Kenneth Lehn

University of Pittsburgh - Finance Group

Professor of Business Administration

372 Mervis Hall

Pittsburgh, PA 15260

United States

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1.

Determinants of the Size and Structure of Corporate Boards: 1935-2000

Financial Management 38, 2009
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 19 Nov 2003 Last Revised: 27 Jan 2013
Sukesh Patro, Kenneth Lehn, Mengxin Zhao and Mengxin Zhao
Northern Illinois University, University of Pittsburgh - Finance Group and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)Independent
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Board Size, Board Composition, Endogeneity, Firm Size, Growth Opportunities and Tangibility of Assets.

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Governance Indices and Valuation Multiples: Which Causes Which?

Journal of Corporate Finance, Vol. 13, 2007
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 02 Oct 2005 Last Revised: 27 Jan 2013
Kenneth Lehn, Sukesh Patro, Mengxin Zhao and Mengxin Zhao
University of Pittsburgh - Finance Group, Northern Illinois University and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)Independent
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Governance, governance index, causality

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Sarbanes-Oxley and Corporate Risk-Taking

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 09 Mar 2008
Leonce Bargeron, Kenneth Lehn and Chad J. Zutter
University of Kentucky - Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Pittsburgh - Finance Group and University of Pittsburgh
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Sarbanes-Oxley, Legislative policy, Corporate risk taking, Investment policy

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CEO Turnover after Acquisitions: Are Bad Bidders Fired?

Journal of Finance, August 2006, AFA 2004 San Diego Meetings
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 12 Jun 2006 Last Revised: 15 Jun 2013
Kenneth Lehn, Mengxin Zhao and Mengxin Zhao
University of Pittsburgh - Finance Group and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)Independent
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CEO, Turnover, Acquisition, Governance, and Control

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Reforming Regulation of Corporate Governance

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Reforming Regulation of Corporate Governance

Networks Financial Institute Policy Brief No. 2006-PB-19
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 29 Nov 2006
Kenneth Lehn
University of Pittsburgh - Finance Group
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Corporate governance, sarbanes oxley regulation

Reforming Regulation of Corporate Governance

Networks Financial Institute Policy Brief No. 2006-PB-19
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 14 May 2007
Kenneth Lehn
University of Pittsburgh - Finance Group
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Corporate Governance and Corporate Agility

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 21 Nov 2019 Last Revised: 04 Dec 2019
Kenneth Lehn
University of Pittsburgh - Finance Group
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corporate governance, corporate agility, evolution, survival

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Employee-Management Trust and M&A Activity

Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 29 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 17 Aug 2015
Leonce Bargeron, Kenneth Lehn and Jared D. Smith
University of Kentucky - Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Pittsburgh - Finance Group and North Carolina State University - Poole College of Management
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Mergers, Acquisitions

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Disagreement and the Informativeness of Stock Returns: The Case of Acquisition Announcements

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 18 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 07 Jun 2012
Leonce Bargeron, Kenneth Lehn, Sara B. Moeller and Frederik P. Schlingemann
University of Kentucky - Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Pittsburgh - Finance Group, University of Pittsburgh - Finance Group and University of Pittsburgh - Finance Group
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Disagreement, informativeness, acquisitions, implied volatility, uncertainty, bidder returns

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Debt, Investment and Production in the U.S. Oil Industry: An Analysis of the 2014 Oil Price Shock

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 03 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 16 Aug 2016
Kenneth Lehn and Pengcheng Zhu
University of Pittsburgh - Finance Group and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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2014 oil price shock, debt, investment, production

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Taxes, Investment, and Capital Structure: A Study of U.S. Firms in the Early 1900s

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 15 Mar 2014
Leonce Bargeron, David J. Denis and Kenneth Lehn
University of Kentucky - Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Pittsburgh and University of Pittsburgh - Finance Group
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capital structure, taxes, investment

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Growth Opportunities and Corporate Debt Policy: The Case of the U.S. Defense Industry

Journal of Financial Economics, Vol. 64, No. 1, April 2002
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 10 Jun 2002 Last Revised: 25 Jul 2014
Vidhan K. Goyal, Vidhan K. Goyal, Kenneth Lehn and Stanko Racic
HKUSTHong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) - Department of Finance, University of Pittsburgh - Finance Group and University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business
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Growth opportunities, debt policy, maturity structure, defense industry

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Does Limited Liability Matter: An Analysis of California Firms, 1920-1940

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Does Limited Liability Matter: An Analysis of California Firms, 1920-1940

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 17 Jul 2012
Kenneth Lehn and Leonce Bargeron
University of Pittsburgh - Finance Group and University of Kentucky - Gatton College of Business and Economics
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Does Limited Liability Matter: An Analysis of California Firms, 1920-1940

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 14 Jul 2012
Leonce Bargeron and Kenneth Lehn
University of Kentucky - Gatton College of Business and Economics and University of Pittsburgh - Finance Group
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Eva, Accounting Profits, and CEO Turnover: An Empirical Examination, 1985–1994

Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Vol. 10, Issue 2, pp. 90-97, 1997
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 08 Feb 2019
Kenneth Lehn and Anil K. Makhija
University of Pittsburgh - Finance Group and Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance
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CEO Turnover after Acquisitions: Are Bad Bidders Fired?

Journal of Finance, Vol. 61, No. 4, 2006
Posted: 26 May 2013 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2017
Kenneth Lehn, Mengxin Zhao and Mengxin Zhao
University of Pittsburgh - Finance Group and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)Independent

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Corporate Governance Indexes and Valuation: Which Causes Which?

Journal of Corporate Finance, Vol. 13, No. 5, 2007, University of Alberta School of Business Research Paper No. 2013-232
Posted: 26 May 2013 Last Revised: 15 Jun 2013
Kenneth Lehn, Sukesh Patro, Mengxin Zhao and Mengxin Zhao
University of Pittsburgh - Finance Group, Northern Illinois University and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)Independent

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Governance, governance index, causality

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Workforce Integration and the Disspiation of Value in Mergers: The Case of Usair's Acquisition of Piedmont Aviation

Posted: 25 Sep 1999
Stacey R. Kole and Kenneth Lehn
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and University of Pittsburgh - Finance Group

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Do NASDAQ Market Makers Collude? Evidence from 19c-3 Stocks

Posted: 26 Aug 1999
Lynn Doran, Kenneth Lehn and Kuldeep Shastri
Georgetown University, Robert Emmett McDonough School of Business, Department of Finance (deceased), University of Pittsburgh - Finance Group and University of Pittsburgh - Finance Group

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Investor Behavior in Mass Privatization: The Case of the Czech Voucher Scheme

Posted: 13 Jul 1998
Archana Hingorani, Kenneth Lehn and Anil K. Makhija
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Pittsburgh - Finance Group and Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance

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Deregulation and the Adaptation of Governance Structures: The Case of the U.S. Airline Industry

Posted: 03 Sep 1997
Stacey R. Kole and Kenneth Lehn
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and University of Pittsburgh - Finance Group

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