1.
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS): Pros and Cons for Investors
Accounting and Business Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 65
Posted: 13 Sep 2006
Accepted Paper Series
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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29,460
2.
The Golden Dilemma
Financial Analysts Journal, vol. 69, no. 4 (July/August 2013) 10-42.
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 06 Jun 2012
Last Revised: 28 Aug 2015
Accepted Paper Series
TR and Duke University - Fuqua School of Business
There are 2 versions of this paper
The Golden Dilemma
Financial Analysts Journal, vol. 69, no. 4 (July/August 2013) 10-42.
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 06 Jun 2012
Last Revised: 28 Aug 2015
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23,067
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145
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23,067
3.
The Worldwide Equity Premium: A Smaller Puzzle
Chapter 11 of R Mehra (Ed), Handbook of the Equity Risk Premium. Elsevier, 2008, pages 467–514, AFA 2008 New Orleans Meetings Paper; EFA 2006 Zurich Meetings Paper,
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 17 Mar 2006
Last Revised: 20 Mar 2016
Accepted Paper Series
University of Cambridge - Judge Business School, London Business School - Institute of Finance and Accounting and London Business School - Institute of Finance and Accounting
Downloads
18,266
4.
The Fall of Enron
Harvard NOM Working Paper No. 03-38
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 17 Oct 2003
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard University - Harvard Business School and Harvard Business School
Downloads
13,254
5.
100 Questions (and Answers) About IFRS
Number of pages: 64
Posted: 25 Jan 2010
Last Revised: 31 Jul 2017
Working Paper Series
Victoria University of Wellington - School of Accounting and Commercial Law
Downloads
6,262
6.
Equity Premia Around the World
Number of pages: 19
Posted: 08 Oct 2011
Last Revised: 19 Mar 2016
Working Paper Series
University of Cambridge - Judge Business School, London Business School - Institute of Finance and Accounting and London Business School - Institute of Finance and Accounting
Downloads
6,029
7.
Irrational Optimism
Financial Analysts Journal, Vol. 60, No. 1, 2004, pages 16–25, LBS Accounting Subject Area Working Paper No. IFA397,
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 21 Dec 2003
Last Revised: 20 Mar 2016
Working Paper Series
University of Cambridge - Judge Business School, London Business School - Institute of Finance and Accounting and London Business School - Institute of Finance and Accounting
There are 2 versions of this paper
Irrational Optimism
Financial Analysts Journal, Vol. 60, No. 1, 2004, pages 16–25, LBS Accounting Subject Area Working Paper No. IFA397,
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 21 Dec 2003
Last Revised: 20 Mar 2016
Downloads
5,831
Irrational Optimism
Financial Analysts Journal, Vol. 60, No. 1, pp. 15-25, January/February 2004
Posted: 15 Feb 2004
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5,831
8.
Financial Markets and the Allocation of Capital
Yale ICF Working Paper No. 99-08
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 19 Aug 1999
Working Paper Series
NYU Stern School of Business
There are 3 versions of this paper
Financial Markets and the Allocation of Capital
Yale ICF Working Paper No. 99-08
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 19 Aug 1999
Downloads
5,413
Financial Markets and the Allocation of Capital
NYU Working Paper No. 2451/31356, NYU Working Paper No. FIN-11-023
Number of pages: 28
Posted: 14 Dec 2011
Downloads
279
Financial Markets and the Allocation of Capital
Journal of Financial Economics, Vol. 58, Issue 1-2,
October 2000
Posted: 08 Feb 2000
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5,413
9.
The Dark Side of Universal Banking: Financial Conglomerates and the Origins of the Subprime Financial Crisis
Connecticut Law Review, Vol. 41, No. 4, 2009, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 468, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 468
Number of pages: 89
Posted: 13 May 2009
Accepted Paper Series
George Washington University Law School
Downloads
5,347
10.
The Failure of Private Equity
Southern California Law Review, Vol. 82, p. 481, 2009
Number of pages: 66
Posted: 23 Jun 2008
Last Revised: 25 May 2009
Accepted Paper Series
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
Downloads
5,155
11.
