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Mergers during the first and second phase of globalization: Success, insider trading, and the role of regulation
Kling, Gerhard - 2004
superior economic development in the pre-World-War I period. After reviewing new statistical material, however, the picture has … restrictions are responsible for the appearance of two different forms of disclosure in the pre-World War I period in Germany. Some … whether mergers create shareholder value, thereby, focusing on the pre-World-War I period in Germany. Using daily returns to …
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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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Impact of Software Vulnerability Announcements on the Market Value of Software Vendors - An Empirical Investigation
Telang, Rahul; Wattal, Sunil - 2005
Researchers in the area of information security have mainly been concerned with tools, techniques and policies that firms can use to protect themselves against security breaches. However, information security is as much about security software as it is about secure software. Software is not...
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The Impact of Measurement Error on Estimates of the Price Reaction to USDA Crop Reports
Aulerich, Nicole M.; Irwin, Scott H.; Nelson, Carl H. - 2007
This paper investigates the impact of USDA crop production reports in corn andsoybean futures markets. The analysis is based on all corn and soybean production reportsreleased over 1970-2006. The empirical analysis compares the typical OLS eventstudy approach to the new Identification by...
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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
events harmed the poultry, tourism, and other related industriesin the infected countries and changed the world poultry trade …
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Essays on new product development alliances
Shankar, Venkatesh (contributor);  … - 2007
Interorganizational alliances are widely recognized as critical to product innovation. A notable trend is the rapid growth of new product development (NPD) alliances between large, well-established firms and small, growing firms. This dissertation is comprised of two studies on the formation and...
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Three essays concerning economic analysis associated with the supply chain
Capps, Oral (contributor); Salin, Victoria (contributor) - 2006
spillover effects in relation to the outbreak.However, there is evidence that volatility of returns increases after the event …
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Do spin-offs really create value? The European case
Veld, Chris; Veld-Merkoulova, Yulia - 2004
We study wealth effects for a sample of 156 spin-offs from 15 different European countries that were announced between January 1987 and September 2000. The cumulative average abnormal return over the three-day event window is 2.62%. This number increases to 2.66% for the subsequently completed...
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Linking corporate reputation and shareholder value using the publication of reputation rankings
Tischer, Sven; Hildebrandt, Lutz - 2011
Good corporate reputation is seen as one of the most valuable assets. It is believed to cause a multitude of favorable impacts within different stakeholder groups. As a consequence, a multitude of studies analyzed the relationship between corporate reputation and financial performance. However,...
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