This paper provides an account of the contributors in financial education research during 1991-2002. We present the top institutions and individuals in financial education research that were published in quot;Financial Practice and Educationquot; and quot;Journal of Financial Educationquot;. In...

This pedagogical note introduces The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America. We find the Essays are insightful and useful in the classroom. We also share our lesson plan in using the material for discussion on corporate governance and other issues. A survey result also reveals...

We provide a research ranking of academic finance departments that incorporates both a quantitative and qualitative dimension in its methodology. Based on the strengths of the various approaches in the literature, our modified citation approach includes all research outlets (not just finance...

Asian initial public offerings (IPOs) require investors to pay a subscription cost upfront upon submission of an application, and these funds are locked up for one to three weeks without interest. Hence, the IPO process entails an explicit financing cost (opportunity cost) whether investors...

The main objectives of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are to improve the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosure. Under Section 404 of SOX, an auditor has to report an assessment of a firm's internal controls and attest to management's assessment of the firm's internal control. Material...

We examine membership on editorial boards of sixteen leading finance journals in 1985, 1990, 1995, and 2000. Membership on a board of a high-quality journal is highly selective. Editors and members of editorial boards of quality journals are trusted by their peers who submit their research for...

We investigate net buying pressure in the Hong Kong Hang Seng Index options market during the Asian financial crisis from July 1997 to August 1998. Our findings suggest that during this period, the dramatic changes in volatility overwhelmed the dynamics of supply and demand in the options...

This pedagogical note introduces 'The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America'. We find the Essays are insightful and useful in the classroom. We also share our lesson plan in using the material for discussion on corporate governance and other issues. A survey result also reveals...

In this paper we study the development of the most successful futures market in China, the Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE). The lack of an active cash market forced ZCE to first establish a cash market prior to the trading of the first successful futures contract; the mungbean futures....

In order to outperform his peers, a mutual fund manager may decide to invest in stocks that are considerably different from his competitors. By investing in a unique portfolio, the fund manager has a greater chance of either outperforming or underperforming his peers than those managers who...