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CEO Overconfidence and the Probability of Corporate Failure: Evidence from the United Kingdom (2021)
Journal Article
Leng, J., Ozkan, A., Ozkan, N., & Trzeciakiewicz, A. (in press). CEO Overconfidence and the Probability of Corporate Failure: Evidence from the United Kingdom. The European journal of finance, https://doi.org/10.1080/1351847X.2021.1876131

This paper investigates the impact of CEO overconfidence on the probability of corporate bankruptcy. Using a large dataset of UK firms, we find that firms with overconfident CEOs face a greater risk of failure. The presence of overconfident CEOs lead... Read More about CEO Overconfidence and the Probability of Corporate Failure: Evidence from the United Kingdom.

Directors’ share dealings and corporate insolvencies: evidence from the UK (2015)
Journal Article
Ozkan, A., Poletti-Hughes, J., & Trzeciakiewicz, A. (2017). Directors’ share dealings and corporate insolvencies: evidence from the UK. The European journal of finance, 23(5), 427-455. https://doi.org/10.1080/1351847X.2015.1040168

This paper investigates the relation between insider trading and the likelihood of insolvency with a specific focus on the directors’ sale and purchase transactions preceding insolvency. We use a unique data set on directors’ dealings in 474 non-fina... Read More about Directors’ share dealings and corporate insolvencies: evidence from the UK.

Informative content of insider purchases: evidence from the financial crisis (2014)
Journal Article
Ozkan, A., & Trzeciakiewicz, A. (2014). Informative content of insider purchases: evidence from the financial crisis. Review of Behavioural Finance, 6(1), 26-45. https://doi.org/10.1108/RBF-01-2014-0008

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of insider trading on subsequent stock returns in the UK, with a specific focus on the impact of the global financial crisis of 2007-2008 on the relation between CEO and CFO stock purch... Read More about Informative content of insider purchases: evidence from the financial crisis.

Essays on information asymmetry, agency problem, and corporate actions (2014)
Thesis
Trzeciakiewicz, A. (2014). Essays on information asymmetry, agency problem, and corporate actions. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4216417

This study investigates the implications of the asymmetric information between managers and shareholders and the resulting costly agency problems. In doing so, it focuses on the heterogeneity of executive directors with respect to their trading behav... Read More about Essays on information asymmetry, agency problem, and corporate actions.