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Do equity mispricing and management compensation incentives drive bank mergers?

Doukas, John A.; Zhang, Wenjia - In: Review of Behavioral Finance 7 (2015) 1, pp. 2-41

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to test whether bank mergers are driven by equity overvaluation and management compensation incentives. Design/methodology/approach – To test whether equity mispricing drive bank mergers, the authors employ two alternative price-to-residual income...

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Strategic and financial similarities of bank mergers

Kuriakose, Sony; Paul, Justin - In: Review of International Business and Strategy 26 (2016) 1, pp. 50-68

Purpose – Consolidation through mergers and acquisitions indicates one of the major outcomes of the financial transformation process and contemporary trend in the Indian banking sector. Literature suggests that the pre-merger financials of banks are crucial in deciding the post-merger...

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Shareholder wealth effects of bank mergers and acquisitions in Latin America

Kolaric, Sascha; Schiereck, Dirk - In: Management Research: Journal of the Iberoamerican … 11 (2013) 2, pp. 157-177

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the short‐ and long‐term wealth effects of domestic and cross‐border acquisition announcements of banks in Latin American. Design/methodology/approach – This study uses the event study methodology to investigate the short‐term wealth...

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Comparative Advantage and Job Formation in California and Texas

Nickelsburg, Jerry - In: California Journal of Politics and Policy 3 (2011) 1

By most measures the economy of the state of Texas is doing better than that of California. Texas has an unemployment … rate 4% below California, it is considered to have a more conducive business climate than California and its attractiveness … lower taxes and better business climate. This then suggests that the policy discussion with regard to California job …

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Reflections on "Redistricting and Legislative Partisanship"

McGhee, Eric - In: California Journal of Politics and Policy 1 (2009) 1

Many argue that redistricting reform will reduce partisanship in the state legislature. They base this claim on two assumptions: (1) legislators respond strongly to the competitiveness of their districts, and (2) the 2001 redistricting made districts less competitive. The second assumption is...

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How Geopolitics Cleaved California's Republicans and United Its Democrats

Kousser, Thad - In: California Journal of Politics and Policy 1 (2009) 1

This article uses political maps to trace the ways in which the geopolitical transformation of California -- from a …

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Redistricting Reform Could Save California from Itself

Jarvis, Matthew G - In: California Journal of Politics and Policy 1 (2009) 1

As the stalemate and eventual "smoke and mirrors" 2008-2009 state budget demonstrates, the budget process in California … California's budget woes, redistricting provides one of the only feasible solutions. …

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Concern over Immigration and Support for Public Services

McGhee, Eric M; Neiman, Max - In: California Journal of Politics and Policy 2 (2010) 1

say that immigration is the most important problem facing the state of California are more likely to want a smaller …

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The Economic Impact of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) in California

Avalos, Antonio; Alley, Sean - In: California Journal of Politics and Policy 2 (2010) 1

foregone economic impact of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) in the 58 counties in California in 2006, the most recent year … for which data are available. Findings show EITC payments received by California residents contributed over $5 billion in …

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The Paradox of Prop. 13: The Informed Public's Misunderstanding of California's Third Rail

Nalder, Kimberly - In: California Journal of Politics and Policy 2 (2010) 3

from California Field Polls taken in 2005 and 2009, demonstrates that when it comes to comprehension of Californias Prop …

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