Don O'Sullivan

CEO early-life disaster experience and corporate social performance

Don O'Sullivan, Leon Zolotoy, Qingliang Fan

Journal article  |  2021  |  Strategic Management Journal

Research Summary: Despite an extensive upper echelons literature on how CEOs' prior experiences influence firm behavior, we know l..

Stakeholder Agency Relationships: CEO Stock Options and Corporate Tax Avoidance

Leon Zolotoy, Don O'Sullivan, Geoffrey P Martin, Robert M Wiseman

Journal article  |  2021  |  Journal of Management Studies

Infusing stakeholder agency theory with insights from behavioural agency theory, we describe a frame‐dependent relationship betwee..

Mood and Ethical Decision Making: Positive Affect and Corporate Philanthropy

L Zolotoy, D O’Sullivan, MG Seo, M Veeraraghavan

Journal article  |  2021  |  Journal of Business Ethics

This study examines the influence of mood (‘affect’) on corporate philanthropic giving. Drawing on group emotions theory and affec..

The Role of Ethical Standards in the Relationship Between Religious Social Norms and M&A Announcement Returns

L Zolotoy, Don O’Sullivan, Keke Song

Journal article  |  2021  |  Journal of Business Ethics

Prior studies suggest that firms headquartered in areas with strong religious social norms have higher ethical standards. In this ..

Media Coverage and IPO Pricing Around the World

Yangyang Chen, Abhinav Goyal, Madhu Veeraraghavan, Leon Zolotoy

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

We study how media coverage impacts pricing of IPOs around the world. Higher media coverage in the pre-IPO period leads to lower I..

The relationship between corporate social responsibility, financial misstatements and SEC enforcement actions

N Tran, D O'Sullivan

Journal article  |  2020  |  Accounting and Finance

This study explores the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR), financial misstatements and SEC enforcement ac..

Local religious norms, corporate social responsibility, and firm value

Leon Zolotoy, Don O'Sullivan, Yangyang Chen

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Banking & Finance

We explore the impact of religious norms on the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and firm value. Employi..

Character Cues and Contracting Costs: The Relationship Between Philanthropy and the Cost of Capital

L Zolotoy, D O’Sullivan, J Klein

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Business Ethics

Prior studies in business ethics highlight the role of philanthropy in shaping stakeholders’ perceptions of a firm’s underlying mo..

The Role of Affect in Shaping the Behavioral Consequences of CEO Option Incentives

Leon Zolotoy, Don O'Sullivan, Geoffrey P Martin, Madhu Veeraraghavan

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Management

We advance behavioral agency theory by exploring the influence of mood or “affect” on the behavioral consequences of stock option ..

The influence of CEO equity incentives on licensing

Vincent O'Connell, Jong-Ho Lee, Don O'Sullivan

Journal article  |  2018  |  European Management Journal

In a study of life science firms, we find that, in accordance with predictions drawn from agency theory and behavioral agency theo..