Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of oil price shocks on capital spending in relation to the following firm characteristics: firm size, debt ratio, growth prospects, earnings and key sectors of the oil and gas industry. Design/methodology/approach: To examine the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of exchange rate and global industry shocks on the relative performance of global industries. Design/methodology/approach – In addition to SUR approach, we also use GARCH approach to control for heteroskedasticity. Findings –...

The main purpose of this study is to investigate product price changes from the stockholders' perspective. Our evidence indicates that stockholders react positively to a price increase at the time of the Wall Street Journal announcement. In the event of a price cut, stockholders show little...

Terminations of overfunded pension plans may strengthen a financially‐weak firm. When manager's interests are aligned with shareholder's, either through high levels of stock ownership, or through labor and takeover market discipline at low levels of ownership, termination strengthens the firm...