In this paper, I investigate the determinants of price differences in the shares of cross-listed firms in domestic and foreign markets. Diverging from the literature in this field, I introduce a methodology that is independent of any specific form of utility function. My theoretical analysis...

We examine the financial health and performance of reverse mergers (RMs) that became active on U.S. stock markets between 2001 and 2010, particularly those from China (around 85% of all foreign RMs). As a group, RMs are small, early-stage companies that typically trade over-the-counter. Chinese...

This paper demonstrates how to convert a path-dependent optimal stopping time problem into a path-independent problem using a transformation analysis method. We test this method to deal with several problems, especially those in stochastic volatility environments. We introduce stochastic state...

This paper incorporates EGARCH modeling in a financial event study relating firm value to negative environmental news. News media provide informal information channels unlike formal government disclosure programs. This paper improves on previous studies by using a larger sample than most...

This study examines the extent to which business schools worldwide are integrating Corporate Governance Education (CGE) into their curricula and presents pedagogical suggestions for curriculum design of CGE. A study of 90 academic syllabi from courses taught at Business or Law Schools located...

Recently an efficient fixed point algorithm, called maximization by parts (MBP), for finding maximum likelihood estimates has been applied to models based on Gaussian copulas. It requires a decomposition of a likelihood function into two parts and their iterative maximization by solving score...