Thomas John Walker

Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Finance

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Montreal, Quebec H3G 1M8

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1.

Do Privately Owned Enterprises in China Need Political Connections to Issue Corporate Bonds?

Number of pages: 73 Posted: 04 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 22 Feb 2018
Denis Schweizer, Thomas John Walker and Aoran Zhang
Concordia University, Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Finance and University of Nottingham
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Bank Loans, China, Corporate Bonds, Emerging Markets, Political Connections

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The Effect of Capital Ratios on the Risk, Efficiency and Profitability of Banks: Evidence from OECD Countries

Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 10 Jan 2018
Mohammad Bitar, Kuntara Pukthuanthong and Thomas John Walker
Nottingham University Business School, University of Missouri, Columbia and Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Finance
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Bank capital, Basel capital, risk, efficiency, profitability, principal component analysis, quantile regressions

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Does Disclosure Regulation Work? Evidence from International IPO Markets

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 14 Jan 2012
Charles Shi, Kuntara Pukthuanthong and Thomas John Walker
NUS Business School, National University of Singapore, University of Missouri, Columbia and Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Finance
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Disclosure Regulation, Mandatory Disclosure, Information Asymmetry, International IPO Underpricing

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Basel III and Bank Efficiency: Does One Solution Fit All? Evidence from Islamic and Conventional Banks

Number of pages: 70 Posted: 05 May 2015
Mohammad Bitar, Thomas John Walker and Kuntara Pukthuanthong
Nottingham University Business School, Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Finance and University of Missouri, Columbia
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Efficiency, Basel III, Capital, Liquidity, Conditional Quantile Regression

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An International Look at the Lawsuit Avoidance Hypothesis of IPO Underpricing

Journal of Corporate Finance, Vol. 19, No. 13, 2013
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 23 Dec 2012
Hui Ling Lin, Kuntara Pukthuanthong and Thomas John Walker
Concordia University California, University of Missouri, Columbia and Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Finance
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Initial public offerings, securities regulation, securities litigation

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Do Political Connections Help Privately Owned Chinese Enterprises Go Global?

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 02 Mar 2017
Denis Schweizer, Thomas John Walker and Aoran Zhang
Concordia University, Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Finance and University of Nottingham
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China, Emerging Markets, Multinational Enterprise, Political Connections

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Cross-Border Acquisitions by Chinese Enterprises: The Benefits and Disadvantages of Political Connections

Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 09 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 04 Jan 2018
Denis Schweizer, Thomas John Walker and Aoran Zhang
Concordia University, Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Finance and University of Nottingham
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China, Cross-Border M&As, Emerging Markets, Multinational Enterprises, Political Connections

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The Role of Aviation Laws and Legal Liability in Aviation Disasters: A Financial Market Perspective

International Review of Law and Economics, March 2014 Volume 37, Pages 51–65
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 04 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 13 Jun 2014
Thomas John Walker, Marcus Glenn Walker, Dolruedee Thiengtham and Kuntara Pukthuanthong
Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Finance, Fin-Consult, Concordia University, Quebec - John Molson School of Business and University of Missouri, Columbia
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Aviation Law, Information and Market Efficiency, Event Studies

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The Impact of Cash, Debt, and Insiders on Open Market Share Repurchases

Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 23 Dec 2012
Liang Feng, Kuntara Pukthuanthong, Dolruedee Thiengtham, Harry J. Turtle and Thomas John Walker
Concordia University, Quebec, University of Missouri, Columbia, Concordia University, Quebec - John Molson School of Business, Colorado State University, Fort Collins - Department of Finance & Real Estate and Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Finance
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share repurchases, insider trading, event studies

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Credit Default Swaps and the Cost of Capital

Proceedings of Paris December 2020 Finance Meeting EUROFIDAI - ESSEC
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 24 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 13 Oct 2020
Harjeet Bhabra, Pascal Francois, Thomas John Walker and Chunrong Wang
Saint Mary's University, HEC Montreal - Department of Finance, Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Finance and Concordia University
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Credit Default Swaps, Weighted Average Cost of Capital, Empty Creditors, Capital Structure, Public debt, Bank debt

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On the Bond Market's Evaluation of Insider Stock Trading Activities - Evidence from Germany

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 16 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 16 Aug 2010
Andreas Oehler, Thomas John Walker and Stefan Wendt
Bamberg University, Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Finance and School of Business, Reykjavik University
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Bond Pricing, Credit Risk, Insider Trading

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Does Family Ownership Create or Destroy Value: Evidence from Canada

