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Browsing SOB - Scholarly Publications by Author "Boumosleh, Anwar"

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  • Corporate Governance and the diversification discount 
    Boumosleh, Anwar; Cline, Brandon N.; Hyder, Fawzi Jaber; Yore, Adam S. (2017-07-17)
    We examine whether the Sarbanes-Oxley Act has a major role in reducing the diversification discount and enhancing internal capital markets efficiency. The act proposes new rules and regulations on financial practice and ...
  • Director Compensation and the Reliability of Accounting Information 
    Boumosleh, Anwar (2016-03-03)
    This paper studies the effect of incentive-based compensation on directors' monitoring of management. Using total accruals to measure the level of earnings management, I find that director stock option compensation is ...
  • Firm Investment Decisions, Dividend Policy, And Director Stock Options 
    Boumosleh, Anwar (2016-03-07)
    Since risk plays a role in setting dividend policy and granting stock options to directors, the paper investigates the effect of director compensation structure on the riskiness of the firm’s investment strategy by ...
  • Inside Directors, Managerial Competition, and the Asymmetric Information Problem 
    Boumosleh, Anwar; Reeb, David M. (2017-07-17)
    We posit that placing insiders on the board facilitates information flows to outside directors, mitigates the CEO's role as information gatekeeper, and allows managers to be more independent of the CEO. We find that inside ...
  • Internal capital markets and CEO power 
    Boumosleh, Anwar (2015-09-15)
    This paper examines the relationship between the organizational hierarchy at the highest management level and the allocation of internal financial resources within a firm. A measure of CEO influence is devised that reflects ...
  • Internal capital markets and equity restructuring 
    Boumosleh, Anwar; Dah, Abdallah; Dah, Mustafa (2016-03-07)
    Inefficient internal capital market is often blamed for conglomerate diversification discount. While the positive market reaction to spin-off announcements is in conformity with that claim, the abnormal market return on ...
  • Market reaction to capital expenditures of powerful CEOs 
    Boumosleh, Anwar; Raad, Elias (2016-03-07)
    Anwar Boumosleh holds a PhD in Finance from the University of Alabama. He has been teaching MBA Corporate Finance and Investments since joining LAU in 2005. He also taught at the University of Central Florida. His research ...
  • Outside Director Stock Options and Dividend Policy 
    Boumosleh, Anwar; Cline, Brandon N. (2016-05-19)
    Agency theory suggests that dividends can be used to mitigate agency problems between shareholders and managers. If director stock options are granted to align the interests of directors with shareholders, we anticipate ...
  • Should the Outsiders be Left Out? Director Stock Options, Expectations and Earnings Management 
    Boumosleh, Anwar; Cline, Brandon N.; Yore, Adam S. (2017-07-17)
    We examine the potential confounding effects that awarding outside directors stock options may have on the quality of financial disclosure. By aligning their interests with those of shareholders, directors should be more ...

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