In this paper, we investigate the value versus growth strategies from the perspective of stochastic dominance. Using half century US data on value and growth stocks, we find strong evidence that value stocks stochastically dominate growth stocks in all three-order of stochastic dominance...

We study, using the idea of stochastic dominance, the long-run post merger stock performance of UK acquiring firms. We compare performance by using the entire distribution of returns rather than only the mean as in traditional event studies. Our main results are as follows: First, we find that,...

We re-visit long-run performance after IPOs using a model-free stochastic dominance approach that allows us to compare the empirical distribution of portfolio payoffs while incorporating assumptions about investors' preferences. Our main results are as follows. First, we find that investors, who...

Studies of long-run stock price abnormal performance aftercorporate events are plagued by difficulties in statistical inference and the inevitable joint hypothesis problem in tests of market efficiency. In this paper, we study long-run performance using a 'model-free' stochastic dominance...

We re-visit the long-horizon underperformance following seasoned equity offerings (SEOs) from an asset allocation perspective. We focus on the economic value, to a mean-variance investor, of investing in a SEO portfolio relative to a set of benchmark portfolios. As a result, we are able to avoid...

We study the long-run abnormal performance of a sample of UK firms following convertible security issues over the period 1982-1996. We make the following contributions relative to prior research. We are the first to study long-run stock price performance of firms following convertible preference...

Target acquisitiveness stands out as one of the primary drivers of all the key aspects of the market for corporate takeovers: acquisition announcement returns, probability of deal success, propensity to acquire and be acquired. Acquisitive targets, though a small proportion of the sample, are...

Short sellers actively exploit trading opportunities from insider sales. We argue that, in response to concern about potential order flow information leakage, insiders strategically disguise their order flows to escape trading competition. Our model predicts that, when short sellers are...

Is it too much to pay target firm shareholders a 50% premium on top of market price? Or is it too much to pay a 100% premium when pursuing mergers and acquisitions? How much is too much? In this paper, we examine how the extent of merger premiums paid impacts both the long-run and announcement...