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Overview

Henri Servaes is affiliated with London Business School in the United Kingdom. Their research spans areas within Business, Management and Accounting as well as Economics, Econometrics and Finance. The primary subfields of their work include Accounting, Finance, Strategy and Management, Gender Studies, and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management.

The scientist's research topics focus notably on Corporate Finance and Governance, Credit Risk and Financial Regulations, Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance, Banking Stability, Regulation, Efficiency, Gender Diversity and Inequality, Family Business Performance and Succession, and Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences.

Henri Servaes has published in several academic venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of applied corporate finance
  • Review of Accounting Studies
  • Journal of Accounting Research
  • Journal of Corporate Finance
  • Journal of Financial Intermediation

Their recent papers demonstrate a range of interests across finance and accounting topics, with publications such as:

  • "Trust, social capital, and the bond market benefits of ESG performance" (2022) in Review of Accounting Studies
  • "Sexism, Culture, and Firm Value: Evidence from the Harvey Weinstein Scandal and the #MeToo Movement" (2024) in Journal of Accounting Research
  • "The economics of prepackaged bankruptcy" (2023) in Journal of applied corporate finance
  • "The Benefits of Buying Distressed Assets" (2020) in Journal of applied corporate finance
  • "Credit ratings and acquisitions" (2021) in Journal of Corporate Finance

Key collaborators in their work include:

  • Karl V. Lins
  • Ane Tamayo
  • Lukas Roth
  • Dimitris Petmezas
  • Hami Amiraslani

Henri Servaes's research contributions analyze various aspects of firm value, credit risk, governance mechanisms, and market reactions to social and regulatory developments. Their work crosses traditional boundaries to incorporate elements that include gender diversity and social capital's role in financial markets.

Best Publications

  • Additional evidence on equity ownership and corporate value

    John J. McConnell;Henri Servaes

  • Social capital, trust, and firm performance: the value of corporate social responsibility during the financial crisis

    Karl V. Lins;Henri Servaes;Ane Tamayo

  • The Cost of Diversity: The Diversification Discount and Inefficient Investment

    Raghuram Rajan;Henri Servaes;Luigi Zingales

  • International Corporate Governance and Corporate Cash Holdings

    Amy Dittmar;Jan Mahrt-Smith;Henri Servaes

  • The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Firm Value: The Role of Customer Awareness

    Henri Servaes;Ane Tamayo

  • ADRs, Analysts, and Accuracy: Does Cross Listing in the United States Improve a Firm's Information Environment and Increase Market Value?

    Mark H. Lang;Karl V. Lins;Darius P. Miller

  • The Value of Diversification During the Conglomerate Merger Wave

    Henri Servaes

  • Equity ownership and the two faces of debt

    John J. McConnell;Henri Servaes

  • Tobin's Q and the Gains from Takeovers

    Henri Servaes

  • Analyst Following of Initial Public Offerings

    Raghuram Rajan;Henri Servaes

  • International Evidence on the Value of Corporate Diversification

    Karl Lins;Henri Servaes

  • What Drives Corporate Liquidity? An International Survey of Cash Holdings and Lines of Credit

    Karl V. Lins;Henri Servaes;Henri Servaes;Peter Tufano

  • The Role of Investment Banks in Acquisitions

    Henri Servaes;Marc Zenner

  • Explaining the size of the Mutual Fund Industry Around the World

    Ajay Khorana;Henri Servaes;Henri Servaes;Peter Tufano

  • Is Corporate Diversification Beneficial in Emerging Markets

    Karl V. Lins;Henri Servaes

  • Social Capital, Trust, and Firm Performance: The Value of Corporate Social Responsibility during the Financial Crisis

    Karl V. Lins;Henri Servaes;Henri Servaes;Ane Tamayo

  • Mutual Fund Fees Around the World

    Ajay Khorana;Henri Servaes;Peter Tufano

  • Have Rating Agencies Become More Conservative? Implications for Capital Structure and Debt Pricing

    Ramin P. Baghai;Henri Servaes;Ane Tamayo

  • The Determinants of Mutual Fund Starts

    Ajay Khorana;Henri Servaes

  • The Cost of Diversity: The Diversification Discount and Inefficient Investment

    Raghuram G. Rajan;Raghuram G. Rajan;Raghuram G. Rajan;Henri Servaes;Henri Servaes;Luigi Zingales;Luigi Zingales;Luigi Zingales

  • Changes in insider ownership and changes in the market value of the firm

    John J. McConnell;Henri Servaes;Karl V. Lins

  • The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Firm Value: The Role of Customer Awareness

    Henri Servaes;Henri Servaes;Ane Tamayo

  • Mutual Funds Fees Around the World

    Ajay Khorana;Henri Servaes;Henri Servaes;Peter Tufano

Frequent Co-Authors

Karl V. Lins
Karl V. Lins University of Utah
Raghuram G. Rajan
Raghuram G. Rajan University of Chicago
Peter Tufano
Peter Tufano Harvard University
John J. McConnell
John J. McConnell Purdue University West Lafayette
Luigi Zingales
Luigi Zingales University of Chicago
Julian R. Franks
Julian R. Franks London Business School
Viral V. Acharya
Viral V. Acharya New York University
Alex Edmans
Alex Edmans London Business School
Roberta Romano
Roberta Romano Yale University
Alan L. Schwartz
Alan L. Schwartz Washington University in St. Louis

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