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Do SEC regulations constrain offer price revisions of IPOs?

Barcaskey, Matthew J - 2004

This paper examines how the price-setting process for Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) is influenced by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulations. The findings indicate a significant positive relation between underpricing and the presence of a regulatory constraint requiring an...

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Money supply and the real exchange rates

Borhani, Gholam Hossein

This paper reexamines data on major industrial countries to investigate the dynamic interaction between money supply shocks and the real exchange rate. Specifically, this paper shows the relationship of observed comovements between money supply, industrial production index, interest rates,...

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An investigation of the availability, distribution, and usability of the comprehensive annual financial reports of United States cities.

Hall, Douglas Roger - Florida Atlantic University

public, being beyond all but specially trained accountants and finance professionals. …The study methodology has three parts: a descriptive analysis of sample documents; a survey of finance directors …. The CAFR model needs to be simplified, organized better, and common language used. GASB, the Government Finance Officers …

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Analysis of the effects of local land use legislation and monetary policy on real estate development.

Kirkpatrick, Blake Wilson. - Florida Atlantic University

Countless studies have been conducted to determine how the real estate market reacts to the economy. The most accurate studies contemplate both macroeconomic and microeconomic variables simultaneously. In analyzing real estate markets, both monetary policy and regional factors must be examined...

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Capital budgeting in American county governments: Analysis of current practices.

Sekwat, Alex Sube. - Florida Atlantic University

-tested, and administered to a select group of county finance officers across the United States. Stratified random sampling …-tested, and administered to a select group of county finance officers across the United States. Stratified random sampling …

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Tax revenues and public investment: Unidirectional or bi-directional causality? Some empirical evidence.

Karkalakos, Sotiris G. - Florida Atlantic University

This thesis examines the direction of causality between tax revenues and public investment, using data from the Greek economy. This study applies the methodologies of OLS regression analysis and tests of cointegration to examine the relationship between tax revenues and public investment. In...

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A comprehensive examination of the determinants of corporate multinational spanning strategies.

Gleason, Kimberly Catherine. - Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

Literature regarding the gains from internationalization is mixed and ambiguous. This may be because the previous literature ignores issues such as technological push and pull factors that attract foreign investment, industry competitiveness and rivalry among industry participants, the policy of...

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Fiscal federalism and intergovernmental fiscal revenue sharing in Mexico: The municipal perspective

Alatorre, Samuel - 2002

This dissertation reviews the functioning of the intergovernmental fiscal revenue sharing system in Mexico. The gradual centralization of fiscal authority by the federal government since the 1980s has led to a revenue dependency of sub-national governments on the center that is extreme. State...

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Capital controls and long-term economic growth

Nembhard, Jessica G - 1992

This study is concerned with the effects of capital controls on long-term economic growth. At its conceptual core, the dissertation addresses weaknesses in neoclassical and Keynesian theory, viz. the problems of both market and state coordination, that preclude an adequate analysis of the use of...

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The illusion of local aid: Extractive and distributive effects of the Massachusetts State Lottery on cities and towns

Williams, Elizabeth A - 2000

demonstrates the fruitfulness of investigating the real, as opposed to purported, effects of state finance policies. By determining …

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