International Journal of Managerial Finance, Vol. 9, No. 1, 2013
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 23 Dec 2012 Last Revised: 22 Mar 2015
Heng Du, Kuntara Pukthuanthong, Dolruedee Thiengtham and Thomas John Walker
Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Finance, University of Missouri, Columbia, Concordia University, Quebec - John Molson School of Business and Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Finance
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family ownership, agency conflicts, firm performance

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Litigation Risk and Institutional Monitoring

Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 21 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 27 Nov 2016
Kuntara Pukthuanthong, Harry J. Turtle, Thomas John Walker and Jun Wang
University of Missouri, Columbia, Colorado State University, Fort Collins - Department of Finance & Real Estate, Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Finance and University of Western Ontario - DAN Department of Management and Organizational Studies
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Shareholder Litigation, Corporate Governance, Institutional Investors

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On the Role of the Chief Risk Officer and the Risk Committee in Insuring Financial Institutions Against Litigation

Forthcoming, Managerial Finance
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 16 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 24 Jul 2016
Arash Amoozegar, Kuntara Pukthuanthong and Thomas John Walker
Government of Canada - Export Development Canada, University of Missouri, Columbia and Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Finance
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Litigation, chief risk officer, corporate governance

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Underwriters and the Broken Chinese Wall: Institutional Holdings and Post-IPO Securities Litigation

Journal of Financial Research, Winter 2013 Volume 36, Issue 4, pages 543–578
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 08 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 13 Jun 2014
Sergey Barabanov, Onem Ozocak, Kuntara Pukthuanthong and Thomas John Walker
University of St. Thomas, Brock University - Department of Finance, Operations and Information Systems (FOIS), University of Missouri, Columbia and Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Finance
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Institutional Ownership, Analyst Earnings Forecasts, Securities Litigation, Initial Public Offerings

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Proximity and Litigation: Evidence from the Geographic Location of Institutional Investors

Journal of Financial Markets, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 21 Jun 2018
Mieszko Mazur, Galla Salganik-Shoshan, Thomas John Walker and Jun Wang
IESEG School of Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Finance and University of Western Ontario - DAN Department of Management and Organizational Studies
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Litigation, Institutional Investors, Geography, Monitoring, Corporate Governance

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Legal Opportunism, Litigation Risk, and IPO Underpricing

Journal of Business Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 29 Jul 2014
Thomas John Walker, Harry J. Turtle, Kuntara Pukthuanthong and Dolruedee Thiengtham
Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Finance, Colorado State University, Fort Collins - Department of Finance & Real Estate, University of Missouri, Columbia and Concordia University, Quebec - John Molson School of Business
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Initial Public Offerings; Securities Regulation; Securities Litigation

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The Performance of Islamic vs. Conventional Banks: Evidence on the Suitability of the Basel Capital Ratios

Forthcoming Open Economic Review
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 14 Mar 2018
Mohammad Bitar, M. Kabir Hassan, Kuntara Pukthuanthong and Thomas John Walker
Nottingham University Business School, University of New Orleans - College of Business Administration - Department of Economics and Finance, University of Missouri, Columbia and Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Finance
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Bank Capital, Basel Capital, Profitability, Efficiency

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Conflict-Induced Forced CEO Turnovers and Firm Performance

Managerial Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 26 Mar 2018
Kuntara Pukthuanthong, Saif Ullah, Thomas John Walker and Jing Zhang
University of Missouri, Columbia, Concordia University, Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Finance and Concordia University, Quebec - John Molson School of Business
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Strategic Direction, Strategy Formation, Forced CEO Turnovers, Firm Performance

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False Hopes and Blind Beliefs: How Political Connections Affect China's Corporate Bond Market

Journal of Banking and Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 21 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2020
Denis Schweizer, Thomas John Walker and Aoran Zhang
Concordia University, Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Finance and University of Nottingham
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Bank Loans, China, Corporate Bonds, Emerging Markets, Political Connections

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Insider Trading in Rumored Takeover Targets

Forthcoming, European Financial Management
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 10 Aug 2020
Frederick James Davis, Hamed Khadivar, Kuntara Pukthuanthong and Thomas John Walker
Concordia University, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, Canada, University of Missouri, Columbia and Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Finance
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Insider trading, takeover rumors, information asymmetry, takeover announcements, mergers and acquisitions

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The Great Wall and Beyond: The Value of Implicit Government Guarantees for Corporate Bonds in Mainland China and its Northeast Regions

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 14 Jan 2019
Thomas John Walker, Xueying Zhang and Aoran Zhang
Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Finance, ShanDong University of Finance and Economics and University of Nottingham
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China, Corporate Bonds, Emerging Markets, Implicit Government Guarantees

