...Thomas H. Thompson; Kabir Chandra Sen Purpose The authors contrast Beckett and Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA) baseball card valuations. Also, the authors contrast the Bill James statistics for winshares (WIN) and reference.com statistics for wins above replacement (WAR). Design...

... analysis structure being tied to a general valuation model (GVM) approach, where an asset’s (e.g. stock’s) price is based on the summed present values of all future cash flows, the latter three areas noted in the above paragraph received the greatest attention. First, note the location of Area 3 (market...

... of the likelihood of dividend payment. The valuation of firms that conform to the model is compared to the valuation of firms that do not fit the model. Valuation is measured by the market to book (M/B) ratio. Findings The analysis indicates that dividend policy is related to firm value...

... is statistically positive, this implies that having more insiders on the compensation committee actually promotes good firm performance. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Finance Compensation Corporate governance Control Compensation committees Valuations Many corporations have made...

...Robert M. Hull; Jacob Oded; Allen Michel; Steven P. Feinstein Purpose The traditional discounted cash flows (DCF) valuation procedure used by financial analysts assumes that firms maintain a policy of fixed debt. However, empirical evidence suggests that many firms rebalance their debt. This paper...