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Mergers during the first and second phase of globalization: Success, insider trading, and the role of regulation

Kling, Gerhard - 2004

The merger wave that took place during the first phase of globalization, which lasted from 1895 to 1914, changed the industrial structure in Europe and the U.S. remarkably. Therefore, it is of great importance to assess whether mergers were successful during this period. Noteworthy, studies that...

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Netzbasierte Dienste

Tamm, Gerrit - 2003

. Für die Strukturierung der Nachfrageseite für netzbasierte Dienste werden die Theorien der Auslagerung (Outsourcing) von … communication policy. For ASP demand, theories of outsourcing of information technologies, methods and instruments of cost …-and-utility-measuring and the theory of transaction phases of outsourcing are used. The basis for both supply-side and demand-side evaluations …

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Markteffekte medienwirksamer Lebensmittelskandale: Eine Ereignisstudie

Rommel, Jens; Neuenfeldt, Sebastian; Odening, Martin - 2009

Das Vertrauen der Konsumenten in gesunde Nahrungsmittel wird regelmäßig durchLebensmittelskandale erschüttert. Im Zusammenhang mit der Diskussion von Maßnahmen, die seitens der Produzenten und/oder des Staates ergriffen werden, umNahrungsmittelsicherheit zu gewährleisten, stellt sich die...

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Auswirkungen von Medikamentengenehmigungen auf die Bewertung von Biotech- und Pharmaunternehmen: Eine Ereignisstudie. Eine empirische Untersuchung

Sturm, Andreas - 2006

Die Arbeit untersucht den Einfluss der Genehmigung von Medikamenten durch die amerikanische Zulassungsbehörde FDA (Food and Drug Administration) auf den Aktienkurs der Antrag stellenden Aktiengesellschaft. Dabei werden Genehmigungen von wichtigen pharmazeutischen und biopharmazeutischen...

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The Impact of Property Condition Disclosure Laws on Housing Prices: Evidence from an Event Study using Propensity Scores

Nanda, Anupam; Ross, Stephen L. - 2008

We examine the impact of seller's Property Condition Disclosure Law on the residential real estate values. A disclosure law may address the information asymmetry in housing transactions shifting of risk from buyers and brokers to the sellers and raising housing prices as a result. We combine...

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A-REIT seasoned equity offerings : determinants and market reaction

Chikolwa, Bwembya - 2009

The paper examines the decision by Australian Real Estate Trusts (A-REITs) to issue seasoned equity offerings from 2000 - 2008 and stock market reaction to the offerings using panel data and event study methodologies, respectively. The global financial crisis has resulted in freezing of the...

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The impact of single stock futures on the South African equity market

De Beer, Johannes Scheepers - 2008

The introduction of single stock futures to a market presents the opportunity to assess an individualcompany's response to futures trading directly, in contrast to the market-wide impact obtainedfrom index futures studies. Thirty-eight South African companies were evaluated in terms of apossible...

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Essays on Corporate Reputation: Antecedents and Consequences

Soleimani, Abrahim - 2011

This dissertation studied the determinants and consequences of corporate reputation. It explored how firm-, industry-, and country-level factors influence the general public’s assessment of a firm’s reputation and how this reputation assessment impacted the firm’s strategic actions and...

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The effect of a corporate name change related to a change in corporate image upon a firm's stock price

Busch, Paul S. (contributor) - 2006

This dissertation utilizes the event study methodology from the modern theory of finance to examine corporate name changes (CNCs). Data sources include press releases and articles announcing CNCs compiled by Lexis Nexis, annual reports collected from the SEC File microfiche database compiled by...

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Essays on Impacts of Avian Influenza Outbreaks on Financial Markets

McCarl, Bruce A. (contributor); Bessler, David (contributor) - 2009

A recent outbreak of bird flu or avian influenza (AI), an especially highly pathogenicstrain (HPAI) of H5N1, started in Hong Kong in January 2003 and caused 159 humandeaths in Asia, Africa and Europe through early 2007. In addition, this outbreak resultedin millions of slaughtered birds and...

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