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Timely vs. Delayed CEO Turnover

Information Systematic Frontier 2017, 19(3), 469-479.
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 14 Sep 2017
Kuntara Pukthuanthong, Saif Ullah, Thomas John Walker and Xuan Wu
University of Missouri, Columbia, Concordia University, Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Finance and Concordia University, Quebec, John Molson School of Business, Students
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Duality; Financial Wrongdoing; CEO Turnover; CEO Resignations

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Institutional Trading in Firms Rumored to be Takeover Targets

Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 24 Nov 2020
Frederick James Davis, Hamed Khadivar and Thomas John Walker
Concordia University, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, Canada and Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Finance
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Institutional trading, Takeover rumors, Rumored targets, Takeover announcements, Mergers and acquisitions

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Political Systems and the Financial Soundness of Islamic Banks

Journal of Financial Stability, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 03 Nov 2018
M. Kabir Hassan, Mohammad Bitar and Thomas John Walker
University of New Orleans - College of Business Administration - Department of Economics and Finance, Nottingham University Business School and Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Finance
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Islamic banks, financial soundness, democracy, legal systems

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Efficiency in Islamic vs. Conventional Banking: The Role of Capital and Liquidity

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 22 Jul 2019
Mohammad Bitar, Kuntara Pukthuanthong and Thomas John Walker
Nottingham University Business School, University of Missouri, Columbia and Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Finance
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Islamic banking, Capital, Liquidity, Efficiency, Conditional quantile regressions

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Young Adults and Their Finances: An International Comparative Study on Applied Financial Literacy

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Young Adults and Their Finances: An International Comparative Study on Applied Financial Literacy

Posted: 18 Dec 2017
Andreas Oehler, Matthias Horn, Stefan Wendt, Lucia A. Reisch and Thomas John Walker
Bamberg University, Independent, School of Business, Reykjavik University, Copenhagen Business School - Department of Management, Society and Communication and Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Finance

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Financial Literacy, Financial Education, Personal Finance, Young Adults

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The Effects of Cash, Debt, and Insiders on Open Market Share Repurchases

Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Vol. 25, Issue 1, pp. 55-63, 2013
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 05 Apr 2013
Liang Feng, Kuntara Pukthuanthong, Dolruedee Thiengtham, H. J. Turtle and Thomas John Walker
Concordia University, Quebec, University of Missouri, Columbia, Concordia University, Quebec - John Molson School of Business, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Finance
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Recent Developments in the Aviation Insurance Industry

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Recent Developments in the Aviation Insurance Industry

Risk Management and Insurance Review, 2009
Posted: 13 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 14 Jan 2009
Triant Flouris, Paul Hayes, Kuntara Pukthuanthong and Thomas John Walker
York College CUNY, Ascend Worldwide, University of Missouri, Columbia and Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Finance

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Aviation Disasters, Aviation Insurance, Reinsurance

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The Effect of Lead VC Presence on the Probability and Outcome of Merger-Related Litigation

Posted: 27 Oct 2020
Anup Basnet and Thomas John Walker
Concordia University and Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Finance

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M&A Offers, Merger-Related Litigation, Venture Capitalists, Takeover Premium

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The Effect of Securities Class Action Lawsuits on Mergers and Acquisitions

Global Finance Journal 48 (May): 100556. doi:10.1016/j.gfj.2020.100556 https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1ce-g3jOd96u5Q
Posted: 27 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2021
Anup Basnet, Frederick James Davis, Thomas John Walker and Kun Zhao
Concordia University, Concordia University, Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Finance and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Securities Class Action Litigation, Mergers and Acquisitions, Takeovers, Takeover Likelihood

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Firm- and Country-Level Determinants of Green Investments: An Empirical Analysis

Posted: 27 Oct 2020
Sergey Barabanov, Anup Basnet, Thomas John Walker, Stefan Wendt and Wangchao Yuan
University of St. Thomas, Concordia University, Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Finance, School of Business, Reykjavik University and Concordia University, Quebec - John Molson School of Business

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Green Investments, Sustainability, Environmental Expenditures, Ecological Footprint

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Effects of Election Results on Stock Price Performance: Evidence from 1980 to 2008

Managerial Finance, Forthcoming
Posted: 02 Apr 2014
Andreas Oehler, Thomas John Walker and Stefan Wendt
Bamberg University, Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Finance and School of Business, Reykjavik University

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Partisanship, Sector Performance, Political Economics, Presidential Elections

