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ABSTRACT:This instructional case discusses the process and maneuvers of a going private scheme in which the controlling shareholders of Pacific Century CyberWorks (PCCW) proposed to buy out all the shares of the minority shareholders and to then delist the company. The case highlights the importance of applying accounting knowledge in evaluating the value of a company. It also exposes students to the real-world ethical issues relating to vote manipulation and minority shareholder protection in the voting process of a going private deal.

This paper seeks evidence of implicit regulation of executive pay. The implicit regulation hypothesis suggests highly visible companies will constrain their behavior to avoid potential reprisals from constituents, politicians and potential regulators. We extend this literature using a measure of corporate visibility based on the number of news stories about each firm in a balanced panel of 242 public companies.