The Role of Banks in the Subprime Financial Crisis
Review of Economic Conditions in Italy, 2009/1
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 16 Apr 2009
Last Revised: 12 May 2014
Working Paper Series
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Business Economics & Public Policy and Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Business Economics & Public Policy
Downloads
4,565
12.
'Implicit' and 'Explicit' CSR: A Conceptual Framework for a Comparative Understanding of Corporate Social Responsibility
Academy of Management Review
Vol. 33, No. 2
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 21 Jan 2010
Accepted Paper Series
York University - Schulich School of Business and Nottingham University Business School (NUBS)
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4,472
13.
Who Writes the Rules for Hostile Takeovers, and Why? The Peculiar Divergence of US and UK Takeover Regulation
Georgetown Law Journal, Vol. 95, p. 1727, 2007, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Law Working Paper No. 73/2006
Number of pages: 74
Posted: 08 Sep 2006
Last Revised: 10 Dec 2018
Accepted Paper Series
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law and University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads
4,026
14.
Global Evidence on the Equity Risk Premium
Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Vol 15, No 4, pages 27–34, LBS Accounting Subject Area Working Paper No. IFA 385,
Number of pages: 15
Posted: 11 Aug 2003
Last Revised: 20 Mar 2016
Working Paper Series
University of Cambridge - Judge Business School, London Business School - Institute of Finance and Accounting and London Business School - Institute of Finance and Accounting
There are 2 versions of this paper
Global Evidence on the Equity Risk Premium
Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Vol 15, No 4, pages 27–34, LBS Accounting Subject Area Working Paper No. IFA 385,
Number of pages: 15
Posted: 11 Aug 2003
Last Revised: 20 Mar 2016
Downloads
3,760
Global Evidence on the Equity Risk Premium
Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Vol. 15, No. 4, Summer 2003, pages 27–34,
Posted: 11 Oct 2003
Last Revised: 20 Mar 2016
Downloads
3,760
15.
Transparency and Disclosure: Overview of Methodology and Study Results - United States
Number of pages: 29
Posted: 18 Aug 2003
Working Paper Series
Standard & Poor's - Information Services and F&C Investments
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3,695
16.
The Effect of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on Non-US Companies Cross-Listed in the US
Journal of Corporate Finance, Vol. 13, pp. 195-228, 2007, U of Texas Law, Law and Econ Research Paper No. 55
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 20 Jan 2006
Last Revised: 04 Nov 2009
Accepted Paper Series
Downloads
3,684
17.
The Role of the Capital Market in the Economic Development
Number of pages: 9
Posted: 13 Dec 2006
Working Paper Series
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
Downloads
3,538
18.
Not What They Had in Mind: A History of Policies that Produced the Financial Crisis of 2008
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 18 Sep 2009
Working Paper Series
George Mason University
Downloads
3,276
19.
The Value of Corporate Votes and Control Benefits: A Cross-Country Analysis
Number of pages: 64
Posted: 21 Sep 2000
Working Paper Series
World Bank, South Asia
Downloads
3,025
20.
Financial Statement Analysis: A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach
Number of pages: 11
Posted: 08 Aug 2008
Last Revised: 28 Nov 2018
Accepted Paper Series
University of Washington, Milgard School of Business-Accounting, Rutgers Business School - Camden and University of Minnesota, Duluth - Labovitz School of Business and Economics (LSBE)
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2,784
21.
The Dodd-Frank Act: A Flawed and Inadequate Response to the Too-Big-To-Fail Problem
Oregon Law Review, Vol. 89, pp. 951-1057, 2011, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 516, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 516
Number of pages: 108
Posted: 04 Dec 2010
Last Revised: 22 Apr 2011
Accepted Paper Series
George Washington University Law School
Downloads
2,617
22.
Financial Crisis of 2007-2010
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 12 Jan 2011
Last Revised: 15 Aug 2011
Working Paper Series
State University of New York at Buffalo - Department of Economics
Downloads
2,487
23.
There is Something About Parmalat (on Directors and Gatekeepers)
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 19 Apr 2006
Working Paper Series
Independent and University of Bologna - Faculty of Law
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2,472
24.