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Effects of Election Results on Stock Price Performance: Evidence from 1976 to 2008

Posted: 22 Dec 2012
Andreas Oehler, Thomas John Walker and Stefan Wendt
Bamberg University, Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Finance and School of Business, Reykjavik University

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partisanship, sector performance, political economics

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Insider Stock Trading and the Bond Market

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Insider Stock Trading and the Bond Market

Posted: 21 Dec 2012 Last Revised: 01 Mar 2016
Andreas Oehler, Kuntara Pukthuanthong, Thomas John Walker and Stefan Wendt
Bamberg University, University of Missouri, Columbia, Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Finance and School of Business, Reykjavik University

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Bond Pricing, Credit Risk, Insider Trading

Insider Stock Trading and the Bond Market

The Journal of Fixed Income, Winter 2016, Vol. 25, No. 3: pp. 74-91
Posted: 01 Mar 2016
Andreas Oehler, Kuntara Pukthuanthong, Thomas John Walker and Stefan Wendt
Bamberg University, University of Missouri, Columbia, Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Finance and School of Business, Reykjavik University

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Bond Pricing, Credit Risk, Insider Trading

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Are Investors Home Biased? Evidence from Germany

DIVERSIFICATION AND PORTFOLIA MANAGEMENT OF MUTUAL FUNDS, Gregoriou, G. N., ed., Palgrave MacMillan, Houndmills, pp. 57-77, 2007
Posted: 17 Aug 2010
Andreas Oehler, Marco Rummer, Thomas John Walker and Stefan Wendt
Bamberg University, University of Oxford - Said Business School, Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Finance and Bamberg University

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Behavioral Finance, Home Bias, Herding

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Pre-IPO Insider Ownership and Underpricing: High-Tech Versus Low-Tech IPOs

Financial Decisions, 2009
Posted: 16 Jan 2009
Kuntara Pukthuanthong and Thomas John Walker
University of Missouri, Columbia and Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Finance

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Initial Public Offerings, Insider Ownership

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Leverage, Pre-IPO Insider Ownership, and Underpricing: High-Tech versus Low-Tech IPOs

Management Decision, Vol. 46, No. 1, March 2008
Posted: 16 Jan 2009
Jaemin Kim, Kuntara Pukthuanthong and Thomas John Walker
Fowler College of Business, University of Missouri, Columbia and Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Finance

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Pricing, Investments, Capital, Stock markets

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Venture Capital in China: A Culture Shock for Western Investors

Management Decision, Vol. 45, pp. 708-731, 2007
Posted: 16 Jan 2009
Thomas John Walker and Kuntara Pukthuanthong
Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Finance and University of Missouri, Columbia

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Venture capital, Economic policy, Entrepreneurialism, China

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How Employee Stock Options and Executive Equity Ownership Affect Long-Term IPO Stock Prices and Operating Performance

Journal of Corporate Finance, Vol. 13, 2007
Posted: 16 Jan 2009
Kuntara Pukthuanthong, Richard Roll and Thomas John Walker
University of Missouri, Columbia, California Institute of Technology and Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Finance

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Initial public offerings, Stock options, Executive compensation

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On the Stock Market's Reaction to Major Railroad Accidents

Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 23-39, Spring 2006
Posted: 13 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 19 Mar 2009
Thomas John Walker, Kuntara Pukthuanthong and Sergey Barabanov
Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Finance, University of Missouri, Columbia and University of St. Thomas

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Railroad Accidents, Information and Market Efficiency, Event Studies

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Do IPOs in Countries Where Firms Have High Family Control Benefit from More Prestigious Underwriters

Multinational Business Review, Vol. 16, No. 2, Special Issue, 2009
Posted: 13 Jan 2009
Kuntara Pukthuanthong and Thomas John Walker
University of Missouri, Columbia and Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Finance

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Initial Public Offerings, Family

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Are IPO Auctions Celebrating a Comeback: U.S. Evidence

Venture Capital Journal, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 1-36, 2007
Posted: 13 Jan 2009
Kuntara Pukthuanthong, Nikhil P. Varaiya and Thomas John Walker
University of Missouri, Columbia, San Diego State University and Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Finance

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Initial public offerings, IPO auctions

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Competition, securitization, and efficiency in US banks

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Vol. 80, No. 553-576, 2021
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 22 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 06 May 2021
Antonio Bayeh, Mohammad Bitar, Radu Burlacu and Thomas John Walker
Université Catholique de Lyon - ESDES School of Business and Management, Nottingham University Business School, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Finance
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Securitization; Competition; Bank efficiency; Screening and monitoring; Bank regulation