...Ahmet C. Kurt Purpose Accelerated share repurchases (ASRs) represent an important recent innovation in repurchase methods. Although executives often mention signaling undervaluation as a motivation for ASRs, managing earnings per share (EPS) has been argued as a key alternative motivation...

... survival is stronger when investment bank prestige is low. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Audit Quality Initial Public Offerings Signaling Survival Analysis Review of Accounting and Finance The Association Between Audit Quality and Post-IPO Performance: A Survival Analysis...