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Endogenous examination of underwriter reputation and IPO returns

Jones, Travis L.; Swaleheen, Mushfiq us - In: Managerial Finance 36 (2010) April, pp. 284-293

PPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between underwriter reputation and initial public offerings (IPOs) initial returns over a 24-year period, from 1980 to 2003. Design/methodology/approach – Two-stage least-squares regression analysis on data from IPOs offered...

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Investment spending and corporate governance: Evidence from the ASE listed firms

Dedoussis, Elias; Papadaki, Afroditi - In: Managerial Finance 36 (2010) March, pp. 201-224

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present evidence on the effects that different ownership's structures of Greek listed firms exercise on the relation between investment and liquidity constraints. Design/methodology/approach – Corporate governance in Greece is primarily based on the...

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Faculty practices in undergraduate investments courses

Waggle, Doug; Moon, Gisung - In: Managerial Finance 35 (2009) April, pp. 461-471

investments. Design/methodology/approach – A sample of 101 syllabi of the first investments course taught in various AACSB … components and their weights, and course contents based on various investments topics. Findings – Classroom practices of … investments professors differ considerably. There is virtually nothing that is universally applied by investments faculty. There …

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Macroeconomic news and risk factor innovations

Gosnell, Thomas; Nejadmalayeri, Ali - In: Managerial Finance 36 (2010) July, pp. 566-582

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine if macroeconomic announcements affect the Fama-French market, size, book-to-market risk factors and momentum factor. Design/methodology/approach – Using unexpected announcements of major macroeconomic indicators, a study is made of how...

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Performance of debt free firms

Zaher, Tarek S. - In: Managerial Finance 36 (2010) June, pp. 491-501

conducted for a long period and for a short period. Findings – The results of the study indicate that investments in portfolios … of debt free firms tend to generate higher returns than investments in their peers of portfolios of leveraged firms over …

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The demographic profile of socially responsible investors

Junkus, Joan C.; Berry, Thomas C. - In: Managerial Finance 36 (2010) June, pp. 474-481

Purpose – Given the size and growing importance of socially responsible (SR)-related funds and investments, the purpose … of this paper is to see if those who invest in socially responsible investments (SRIs) conform to a particular profile …

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Ukrainian financial markets: an examination of calendar anomalies

Depenchuk, Iryna O.; Compton, William S.; Kunkel, Robert A. - In: Managerial Finance 36 (2010) June, pp. 502-510

Purpose – This study aims to examine the market returns of the Ukrainian stock and bond markets to determine whether they exhibit calendar anomalies including the January effect, weekend effect, and turn-of-the-month (TOM) effect. Ukraine provides an opportunity to examine the efficiency of an...

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Market timing and the determinants of performance of sector funds over the business cycle

Kaushik, Abhay; Pennathur, Anita - In: Managerial Finance 36 (2010) July, pp. 583-602

Purpose – Market-timing skills of fund managers are an important issue for both mutual fund investors and researchers. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the market-timing skills and determinants of performance of sector funds across business cycles to see whether sector fund managers...

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Selecting stocks and building portfolios: a sorting exercise

Donaldson, Jeff; Flagg, Donald; Orr, J. Hunter - In: Managerial Finance 37 (2011) July, pp. 636-646

PPurpose – The purpose of paper is to provide students with a sorting methodology to select securities and build portfolios. Design/methodology/approach – This paper uses various accounting variables for all firms in the S&P 500, sorted by sector. The fundamental metrics are converted into...

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Does investment improve when firms go private?

Straska, Miroslava; Waller, Gregory; Yu, Yao - In: Managerial Finance 38 (2012) January, pp. 124-142

Purpose – This paper aims to examine whether investment efficiency improves after publicly-traded firms are taken private. Design/methodology/approach – The analysis uses univariate comparisons and regression analysis of panel data. Findings – Before going private, firms' investment ratios...

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