The dissertation consists of three research works about special topics of financial intermediation. The main goal of the first study is to determine the effect of some corporate governance-related variables on bank initial public offerings (IPOs). The testable hypotheses involve three dependent...

The purpose of this study is to develop and empirically test theories on wealth effects surrounding divestiture of foreign and domestic subsidiaries by U.S. firms. Two primary research questions are addressed: (1) What are the wealth effects associated with divestiture of foreign and domestic...