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The Impact Of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002 On The U.S. Financial Markets
(Finance & Real Estate, 2008-09-17)
This dissertation examines the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) on the U. S. financial markets by investigating three topics: security analysts' performance, security analyst monitoring activity and firm value, and ...
The 2008 Short Sale Ban: Did We Sell Price Discovery Short
(Finance & Real Estate, 2010-07-19)
This dissertation investigates the impact of a short sale ban on the stock market and the options market and the interrelation between the two markets during the US financial crisis of 2008. The first essay focuses on the ...
The Change In Financial Analysts' Forecast Attributes For Value And Growth Stocks
(Finance & Real Estate, 2007-09-17)
This research will concentrate on the changes in earnings forecasts, forecast accuracy and forecast dispersion for growth and value stocks after Reg FD. Each topic is presented in a separate essay.
The first essay tests ...
Diversification Benefits Of Real Estate Assets And Equity Assets In A Regional And Global Perspective
(Finance & Real Estate, 2007-09-19)
The primary purpose of this dissertation is to utilize recently available and reliable high frequency transactions based data provided by FTSE EPRA/NAREIT and employ modern day time series techniques and recently developed ...
Price Discovery Of Credit Risk
(Finance & Real Estate, 2009-09-16)
This study investigates financial markets' price discovery for credit risk across the stock, bond, and credit derivatives markets. This study also examined what factors affect financial market's price discovery for credit ...
Mortgage Lending In The Dallas Ft. Worth Metroplex: Screening For Racial Bias Using HMDA Data
(Finance & Real Estate, 2007-08-23)
This study will look at loan data to screen for potential lending discrimination in the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex. The data used for screening purposes is the 2003 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Loan Application ...
Comparative Determinants Of International Equity Diversification
(Finance & Real Estate, 2008-08-08)
This study provides a comprehensive, simultaneous comparison of the country and sector determinants of international diversification. Specifically, it bridges the theory between the cointegration methodology and diversification ...
Stock Options: To Expense Or Not To Expense. A Comparison Of Economic Determinants, Firm Payoffs, And Pay-performance Sensitivity Of Executive Stock Option Compensation
(Finance & Real Estate, 2007-08-23)
Until June 2005, firms had a choice in accounting for stock option compensation. The majority of firms elected to disclose option compensation expense in the footnotes of their financial statements. However, after the ...
Essays On International Corporate Dividend Policy
(Finance & Real Estate, 2012-07-25)
This dissertation is comprised of two essays on dividend policy. In the first part of the first essay, I ascertain whether the outcome, the substitution, or the predation model explains the relationship between dividend ...
Comparing Market-based And Financial Statement-based Stock Valuation Models: Implications For Growth Expectations And Differences Across Time Periods
(Finance & Real Estate, 2012-07-25)
Abstract: The value of a share of common stock in a publicly-listed company should be equal to the present value of the future cash flows the company is forecast to produce, andultimately pay out to its stockholders. ...