This research is an empirical study of effects of mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures (MAJV) on the acquiring and participating firms' long term ex-post performance and idiosyncratic risk. The results show that acquirers from the food and pharmaceutical industries enjoy positive abnormal...

This study examines the impacts of a sorghum-based ethanol plant established in a major cotton producing area on local sorghum basis and cotton acreage distribution using county-level panel data from 2002 to 2014. Spatial econometric models are employed to account for any spatial dependence. Our...

Commodity price volatility can create concern for central bank policy-makers. Recent commodity prices peaked in the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2007, and they have remained relatively volatile since. As they are often seen as being connected in a cause and effect relationship with...