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...

Studies completed in aftermath of the Asian crisis documented declining profitability levels, accompanied by rapid fixed assets growth financed by debt, and excessive leverage levels. These findings pose the question on whether capital markets exerted discipline on corporates. This paper links...

We use an empirical methodology known as path analysis to study the interrelationships in the premarket, issue date, and aftermarket underwriting activities of investment banks, as well as the impact of such activities on short-run and long-run investor returns in initial public offerings...

We posit that a change in analyst interest in a firm is an early indicator of the firm's future fundamentals, capital market activities, and stock returns. We measure increases in analyst interest by observing analysts who do not cover a firm but participate in that firm's earnings conference...

Private information imposes a severe trading disadvantage on uninformed traders while at the same time providing firms with valuable signals for investment adjustment. The two forces have opposite impacts on the cost of capital, and the net effect depends on which force dominates. We show that...

We posit that a change in analyst interest in a firm is an early indicator of the firm's future fundamentals, capital market activities, and stock returns. We measure increases in analyst interest by observing analysts who do not cover a firm but participate in that firm's earnings conference...

This paper examines the effects of liquidity on stock and portfolio risk measures by analyzing Value at Risk (VaR). Using daily stock returns and firm market capitalization, empirical calculations confirmed that VaR has not yet succeeded to prove patterns of relation between risk and liquidity,...

This article offers a survey of theoretical research on disclosure and the cost of capital. We summarize the current state of the literature and discuss the channels through which information affects the cost of capital. After giving an overview of asset pricing theory, we examine the rationale...

In an environment where capital market participants collectively possess superior information about a decision faced by a firm manager, we use an experimental market to analyze the effectiveness with which the market communicates this information to the manager through stock price. We do so in a...

Assuming benevolent managers, the debt-overhang problem suggests that distressed firms generally refrain from issuing equity. In contrast, agency theory predicts that distressed firm managers have strong self-interests to finance even deteriorating projects through equity issuance. This paper...