We derive equilibrium asset prices when fund managers deviate from benchmark indices to exploit noise-trader induced distortions but fund investors constrain these deviations. Because constraints force managers to buy assets that they underweight when these assets appreciate, overvalued assets...

The importance of stock returns and Economic Value-Added (EVA) have attracted various research scholars over the past several years. The present study is an analytical attempt to critically evaluate the relationship between stock returns and EVA. The study considers a sample of 50 companies...

It has been well-established that both stock prices and accounting earnings are used to evaluate and compensate CEOs. Prior studies often interpret the higher sensitivity of compensation revisions to stock prices (relative to accounting earnings) as the superior role of price formation versus...