The Foundations of Securities Law
Number of pages: 30
Posted: 06 Feb 2008
Last Revised: 13 Feb 2009
Working Paper Series
European University Institute (EUI)
Downloads
2,446
25.
An Ethical Theory of Corporate Governance History
CBC-RPS No. 0026
Number of pages: 75
Posted: 23 Mar 2007
Working Paper Series
Universite du Luxembourg - Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance
Downloads
2,425
26.
An Empirical Analysis of Analysts' Cash Flow Forecasts
USC Leventhal School of Accounting Working Paper
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 04 Apr 2001
Working Paper Series
University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting and Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST)
There are 2 versions of this paper
An Empirical Analysis of Analysts' Cash Flow Forecasts
USC Leventhal School of Accounting Working Paper
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 04 Apr 2001
Downloads
2,299
An Empirical Analysis of Analysts' Cash Flow Forecasts
Journal of Accounting and Economics, Vol. 35, No. 1, pp. 73-100, April 2003
Posted: 29 Jan 2003
Downloads
2,299
27.
Shareholder Protection and Stock Market Development: An Empirical Test of the Legal Origins Hypothesis
University of Cambridge, CBR Working Paper, ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 108/2008
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 20 Feb 2008
Last Revised: 17 Nov 2010
Working Paper Series
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge - Centre for Business Research (CBR), University of Cambridge, European University Institute (EUI) and United Nations
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2,245
28.
Bail-Ins Versus Bail-Outs: Using Contingent Capital to Mitigate Systemic Risk
Columbia Law and Economics Working Paper No. 380
Number of pages: 57
Posted: 10 Sep 2010
Last Revised: 23 Oct 2010
Working Paper Series
Columbia Law School
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2,082
29.
Impact of Internet Financial Reporting on Emerging Markets
Journal of International Business Research, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 21-41, 2009
Number of pages: 20
Posted: 27 Sep 2007
Last Revised: 09 Jun 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi-Department of Accounting
Downloads
2,069
30.
Financial Development and Economic Growth - a New Empirical Analysis
Dresden Discussion Papers in Economics No. 5/99
Number of pages: 17
Posted: 06 Feb 2001
Working Paper Series
ETH Zurich
Downloads
2,025
31.
Basel I, Basel II, and Emerging Markets: A Nontechnical Analysis
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 24 Sep 2009
Last Revised: 16 Mar 2010
Working Paper Series
Johns Hopkins University - Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
Downloads
2,011
32.
Cultural Finance
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 12 Oct 2008
Last Revised: 01 Jul 2009
Working Paper Series
RWTH Aachen University and RWTH Aachen University - Chair for Business Administration, particularly Business Finance
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1,932
33.
Night Trading: Lower Risk But Higher Returns?
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 22 Jul 2015
Working Paper Series
San Diego State University - Finance Department
Downloads
1,910
34.
The Effect of Cash Flow Forecasts on Accrual Quality and Benchmark Beating
Journal of Accounting & Economics, Vol. 51, pp. 219-239, April 2011
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 08 Aug 2006
Last Revised: 12 Apr 2011
Accepted Paper Series
University of Texas at Austin - Department of Accounting and University of Iowa - Department of Accounting
Downloads
1,893
35.
Over-Indebtedness, Predatory Lending, and the International Political Economy of Residential Home Mortgage Securitization: Comparing the United States' Subprime Home Mortgage Lending Crisis to Home Finance in the United Kingdom, Germany, and Japan
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 16 Jan 2008
Working Paper Series
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
Downloads
1,859
36.
Insider Trading and the Bid-Ask Spread: A Critical Evaluation of Adverse Selection in Market Making
Capital University Law Review, Vol. 33, pp. 83-180, 2004
Number of pages: 98
Posted: 12 Dec 2003
Working Paper Series
Decimus Capital Markets, LLC
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1,831
37.
Volkswagen and Porsche: One Family, Two Car Companies, & a Battle for Corporate Control
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 01 Feb 2012
Working Paper Series
University of Applied Sciences Emden-Leer and University of Puget Sound
Downloads
1,821
38.
