Specification error and measurement error are two major issues in finance research. The main purpose of this paper is (i) to review and extend existing errors-in-variables (EIV) estimation methods, including classical method, grouping method, instrumental variable method, mathematical...

The growth rate plays an important role in determining a firm's asset and equity values, nevertheless the basic assumptions of the growth rate estimation model are less well understood. In this paper, we demonstrate that the model makes strong assumptions regarding the financing mix of the firm....

The main aims of this paper are to review the finance literature on the managerial risk-taking incentives that uses fixed effect models; (2) to discuss the differences between industry and firm fixed effect models under different assumptions; and (3) to investigate the effect of managerial...

This study examines how fundamental accounting information can be used to supplement technical information to separate momentum winners from losers. We first introduce a ratio of liquidity buy volume to liquidity sell volume (BOS ratio) to proxy the level of information asymmetry for stocks and...

A large number of studies have examined issues of dividend policy, while they rarely consider the investment decision and dividend policy jointly from a non-steady state to a steady state. We extend Higgins’ (1977, 1981, and 2008) sustainable growth rate model and develops a dynamic model...

In this study, we examine the effects of lead independent directors (LIDs) on firms’ earnings management. Based on US firms from 2000–2016, those with LIDs managed earnings less as reflected by the absolute value of discretionary accruals. We further propose several economic channels that...

This paper examines the profits of revenue, earnings, and price momentum strategies in an attempt to understand investor reactions when facing multiple information of firm performance in various scenarios. We first offer evidence that there is no dominating momentum strategy among the revenue,...

In this study, we apply Panel Threshold Model (Hansen, 1999) to examine whether there is optimal asset scale for interest spread to affect banks' profits. The empirical results demonstrate the existence of three thresholds, which divide banks into four groups into four groups according to asset...