... in the governance literature is used to examine the impact of governance mechanisms on firm value and performance, as measured by accounting and market data. Canada Corporate governance Accounting information Equity capital Boards of directors Corporate governance practices Book value of equity Accounting...

... have a preference for bearing a price rather than an execution risk. Fei Wu can be contacted at: fwu@jxufe.edu.cn © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 United States of America Equity capital Stocks and shares Order type Informed trading Price risk Execution risk In our...

... the “winner's curse” (Shleifer and Vishny, 2003). Acquisitions and mergers Equity capital Financial performance Shareholders Buyers Pursuit of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) is one of the financial and operational tools at the disposal of management to position their companies for future...

...; otherwise, the value of the debt will be equal to the value of the assets, as summarized below: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Financial reporting Assets valuation Debts Equity capital Organizational economics Since the seminal work by Black and Scholes (1973) and Merton...

... the Thomson Financial Spectrum 13F Institutional Holding database. Pamela S. Stuerke can be contacted at: stuerkep@umsl.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Corporate governance Costs Equity capital Managers Business performance Recent accounting scandals have directed...

... firms in Services, and 38 firms in Industry. The second market includes one listed firm in Banking, 18 firms in Insurance, 64 in Services, and 52 firms in Industry [4] . © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Middle East Equity capital Process efficiency Civelek (1991...

... at: j.henker@unsw.edu.au © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Equity capital Finance Australia Investors Herding among investors is a common behavioral explanation for the excess variability and short‐term trends observed in financial markets. Herding is difficult to measure, in part...