Acquisitions of privately-held targets provide unique shareholder wealth implications which prior studies have not addressed. This study provides a comparative analysis of private versus public target takeovers, including differences in merger motivations, method of payment inferences,...

This study examines the intra-industry signalling effects of private equity issue announcements. The results show that the average industry reaction to a private equity announcement is negative. However, evidence of a contagion effect also exists. Specifically, the competitive response among...

New investment opportunities provided by emerging markets have intrigued investors striving to obtain a better risk - return combination for their international portfolios. With this expanded opportunity set, however, come some important questions: to take full advantage of international...

This research examines the earnings management practices of growth versus value firms. We predict that growth firms have more incentive to 'manage their earnings' and that they do so more aggressively as compared to value firms. The primary reason for this behaviour is that information...