This thesis reexamines the validity of the informational signaling hypothesis with the security offering announcements of companies. Market, company and offering data are used to test this hypothesis directly by examining the immediate and permanent announcement effects on stock price. For the...

The study measures farm credit risk by using farm records collected by Farm Business Farm Management (FBFM) during the period 1995-2004. The study addresses the following questions: 1) whether farm’s financial position is fully described by the structure model, 2) what are the determinants of...