Political uncertainty causes concern about foreign investments
Foreign acquirers capture a larger share of the acquisition gains relative to local targets in acquisitions amid electoral uncertainty, according to Assistant Professor Kyeong Hun Lee.
Associate Professor Kyeong Hun Lee
- Kyeong.Lee@nhh.no
- Telephone
- +47 55 95 92 34
- Department
- Finance
- Office
- C711
- Expertise
- Corporate Finance International Finance Mergers and Acquisitions
Kyeong Hun (Kyle) Lee joined the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) as an Assistant Professor of Finance in 2017. Prior to joining NHH, he was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Finance at Tulane University in New Orleans, and an Assistant Professor of Finance at Higher School of Economics (ICEF), Moscow. His research fields are empirical corporate finance and international finance with emphasis on mergers and acquisitions. Kyle has published in the Journal of Financial Economics and Contemporary Accounting Research. He completed his PhD in finance at the University of Iowa in 2014.
Selected publications
| Author(s) | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Lee, Kyeong Hun; Mauer, David C.; Xu, Emma Q. | Selling durables: Financial flexibility for limited cost pass-through | Journal of Corporate Finance Volume 75 (21 pages); 2022 |
| Lee, Jiyeon; Shin, Juh Hyun; Lee, Kyeong Hun; Harrington, Charlene A.; Jung, Sun Ok | Staffing Levels and COVID-19 Infections and Deaths in Korean Nursing Homes | Policy, Politics & Nursing Practice; 2021 |
| Thorburn, Karin S.; Lee, Kyeong Hun; Kose, John; Xu, Emma | Labor Market Agglomeration and Employee-Retention Policies | Social Science Research Network (SSRN); 2021 |
| Lee, Kyeong Hun; Xu, Emma; Kose, John; Jiang, Cheng Jason | Local labor markets and innovation | Social Science Research Network (SSRN); 2020 |
Publications
Kyeong Hun Lee, David C. Mauer and Qianying(Emma) Xu, 2017. Human Capital Relatedness and Mergers and Acquisitions. Journal of Financial Economics, forthcoming
Jaewoo Kim, Kyeong Hun Lee and Erik Lie, 2017. Dividend Stickiness, Debt Covenants, and Earnings Management. Contemporary Accounting Research, forthcoming
Dissemination
Publication bonuses to Finance
Finance researchers Michael Kisser and Kyeong Hun Lee are granted publication bonuses. Both have been accepted in highly prestigious journals.