Longer-tenure fund managers are often thought to provide better returns than shorter-tenure
fund managers. An examination using a risk-adjusted performance measure indicates that …

Efficiency and effectiveness for all entrepreneurial firms requires that limited resources be
put to their best use. Thus the acquisition of long-term assets is an important decision for any …

While there are several anecdotal evidence of positive outcomes from Super Bowl advertising,
there have not been any credible measurements of returns on investing in this expensive …

Using data provided from Value Lines Mutual Fund Survey, this research extends the current
knowledge on the performance of mutual funds by using the Modigliani andModigliani (…

The enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX hereafter) and the contemporaneous change
of exchange listing rules in 2002 creates a natural experiment for the examination of the …

A relatively recent innovation in raising equity capital is a security often referred to as a"
tracking stock." Many corporations and investors consider tracking stocks an important vehicle …

This paper examines how the number and the timing of capital infusions after the IPO affect
the firm’s diversification decision and the firm’s level of cash-holdings. We find that the …

Though some work has been done to identify variables affecting seasonal variation in
detached housing, almost nothing has been done to identify the factors affecting seasonal …

This paper examines empirical common stock data sets to investigate the opportunity costs
of mean-variance optimal portfolios as compared to an investor's direct expected utility …

A study uses simulation to examine the performance of the Markowitz'Expected Return-Variance
(EV) model of portfolio optimization when the data is drawn from specific distributions (…