Gishan Dissanaike

University of Cambridge - Judge Business School

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Testing Weak-Form Efficiency of the Russian Stock Market

EFA 2002 Berlin Meetings Presented Paper
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 11 Mar 2002
Natalia Abrosimova, Gishan Dissanaike and Dirk Linowski
Deloitte & Touche, LLP, University of Cambridge - Judge Business School and University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen School of Management
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Weak Form Efficiency, Russian Stock Market, ARIMA,GARCH

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A Critical Examination of Orthogonal Regression

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 16 Jul 2003
Gishan Dissanaike and Shiyun Wang
University of Cambridge - Judge Business School and University of Sheffield - School of Management
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Orthogonal Regression, Errors-in-Variables, OLS

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Competition Policy and the Profitability of Corporate Acquisitions

Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 02 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 13 Sep 2019
Gishan Dissanaike, Wolfgang Drobetz and Paul P. Momtaz
University of Cambridge - Judge Business School, University of Hamburg and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management
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Mergers and Acquisitions (M&a), Takeovers, Acquirer Returns, Acquisition Efficiency, Bidder Wealth Effects, Antitrust Law Enforcement, Competition Policy, Merger Control, Law and Finance

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Differentiating Debt Target from Non-Target Firms: An Empirical Study on Corporate Capital Structure

University of Cambridge, JIMS Working Paper No. 18/2001
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 07 Dec 2001
Gishan Dissanaike, Bart M. Lambrecht and António Saragga Seabra
University of Cambridge - Judge Business School, University of Cambridge - Judge Business School and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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capital structure, debt target

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Management Turnover in Stock Market Winners and Losers: A Clinical Investigation

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 02 Dec 2004
Gishan Dissanaike, Armen Papazian and Armen Papazian
University of Cambridge - Judge Business School and Fellow, Judge Business School, University of CambridgeValue Xd
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Top Management Turnover, Firm Performance, Forced Departures, Corporate governance, Clinical Research

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On the Use of the Log Car Measure in Event Studies

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On the Use of the Log Car Measure in Event Studies

Cambridge University Research Paper in Management Studies Working Paper No. 08/2000
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 08 Jan 2003
Gishan Dissanaike and Alexandre Le Fur
University of Cambridge - Judge Business School and Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein - Equity Capital Markets
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Event Study, Continuously Compounded Returns, Geometric Mean, Wealth Effects, Corporate Finance, Market Efficiency

On the Use of the Log Car Measure in Event Studies

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 03 Oct 2003
Gishan Dissanaike and Alexandre Le Fur
University of Cambridge - Judge Business School and Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein - Equity Capital Markets
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Takeover Law Enforcement and Acquirer Returns

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Takeover Law Enforcement and Acquirer Returns

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 30 May 2016 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2020
Gishan Dissanaike, Wolfgang Drobetz, Paul P. Momtaz and Jörg Rocholl
University of Cambridge - Judge Business School, University of Hamburg, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and ESMT European School of Management and Technology
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Mergers and acquisitions, acquirer returns, law and finance, takeover law, law enforcement

The Economics of Law Enforcement: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Corporate Takeover Law

ESMT Berlin Working Paper
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 26 Oct 2020
Gishan Dissanaike, Wolfgang Drobetz, Paul P. Momtaz and Jörg Rocholl
University of Cambridge - Judge Business School, University of Hamburg, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and ESMT European School of Management and Technology
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mergers and acquisitions, acquirer returns, law and finance, takeover law, law enforcement

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The Sophisticated and the Simple: The Profitability of Contrarian Strategies

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The Sophisticated and the Simple: The Profitability of Contrarian Strategies

European Financial Management Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 26 Oct 2008
Gishan Dissanaike and Kim-Hwa Lim
University of Cambridge - Judge Business School and University of Cambridge - Judge Business School
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Capital markets, Valuation, Market efficiency

The Sophisticated and the Simple: The Profitability of Contrarian Strategies

European Financial Management, Vol. 16, Issue 2, pp. 229-255, March 2010
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 01 Mar 2010
Gishan Dissanaike and Kim-Hwa Lim
University of Cambridge - Judge Business School and University of Cambridge - Judge Business School
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Corporate Financing in East Asia Before the 1997 Crash

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 14 Feb 2009
Gishan Dissanaike and Imran Markar
University of Cambridge - Judge Business School and McKinsey & Co. Inc.
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Capital Structure, Leverage, Financial crises, South-east Asia, emerging markets, Chaebol, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand

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Does the Size Effect Explain the UK Winner-Loser Effect?

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 25 Apr 2002
Gishan Dissanaike
University of Cambridge - Judge Business School
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Why Do Unsuccessful Companies Survive? US Airlines, Aircraft Leasing and GE, 2000–2008

Business History Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 23 Nov 2021 Last Revised: 24 Nov 2021
Gishan Dissanaike, Ranadeva Jayasekera and Geoff Meeks
University of Cambridge - Judge Business School, Trinity Business School and University of Cambridge - Judge Business School
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Airlines; leasing; bankruptcy; liquidation; reorganization; General Electric

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Long-Term Stock Price Reversals in the UK: Evidence from Regression Tests

Posted: 19 Jun 2000
Gishan Dissanaike
University of Cambridge - Judge Business School

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