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development since the euro introduction. We structured our paper on chapters that present its economic importance, the … growth since the introduction of the euro can be explained by developments in economic activity, the costs of issuance and … securities issued by non-monetary financial corporations. However, the use of corporate bonds at the euro area level is not …
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In this Paper, we document how in the wake of monetary unification the markets for euro area sovereign and private …-sector bonds have become increasingly integrated. Issuers and investors alike have come to regard the euro area bond market as a … EMU. The persistence of small and variable yield differentials for sovereign debt under EMU indicates that euro area bonds …
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evidence that the introduction of the Euro affects the wealth effects of cross-listings within the Eurozone.Finally, this study …, after considering the effect of the introduction of the Euro and the adoption of SOX. The results show that significance of …
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One of the fundamental principles of the bank activity is prudence. This principle manifest on one hand in substance of the reglementations regarding bank activity at national, european and international level and, on the other hand, in operational activity of each bank institution and, implicit...
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We examine the effects of bidding experience on two groups of investors – individuals and institutions – in terms of their decisions to bid again and their bidding returns. Bidding histories are tracked for all 31,376 individual investors and 1,232 institutional investors across all 84 IPO...
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Listing on a mainland Chinese stock exchange as an alternative to borrowing from a bank is once again in the limelight as foreign-invested companies in China face (1) borrowing limits and minimum capital requirements that depend on their total investment amount, (2) restrictions on borrowing...
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This article focuses on the investment practices and contract behavior of venture capitalists in relation to their portfolio companies. Using a unique self-collected data set, we provide new evidence on the venture capital industry in Europe and the United States. Important differences are...
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Rights offerings in Australia provide valuable choices to the issuer in terms of both underwriting and renounceability. We formulate a set of hypotheses from a quality-signalling perspective, affording an analysis of the key interrelations between quality, underwriting status, renounceability,...
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The bond market represents a large proportion of the GDP in developed countries but it seems to be underdeveloped in emerging markets. In the particular case of Brazil, it is widely known that firms do not have access to enough credit at a reasonable cost. Our goal is to provide a better...
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Employing a new method of industry tests we examine investment bank governance. Most of the findings reject the view that banks are governed suboptimally over a sample period from 1990 through 2003. CEO pay is large and significantly sensitive to stock price performance, and stock price...
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