We investigate the role of analyst following as a monitoring device reducing earnings management. In a large international sample, we fi nd that the more transparent the country, the stronger the reduction in earnings management activity associated with analyst following. More transparent...

This paper presents an equilibrium model that provides a rational explanation for twofeatures of data that have been considered puzzling: The positive relation between USdividend yields and nominal interest rates, often called the Fed-model, and the time-varying correlation of US stock and bond...

This paper reveals that the class of affine term structure models introduced by Duffie and Kan (1996) is much larger than it has been usually considered in the literature. We study "fundamental" risk factors, which represent multivariate risk aversion of the consumer volatility matrix of the...

This paper extends the class of deterministic volatility Heath-Jarrow-Morton (1992) models to a Markov chain stochastic volatility framework allowing for jump discontinuities and a variety of deformations of the term structure of forward rate volatilities. Analytical solutions for the dynamics...

The paper investigates the effect of interest rate policy on price bubbles, trading behavior, and portfolio choice in experimental stock markets. In a series of experiments, participants trade an asset over 15 periods. Alternatively, the participants can invest money in interest-bearing bonds....

I analyze 136 large minority block purchases made by a group of controversial investors in Europe during 1990-2001. Contrary to the hypothesis that wants these investors expropriate the target companies, there is a positive market reaction to the first public announcement of these purchases. In...

Der Beitrag fokussiert auf das wertorienterte Management und die daran anknüpfenden Kompensationsprogramme für Manager. Unterstellt man dem Mangement ein den eigenen Nutzen maximierendes und möglicherweise opportunistisches Verhalten...

Das M&A-Geschehen ist derzeit durch neue Rekordvolumen geprägt. Ob Firmen übernommen, quasifusioniert oder echt verschmolzen, ob ganze Aktienpakete verkauft oder Asset Deals durchgeführt werden, stets spielt die Bewertung der Zielobjekte eine zentrale Rolle...

Wertmanagement und Shareholder value-Streben sind nicht nur betrieblicheFinanzzielausrichtungen. Sie haben auch eine gesamtwirtschaftlich optimaleRessourcenallokation herbeizuführen. Dies setzt eine effiziente Informationsverarbeitungan den Kapitalmärkten voraus. In der Realität stets zu...