CEO Initial Contract Duration and Corporate Acquisitions

The authors thank Neal Ashkanasy, Remi Ayoko, Craig Crossland, Douglas Cumming, Trevis Certo, Adam Wowak, Moqi Groen-Xu, Kai Li, Lily Nguyen, Abdullah Mamun, Tina Yang, Alfred Yawson, Shan Zhao, conference and seminar participants at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Tsinghua University, Arizona State University, University of Notre Dame, the University of Queensland, the Financial Research Network Corporate Finance Meeting, Sumantra Ghoshal Conference, Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research conference, the Asian Finance Association Conference, and the Sydney Banking and Finance Workshop for their helpful comments and suggestions.