Empirical research in banking and corporate finance / edited by Stephen P. Ferris (Ball State University, USA), Kose John (New York University, USA), and Anil K. Makhija (The Ohio State University, USA).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 1. The value of corporate culture: Relationships among values, industry, and performance / Bradley Koch, Vijay Gondhalekar, and Joerg Picard -- Chapter 2. Management capability and innovation / Bill B. Francis, Iftekhar Hasan, and Gokhan Yilmaz -- Chapter 3. State tax rate changes and leveraged buyouts: U.s. Evidence / Dawei Jin, Zhongnan, Hao Shen, Haizhi Wang, and Desheng Yin -- Chapter 4. Does effort pay off? Evidence from internal audit in Israel / Omer Berkman and Shlomith D. Zuta -- Chapter 5. Stock liquidity and cost of private debt / Johan Maharjan, Suresh B. Mani, Zenu Sharma, and An Yan -- Chapter 6. The status of environmental, social, and governance voluntary disclosure in the gcc banking industry: Does it pay to be socially responsible? / Abdul Ahad and Ritab Al-Khouri -- Chapter 7. Securitization and bank efficiency / Zhizhen Chen, Frank Hong Liu, Jin Peng, Haofei Zhang, and Mingming Zhou.

Empirical Research in Banking and Corporate Finance is the 21st volume of Advances in Financial Economics and deals with International Corporate Governance. Explored in detail are the role of corporate cultures, social responsibility, stock liquidity, securitization, leveraged buyouts and the cost of private debt.