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Advances in quantitative analysis of finance and accounting [[electronic resource] ] . Volume 5 / / editor, Cheng-Few Lee |
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Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific Publishing, c2007 |
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1-281-91197-6 |
9786611911973 |
981-277-221-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (344 p.) |
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Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance & Accounting ; ; v.5 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Soggetti |
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Finance - Mathematical models |
Accounting - Mathematical models |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preface; Contents; List of Contributors; Chapter 1 The Least Cost Super-replicating Portfolio for Short Puts and Calls in The Boyle-Vorst Model with Transaction Costs Guan-Yu Chen, Ken Palmer and Yuan-Chung Sheu; 1. Introduction; 2. Preliminaries; 3. General Contingent Claims in the Two-Period Case; 4. Least Cost Super-replicating Portfolios for Short Puts and Calls in the Two-Period Case; 5. An Example with Path-Dependent Least Cost Super-replicating Portfolios; References |
Chapter 2 Testing of Non-stationarities in the Unit Circle, Long Memory Processes, and Day of the Week Effects in Financial Data Guglielmo Maria Caporale, Luis A. Gil-Alana and Mike Nazarski 1. Introduction; 2. Testing of Nonstationarities in the Unit Circle; 3. A Monte Carlo Simulation Study; 4. Two Empirical Applications; 4.1. The Eurodollar rate; 4.2. The Dow Jones index; 5. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 3 Equity Restructuring via Tracking Stocks: Is there any Value Added? Beni Lauterbach and Joseph Vu; 1. Introduction; 2. Why Issue Tracking Stocks? |
2.1. Information explanations 2.2. The diversification discount motive; 2.3. Investor clientele; 2.4. Agency perspectives; 2.5. Other |
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motivations; 3. Market Response to Tracking Stock Announcements; 4. The Long-Term Response of Parent Stocks; 5. Summary and Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 4 Stock Option Exercises and Discretionary Disclosure Wei Zhang and Steven F. Cahan; 1. Introduction; 2. Prior Literature; 2.1. Disclosure; 2.2. Disclosure and option grants; 2.3. Disclosures, option exercises, and privation information; 3. Hypothesis; 4. Method |
4.1. Measurements of main variables 4.2. Model specification; 5. Results; 5.1. Sample and descriptive statistics; 5.2. Regression results from partitioned samples; 5.3. Results from regressions with interactions; 6. Discussion and Conclusion; References; Chapter 5 Do Profit Warnings Convey Information About the Industry? Dave Jackson, Jeff Madura and Judith Swisher; 1. Introduction; 2. Related Literature and Hypotheses; 2.1. Related literature; 2.2. Factors that could influence industry effects; 3. Sample Selection; 4. Descriptive Statistics; 5. Industry Effects |
5.1. Industry effects partitioned by pre- and post-RFD5.2. Industry effects partitioned by SIC classification; 5.3. Industry effects partitioned by size of the surprise; 5.4. Industry effects partitioned by the revaluation of the warning firm; 5.5. Industry effects partitioned by size of the warning firm; 5.6. Industry effects partitioned by analyst coverage of the warning firm; 6. Multivariate Analysis; 6.1. Multivariate model; 6.2. Results of multivariate analysis; 6.3. Results of the multivariate analysis applied to pre- and post-RFD periods; 7. Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References |
Chapter 6 Are Whisper Forecasts more Informative than Consensus Analysts' Forecasts? Erik Devos and Yiuman Tse |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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News Professor Cheng-Few Lee ranks #1 based on his publications in the 26 core finance journals, and #163 based on publications in the 7 leading finance journals (Source: Most Prolific Authors in the Finance Literature: 1959-2008 by Jean L Heck and Philip L Cooley (Saint Joseph's University and Trinity University). Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance and Accounting is an annual publication designed to disseminate recent developments in the quantitative analysis of finance and accounting. The publication is a forum for statistical and quantitative analyses of issues in finance |
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