A firm’s cost of capital should be determined by its exposures in respect of systematic risk, indicated by beta means how changes in systematic risk affect firm cost of capital and its determinants like cost of equity, cost of debt ,debt and equity financing mix. The most difficult component...

Using a unique data set from the Thai stock market about the so-called, ‘Turnover List (TOL)' of speculative stocks spanning the period 2004–2012, we investigate and provide new evidence on the relationship between IPOs' pricing effects and subsequent classification as speculative...

That American CEOs earn significantly more than their counterparts in other countries has been widely documented. The current study reveals that the “US premium” might be more accurately labelled the “NYSE premium”. Focusing on the constituent firms of the S&P/TSX Composite Index (the...

This paper investigates irregularities in financial statements by applying the Beneish and Roxas models to Polish firms listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange from 2015 to 2020. The total sample included 110 observations. The sample comprised companies that had received an adverse or disclaimer...