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Financial valuation of the German model: the negative relationship between ownership concentration and stock market returns, 1997-2001

Clark, Gordon L.; Wójcik, Dariusz - 2005

Believed to be a robust alternative to Anglo-American market capitalism, the virtues of the German model are increasingly disputed as doubts are raised about its long-term prospects. At the core of the German model is a system of corporate governance that is characterized by concentrated...

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A Bayesian approach to financial model calibration, uncertainty measures and optimal hedging

Gupta, Alok; Reisinger, Christoph - 2010

In this thesis we address problems associated with financial modelling from a Bayesian point of view. Specifically, we look at the problem of calibrating financial models, measuring the model uncertainty of a claim and choosing an optimal hedging strategy. Throughout the study, the local...

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Infrastructure shortfall in the United Kingdom: the private finance initiative and government policy

Clark, Gordon L.; Root, Amanda - 1999

, the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) is very important for the government's plans to make up the shortfall. Although … shortfall in the United Kingdom: the private finance initiative and government policy', Political Geography, 18(3), 341 …

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Why should they care? The role of institutional investors in the market for corporate global responsibility

Clark, Gordon L.; Hebb, Tessa - 2005

Institutional investors, primarily pension funds, drive global financial markets. The result is investors vulnerable to the risks companies face in global consumer and capital markets. Though some market risks are inevitable, others, such as reputation risk, can be mitigated through increased...

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The 'crisis' in defined benefit corporate pension liabilities. Part II: current solutions and future prospects

Clark, Gordon L.; Monk, Ashby H. B. - 2007

Once an integral component of company-sponsored compensation schemes in many Western economies, private defined benefit (DB) pensions are in decline. For many, DB schemes (and their related healthcare liabilities, depending on the jurisdiction) have hobbled the financial wellbeing of plan...

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Performing finance: the industry, the media, and its image

Clark, Gordon L.; Thrift, Nigel; Tickell, Adam - 2004

Much of the academic finance literature has been devoted to theoretical principles concerning portfolio design, the … fundamentals of firm structure, entry and exit from the industry, and spatial and industrial concentration. But finance is also a …-time data services. Finance has become a media event, with its breathless reporters and star anchorpersons more often …

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An economic geography of global finance: ownership concentration and stock-price volatility in German firms and regions

Clark, Gordon L.; Wójcik, Dariusz - 2003

For some, global finance is ubiquitous. The growth of advanced electronic communications combined with computer … firms, are used to suggest that the geography of finance remains a vital component of global investment strategies, an … geography of global finance: ownership concentration and stock-price volatility in German firms and regions', Annals of the …

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Essays on the financial governance of firms

Wilson, Linus; Roberts, Kevin W. S. - 2007

Four essays, or chapters, model the capital structure, governance, and investment decisions as part of a sequential game. Each chapter is separate in its context, assumptions, and conclusions. The titles of the chapters are below.Abstracts of each essay or chapter can be found at the beginning...

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Stock market contagion in the early stages of the global financial crisis: the experience of the GCC countries

Moosa, Imad - 2010

This study examines stock market contagion from the United States to the markets of the GCC countries during the period 2007-08. These countries (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates) were also experiencing accelerating debt levels, overheated real estate...

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Capital markets in Malaysia: Corporate finance, investment management, banking and corporate governance

Ariff, Mohamed; Shamsher, Mohamad; Taufiq, Hassan; … - 2008

-felt wish by teachers- even though they use textbooks with international focus- to teach Finance courses at tertiary … institutions with increasingly more and more local content in accounting, banking and finance subjects. The professionals, who make … markets as a ready source of peer-reviewed materials on Finance. …

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