This study addresses some aspects of the financial impact on women under the Social Security benefits reform or redistribution. This paper presents a preliminary result of the study. A multiple decrement model (LL Model) is developed based on a proxy population of U.S. women and its demographic...

We use a sample of 100 international joint ventures to explain why the results of previous studies on wealth effects have been inconclusive. We find that when US firms establish joint ventures in Asian countries, the market reaction is more favorable, but the market reaction is less favorable...

Studies of the wealth effects of international joint ventures report mixed results. However, little work has been done to explain this enigma. We explain this riddle by identifying the factors which influence the wealth effects. Using a sample of 100 ventures that were announced between 1979 and...