We examine the stock price and volume effects of changes in the composition of the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI), over the time period of 2005 to 2012. We find evidence to support the price pressure hypothesis for both additions to and deletions from the KLCI. This is...

We examine the world's largest carbon exchange, ICE's ECX, by applying Chordia et al.'s (2008) conception of short-horizon return predictability as an inverse indicator of market efficiency. We find a strong relationship between liquidity and market efficiency such that when spreads narrow,...

We develop a theoretical real options model that advises firms on the timing of voluntary delisting. We apply this model to 2,358 U.S. listed firms (1980-2016) and classify them as listed (delisted) firms that should be listed (delisted), good decision (GD), and listed (delisted) firms which...

We study the changes in the consumers' and producers' surplus associated with acquisition deals where there is a non-competition covenant that forbids the seller from re-entering the market over a given time period. We find that these acquisition deals can lead to significant negative (positive)...

We review more than two decades of literature on initial public offerings (IPOs) in China, discussing the research hypotheses that have been studied as well as the main findings. We summarize past and current developments in the literature and highlight the research problems which have not yet...

We study the combined effects of revenue and cost uncertainty as well competition on the timing optimization of investments in complementarity inputs for duopoly markets where either spillover-knowledge is allowed or where proprietary-knowledge holds. For some input-sequencing investment...

By mixing concepts from both game theoretic analysis and real options theory, an investment decision in a competitive market can be seen as a "game" between firms, as firms implicitly take into account other firms' reactions to their own investment actions. We review two decades of real option...

This paper uses a dataset that comprises information on 275 nonfinancial firms listed in the FTSE-All share index over the time period between 2005 and 2012, and reveals interesting features of the UK nonfinancial firms regarding the effect of hedging on firm value and performance. We show that...

We formulate a multi-factor real option duopoly game model to determine the optimal times to divest the incumbent technology or to switch to a new smaller-scale and lower operating cost technology, with an uncertain output price, and declining output. The formulation takes two alternative forms:...

We study the effect of derivatives use for both trading and hedging on firm value and financial and market performance using a hand-collected data sample from UK financial firms. We show that the use of derivatives for foreign exchange and interest rate risk hedging enhances value, and that...