The End of Comparative Law
Journal of Comparative Law, Vol. 2, pp. 133-150, 2007
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 07 Dec 2007
Last Revised: 03 Dec 2008
Accepted Paper Series
European University Institute (EUI)
Downloads
1,810
39.
The Financial and Market Effects of the SEC's Accounting and Auditing Enforcement Releases
Journal of Accounting Research Vol. 29, pp. 107-142, Supplement 1991, Abstracted in the Journal of Economic Literature, September 1992
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 31 Jul 2008
Last Revised: 28 Nov 2018
Accepted Paper Series
University of Washington, Milgard School of Business-Accounting, Ajou University - Department of Business Administration and State University of New York at Buffalo (deceased)
Downloads
1,807
40.
R-Squared Around the World: New Theory and New Tests
AFA 2005 Philadelphia Meetings
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 16 Apr 2004
Working Paper Series
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
There are 3 versions of this paper
R-Squared Around the World: New Theory and New Tests
AFA 2005 Philadelphia Meetings
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 16 Apr 2004
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1,798
R-Squared Around the World: New Theory and New Tests
NBER Working Paper No. w10453
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 11 May 2004
Last Revised: 26 Jul 2010
Downloads
90
R-Squared Around the World: New Theory and New Tests
Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Posted: 16 Dec 2005
Downloads
1,798
41.
The Role of Accounting in the 21st Century Firm
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 04 Jan 2015
Working Paper Series
University of Rochester - Simon Business School
Downloads
1,741
42.
Market Dynamics & Systemic Risk
23rd Australasian Finance and Banking Conference 2010 Paper
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 04 Jun 2010
Last Revised: 25 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Cambridge University
Downloads
1,736
43.
Accounting Conservatism, Earnings Persistence, and Pricing Multiples on Earnings
Accounting Horizons, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 21 Feb 2007
Last Revised: 22 May 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Villanova University, University of Texas at El Paso - Department of Accounting & Information Systems, Sungkyunkwan University and Lehigh University
Downloads
1,725
44.
Citigroup: A Case Study in Managerial and Regulatory Failures
Indiana Law Review, Vol. 47, pp. 69-137, 2014, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2013-139, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2013-139
Number of pages: 69
Posted: 21 Dec 2013
Last Revised: 19 Oct 2014
Accepted Paper Series
George Washington University Law School
Downloads
1,657
45.
Betting on 'Dumb Volatility' with 'Smart Beta'
Number of pages: 30
Posted: 06 Aug 2014
Last Revised: 14 Aug 2014
Working Paper Series
TR
Downloads
1,603
46.
Black Gold: The End of Bretton Woods and the Oil Price Shocks of the 1970s
Number of pages: 26
Posted: 31 Mar 2003
Case and Teaching Paper Series
Economics and University of Washington, Tacoma - Department of Business Administration
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1,598
47.
Shareholder Protection: A Leximetric Approach
University of Cambridge, CBR Working Paper No 324
Number of pages: 35
Posted: 21 Apr 2006
Last Revised: 30 Jan 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Ashurst LLP and European University Institute (EUI)
Downloads
1,598
48.
Eurozone Sovereign Debt Crisis
Number of pages: 85
Posted: 01 Dec 2011
Last Revised: 06 Dec 2011
Working Paper Series
New York University School of Professional Studies (NYUSPS)
Downloads
1,588
49.
Political Instability: Its Effects on Financial Development, Its Roots in the Severity of Economic Inequality
Journal of Comparative Economics 39 (2011) 279-309
Number of pages: 60
Posted: 06 Apr 2007
Last Revised: 11 Jul 2013
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard Law School and University of Michigan
Downloads
1,532
50.
Corporate Governance Reform in Germany: The Second Decade
European Business Law Review, Vol. 16, No. 5, pp. 1033-64, 2004, CBC-RPS 0010
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 18 Jan 2005
Accepted Paper Series
Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf - Faculty of Law - Center for Business & Corporate Law (CBC) and Universite du Luxembourg - Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance
Downloads
1,518
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