We investigate, using 13 years of data from 1992 to 2004, whether the total values, determinants, and the forms of executive compensation for firms listed on the S&P 500, S&P Mid Cap, and S&P Small Cap index, are the same or different. We also explore whether the above compensation variables...

This paper examines the question of whether less-developed countries' (LDCs') experiences with foreign direct investment (FDI) systematically different from those of developed countries (DCs). We do this by examining three types of empirical FDI studies that typically do not distinguish between...

Deciding between the use of market orders and limit orders is an important question in practical optimal trading problems. A key ingredient in making this decision is understanding the uncertainty of the execution of a limit order, that is, the fill probability or the probability that an order...