The factors influencing the cash holdings of REITs are examined with the view that the REIT industry should yield new information regarding the drivers of corporate cash policy due to their unique operating conditions. The availability of REIT line of credit data also allows us to test the...

We show that abnormal returns to analysts' recommendations stem from both the ratings levels assigned as well as the changes in those ratings. Conditional on the ratings change, buy and strong buy recommendations have greater returns than do holds, sells, and strong sells. Conditional on the...

We explore how mutual fund investors collectively value sustainability when the tradeoff with performance becomes salient. Following the introduction of Morningstar’s sustainability ratings (the “globe” ratings), mutual funds increased their holdings of sustainable stocks in an attempt to...

This paper documents that the bond investments of insurance companies transmit shocks from insurance markets to the real economy. Liquidity windfalls from household insurance purchases increase insurers' demand for corporate bonds. Exploiting the fact that insurers persistently invest in a small...

This paper is to test whether holding period returns and risk premia of financial instruments in Taiwan money market are significantly positive. This paper also investigates the relationship between business cycle and both holding period returns and risk premia. We find that holding period...

Banks never lend at less than the interbank floating rate, LIBOR. We argue that this must be because it is insufficiently profitable for those which could lend at less than LIBOR to do so and discuss circumstances in which this would be the case. Using data from 1988-91, we show that LIBOR...

Monthly Income preferred stock (MIPS) was developed by Goldman Sachs in 1993. It is structured so that the preferred dividends are tax deductible even though the rating services consider the security to be preferred equity. We find that MIPS users have S amp; P ratings that are generally at or...

This study examines the price performance of initial public offerings (IPOs) in the Cyprus Stock Exchange during the period 1999-2002. It investigates the difference between the IPOs listing price and their equilibrium market price through studying a sample of 75 new listed companies....

This paper analyzes convertible arbitrage, one of the most successful hedge fund strategies. The aim of the strategy is to exploit underpricing of convertible bonds by taking a long position in a convertible and a short position in the underlying asset. We find that convertible bonds are...

Little is known about the risk and return characteristics of private equity investments. In this paper we examine 52,322 financing rounds in 23,208 unique firms, over the period 1980 through 2000 by venture and buyouts funds and estimate the probability of exit, the exit multiples and the...