Determinants of ADR's idiosyncratic risk are examined from the perspective of undiversified investors. Since ADRs enjoy a unique status, vis-agrave;-vis US companies, we study whether determinants of their risk, derived from a two-stage regression model, are different from the one for U.S. firms....

This study examines various determinants of idiosyncratic risk from the perspective of un-diversified REIT investors, managers holding options, other option holders, and arbitrageurs. Since real estate investment trusts (REITs) enjoy a unique organizational structure and tax status, the relevant...

This article explains how the Energy Policy Act of 1992 had impacted electric utilities in the United States. Three time periods were used reflecting data pre- and post-deregulation to better assess the effects that could have arisen from the Act. The cross-sectional data consists of 34 electric...