Financial Economics 60 (2001) 187}243 The theory and practice of corporate "nance: evidence from the "eldଝ John R. Graham , Campbell R. Harvey * Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA 02912, USA Received 2 August 1999; received in revised form 10 December 1999 Abstract We survey 392 CFOs about the cost of capital, capital budgeting, and capital structure. Large "rms rely heavily on present value techniques
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The Journal of Applied Business Research – January/February 2009 Volume 25, Number 1 The Evolution Of Islamic Finance In Southeast Asia: The Case Of Malaysia (1) Rika Nakagawa, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan ABSTRACT The purpose of this paper is threefold: to explain why the Islamic financial system was introduced in Malaysia; to outline how the Malaysian government has promoted this system; and to analyze the development of the Islamic financial system with a specific focus on the
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Economic Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1809766 Accessed: 10/09/2009 09:51 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use, available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use provides, in part, that unless you have obtained prior permission, you may not download an entire issue of a journal or multiple copies of articles, and you may use content in the JSTOR archive only
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three parts, namely, (i) empirical and theoretical analyses of patterns in the cross-section of average stock returns, (ii) studies on trading activity, and (iii) research in corporate finance. Behavioural finance is an exciting new field because it presents a number of normative implications for both individual investors and CEOs. The papers reviewed here allow us to learn more about these specific implications. Keywords: behavioural finance, market efficiency, cross-section of stock returns JEL classifications:
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WORKING P A P E R Demographic Trends, Policy Influences, and Economic Effects in China and India Through 2025 JULIE DAVANZO, HARUN DOGO, AND CLIFFORD A. GRAMMICH WR-849 April 2011 This product is part of the RAND National Security Research Division working paper series. RAND working papers are intended to share researchers’ latest findings and to solicit informal peer review. They have been approved for circulation by RAND National Security Research Division but have not been formally edited
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that Mr. Kalpesh R. Ukani from S.R. LUTHRA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, have carried out the research on the subject titled “TO STUDY THE DYNAMIC RELATIONSHIP AMONG FIIs, MUTUAL FUND EQUITY INVESTMENT AND OTHER SELECTED VARIABLES WITH NIFTY” at ICICI SECURITIES under the supervision of Mr. Mukesh Vishwakarma, from 8th June 2015 to 17th July, 2015. I also certify that, the above mentioned student has carried the research work satisfactorily. Place: - Surat Date: - _________ Mr. Mukesh
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has recently been an effort to attain a universal set of standards under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). While this has not yet been achieved, multiple countries have made an effort to converge their standards with IFRS. This paper attempts to illustrate the diversity that currently exists throughout the accounting world, briefly comparing several key differences of U.S. GAAP to the standards used in Hong Kong, China, Mexico, and the United Kingdom. Hong Kong With a few minor
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Jorge Farinha, Faculdade de Economia da Universidade do Porto, Rua Roberto Frias, 4200 Porto, Portugal. Tel. (351)-22-5571100, Fax (351)-22-5505050. E-mail: jfarinha@fep.up.pt. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: A SURVEY OF THE LITERATURE ABSTRACT This paper reviews the theoretical and empirical literature on the nature and consequences of the corporate governance problem, providing some guidance on the major points of consensus and dissent among researchers on this issue. Also analysed is the effectiveness
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