The beginning of the new millennium was characterized by company scandals in accounting around the world. A transparent and fair presentation of financial statements is beneficial for capital market participants. Especially around initial public offerings different incentives of these players...

Philip Radner analyzes equity financing phenomena and researches IPO underpricing and SEO announcement effects using data sets for US REITs. Moreover, he discusses underpricing theories and their applicability in the REIT context and gives a theoretical background on IPOs and on underpricing in...

Frank Ecker examines the performance of U.S. initial public offerings (IPOs) from 1980 to 2002. He links positive and negative abnormal returns to the deviation of the realized information risk from the expected information risk. The author proposes effective measures for a long-term profitable...

Einleitung: Dressing the bride – Equity Storytelling auf einer Postkarte -- I. Think – Die Analyse -- 1. Wir – Der Gründer, das Unternehmen und sein Wertversprechen -- 2. Freunde – Die Kunden und das Geschäftsmodell als Storyanker -- 3. Feinde – Wettbewerber und das kommunikative...

Peter Thilo Hasler gibt einen umfassenden Überblick über die Finanzierung von Fußballunternehmen am Kapitalmarkt durch Aktien oder Anleihen. Er schildert ausführlich, warum das häufig gegen Fußballaktien vorgebrachte Argument, wonach sportliche Erfolge für den Aktienkurs von höherer...

Seit Mitte der 90er Jahre hat ein Börsengang als Instrument der Eigenkapitalbeschaffung im Mittelstand zunehmend an Bedeutung gewonnen. Die Berg- und Talfahrt der Kapitalmärkte in den Jahren von 1997 bis 2004 hat dabei zu einer neuen Qualität von Börsengängen und den damit verbundenen...

This book provides insight into current research topics in finance and banking in the aftermath of the financial crisis. Expert authors authoritatively analyse how banks finance their activities and resolve funding issues. Chapters specifically discuss financial instruments such as corporate...

Corporate failures and accounting scandals had shaken the foundations of investors’ confidence in the transparency, integrity and accountability of corporations and financial markets. There had also been public disquiet about the role of professional auditors and audit firms, who had been...

This book analyzes the impacts that family control of firms has on capital structure choices, leverage and the risk of financial distress, earnings management practices, and the relation between accounting choices and firm market value. For these purposes, longitudinal data on Italian family and...