This paper examines the relationship between the price bid for a takeover target, the probability of the bid succeeding and the target's price over the course of the bid. We test and reject Samuelson and Rosenthal's (1986) ...
Cotter, John(Financial Services Research Forum, 1997)
his paper applies an event study methodology to 22 Irish equities between 1990-1995. A recursive-sample methodology is used to account for informational flows. The research design allows risk to vary in event time testing ...
Cotter, John(Financial Services Research Forum, 1997)
While considerable attention has been paid to market reaction announcements of public equity issues, only a small amount of research has been devoted to their private placement counterparts. This is surprising given that ...
This research analyses corporate governance practices as disclosed in the annual reports of Irish companies. In particular the paper investigates:
Independence of boards;
Separation of the role of chairman and chief ...
Hutson, Elaine(University of Canterbury School of Law, 1998)
As the process of financial and economic reform gains pace throughout
the Asia-Pacific region, one important aspect that deserves the attention of
business and legal analysts is the regulation of corporate control. ...
Literature on gender based salary differentials has proliferated in recent years but there have been few studies on salary differentials in the accounting profession. This paper examines factors influencing remuneration ...
Literature on gender based salary differentials has proliferated in recent years but there have been few studies on salary differentials in the accounting profession. This paper examines factors influencing remuneration ...
This paper begins with a commentary on the unfolding of the
Asian crisis, and includes summary information on the effect of the crisis on
the rate of economic growth and unemployment in the region. A review of
current ...
This paper maps the network of interlocking directorships formed by the boards of the top 50 financial and 200 non-financial companies in Ireland. The Irish network is compared with those in ten countries, based on the ...
This paper explores the extent to which there are significant differences in disclosure requirements under US, UK, international accounting standards. Previous research into international disclosure diversity has focused ...
A view has developed among some retailing researchers that financial markets have, from time to time, unduly favoured the retail sector in the UK. It is argued that this has been exploited, to some extent, by retailing ...