Bücher der Reihe Research in Finance

Offers insights into economic systems as packages containing multiple real options where the rational exercise of these options then shapes the outcomes from the system. This title also includes chapters that explore the use of commodities like oil as a means of improving the diversification of portfolios containing equities.

This special issue focuses on a gamut of topics ranging from monetary policy to corporate governance in emerging economies. Of the eleven papers it includes, five were selected from the II International Conference on Economics and Finance (ICEF-II) in Bengaluru, India.

This volume, dedicated to John W. Kensinger, explores a variety of topics in financial economics, including firm growth, investment risks, and the profitability of the banking industry. With its global perspective, Essays in Financial Economics is a valuable addition to the bookshelf of any researcher in finance.

The volume first investigates the impact of macroeconomic variables on equity values in emerging economies as compared with developed economies. Next it affirms the efficiency of the Midcontinent Independent System Operator electricity exchange. Finally it investigates efforts to stimulate emerging nations around the world.

Research in Finance Vol 32 reflects the current and primary issues in financial markets and to applying financial modeling in emerging markets.

Contributions assess hedge fund success, offer better estimation of implied volatility, extension of real options to include information items as underlying assets, analysis of whether a firm's founders can take artificial dividends without consequence, the uneasiness of real estate, and accountability for attempted artificial earnings management.

The theme of Research in Finance vol. 29 is "Dealing with Crisis and Regulation", showcasing an international spread of chapters such as the European financial crisis and the study of audit qualifications for accounting firms in Spain. The international aspect of the volume then shifts to business strategies for competition and finally to regulat

The theme of this volume is "Dealing with Volatility and Enhancing Performance". During a time when there is much concern about the perceived volatility of global equity markets, the insights offered here could be reassuring as well as useful.

Deals with the theme of Recovering from Financial Crisis. This book offers insight into: the surge in going-private transactions; hedge fund failures; the controversial aspects of private equity arrangements; why commodity producers (such as oil companies) choose not to hedge; and, trends in IPO activity.

This is the 17th volume in a series examining research in finance.

Covers such topics as financial distress and capital structure choice; optimal capital structure and valuation of the firm in multiperiod context; regression tests of the present value model of stock prices; and, intra-industry information transfers and stock repurchases.

Contributions assess the benefits to local banks around the Bakken Formation, the effect of corporate governance on valuation in India, and the undermining of real estate investment because of regulatory uncertainties. We also have studies of dividend policy and systemic risk in emerging markets, plus improvements in quantitative methods.

Contains contributions on a range of important issues in research in finance and economics. This volume includes topics such as the IPO underwriting spreads, the moral hazard problems in bank regulation as well as in the cost of deposit insurance, the loan yield spreads, and the aggregate bank performance at the state-level.

Contains topics that include the design of a country's financial safety nets, the effective policies of acquiring failed banks in reducing moral hazard problems, the voluntary disclosure of real options by corporate managers, and the interrelationship between the housing and general economic activities.

Contains contributions on a range of issues in financial research. This volume includes topics such as - the performance of fixed income mutual funds in different economic states, the determinants of long-term excess performance of the ADRs on the NYSE, the fragmentation in day and night markets, the determinants of private debt source, and more.

Contains contributions on important topics in finance research. This volume includes topics such as the impact of reform in corporate governance, the stock price reactions to the joint venture announcements, the temperature, and the financial signals, the incentive effects in project finance with government financial guarantees, and more.

Examining various issues in international finance and financial institutions, this collection of eleven papers represent the research on important topics in finance. The contributions include analyses of issues relating to asset prices, the behaviour of stock returns, and capital-raising activities.

Presents evidence showing that ownership structure affects a firm's agency costs of cash flow, which, in turn, influences the market's reaction to changes in the firm's dividend policy. This volume examines the relationship between managerial entrenchment and the effectiveness of internal governance mechanisms and the firm performances.

Examines issues in financial services, asset pricing, and hedging. This volume contains articles that deal with methods for assessing the safety and soundness of banks, rationales for and economic consequences of bank mergers, and more. It also includes the dynamics between foreign exchange and stock markets in Southeast Asian economies.

This is the 16th volume in a series examing research in finance.

Covers such topics as liquidity and market microstructure, predictability and time-varying risk in world equity markets and the structure of price discounts on private equity placements.

Examines issues such as indirect financial distress and sales performance, stock market volatility and the business cycle, the behaviour of futures prices, and curved option pay-offs.