[BOOK][B] Research methods and methodology in finance and accounting

B Ryan - 2002 - eprints.glos.ac.uk
Research is an ever-increasing vital feature of academic accounting and finance, but few
researchers are ever offered guidance on the research process. Research Method & …

Do institutional investors prefer near‐term earnings over long‐run value?

BJ Bushee - Contemporary accounting research, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
This paper examines whether institutional investors exhibit preferences for near‐term
earnings over long‐run value and whether such preferences have implications for firms' …

Influencing initial public offering investors with prestige: Signaling with board structures

ST Certo - Academy of management review, 2003 - journals.aom.org
I describe how board structures influence the decision-making processes that investors use
when purchasing shares of firms undertaking initial public offerings (IPOs). IPO firms are …

Rational contagion and the globalization of securities markets

GA Calvo, EG Mendoza - Journal of international economics, 2000 - Elsevier
This paper argues that globalization may promote contagion by weakening incentives for
gathering costly information and by strengthening incentives for imitating arbitrary market …

Survey evidence on diffusion of interest and information among investors

RJ Shiller, J Pound - Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1989 - Elsevier
Questionnaire surveys of institutional and individual investors were undertaken to learn
about patterns of communications. It was found that direct interpersonal communications are …

On the association between institutional ownership and aggressive corporate earnings management in Australia

PS Koh - The British accounting review, 2003 - Elsevier
This study examines the association between institutional ownership and Australian firms'
aggressive earnings management strategies. In contrast to similar studies, this study does …

The behavior of home buyers in boom and post-boom markets

KE Case, RJ Shiller - 1988 - nber.org
A questionnaire survey looked at home buyers in May 1988 in two" boom" cities currently
experiencing rapid price increases (Anaheim and San Francisco), a" post-boom" city whose …

Institutional investor type, earnings management and benchmark beaters

PS Koh - Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, 2007 - Elsevier
This paper classifies institutional investors into transient or long-term by their investment
horizons to examine the association between institutional investor type and firms' …

Views of financial economists on the equity premium and on professional controversies

I Welch - The Journal of Business, 2000 - JSTOR
The consensus of 226 academic financial economists forecasts an arithmetic equity
premium of 7% per year over 10‐and 30‐year horizons and of 6%–7% over 1‐and 5‐year …

The option to repurchase stock

DL Ikenberry, T Vermaelen - Financial Management, 1996 - JSTOR
Companies often announce their intention to reacquire shares via open market transactions.
However, these programs are not firm commitments. By design, they provide managers the …