Advances in financial economics : Vol. 6

On the existence of sub-standard security markets : the IPOs of Blinder-Robinson / James S. Ang, Stewart L. Brown -- The role of federal law enforcement actions in corporate governance / Mark Hirschey, Elaine Jones -- Empirical evidence on determinants of capital structure / Tomas Jandik, Anil K. Makhija -- Effects of harmful environmental events on reputations of firms / Kari Jones, Paul H. Rubin -- Corporate bankruptcy, private creditors, and the market for corporate control / Myron B. Slovin, Marie E. Sushka, Edward R. Waller -- The wealth effects of board composition and ownership structure in international acquisitions / Sridhar Sundaram, Indudeep Chhachhi, Stuart Rosenstein -- Executive compensation and executive contributions to corporate PACS / Kathleen A. Farrell, Philip L. Hersch, Jeffry M. Netter -- Is managerial equity ownership an alternative governance mechanism for Japanese firms? / Stephen P. Ferris, Kenneth A. Kim, Pattanaporn Kitsabunnarat -- The influence of managerial reputation on dividend smoothing / Kathleen P. Fuller