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Standard equity valuation approaches (i.e., DDM, RIM, and DCF model) are derived under the assumption of ideal conditions, such as infinite payoffs and clean surplus accounting. Because these conditions are hardly ever met, we extend the standard approaches, based on the fundamental principle of...
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Managers with higher risk incentives (greater options vega) issue less readable disclosures. Those in the top-quartile of vega file annual reports that are about 15.4% more voluminous than the filings of bottom-quartile-vega managers. The effect of vega on obfuscation remains after controlling...
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The present paper attempts to identify the ways that the United Arab Emirate listed companies manage their financial risk with the use of derivatives. By examining the companies' annual reports and financial reviews for the year 2015. The studied revealed that low use of the financial...
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The present paper attempts to identify the ways that the United Arab Emirate listed companies manage their financial risk with the use of derivatives. By examining the companies' annual reports and financial reviews for the year 2015. The studied revealed that low use of the financial...
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Why do firms manage risk? According to theory, firms hedge to mitigate credit rationing, to alleviate information asymmetry, and to reduce the risk of financial distress. Empirical support for these theories is mixed. Our paper addresses the “why” by directly questioning the managers that...
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association between BGD and firms' reputation risk and financial risk. Using S&P data from 1997 to 2013, we find that BGD is … reputation risks associated with aggressive tax strategies. However, we find that BGD is positively associated with firms …' preferences by reducing reputation risk exposure while enabling necessary financial risk exposure …
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A healthy financial system encourages the efficient allocation of capital and risk. The collapse of the house price bubble led to the financial crisis that started in 2007. There is a large empirical literature concerning the relation between asset price bubbles and financial crises. I evaluate...
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