Special issue on Capital formation

Guest EditorLaurie Rigman, Babson College

Deadline 30 June, 2006

The International Journal of Managerial Finance invites paper submissions for a special issue devoted to papers that address capital formation around the world and the efficacy of rules, regulatory systems and structures that either impede or promote capital raising activity. The goal of the issue is to understand why particular mechanisms work in some environments and not in others.

Topics

Topics suitable for this special issue include, but are not limited to, the following:

• The impact of different disclosure rules on the speed and/or cost of raising or retiring capital

• The impact of Sarbanes Oxley on capital formation activity, and the propensity of foreign firms to list securities or raise capital in the US

• The role of mechanism design in securities issuance: comparisons of book building, fixed priced and auction offerings

• The effects of local versus international security