive for Conglomerate Mergers

Yakov Amihud, Baruch Lev · The Bell Journal of Economics · 1981 · 2.9K citations

Business, Finance, Risk Management +15