Managerial Finance: Volume 46 Issue 12

Do mergers and acquisitions affect information asymmetry in the banking sector?

John S. Howe, Thibaut G. Morillon

This paper aims to investigate the consequences of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) on information asymmetry in the banking sector. Specifically, the authors look at whether…

Market reaction of the business cooperation with IT service provider: an investigation of IBM

Cheng-Kui Huang, Kwo-Whei Lee, Chien-Huei Chou

Since business competition has become more intense throughout the world, most enterprises are seeking to engage in business cooperation with other partners in order to enhance…

The dividend signaling hypothesis and the corporate life cycle

Narcisa Meza, Anibal Báez, Javier Rodriguez, Wilfredo Toledo

This paper aims to examine the relationship between the dividend signaling hypothesis and a firm's life cycle.

Firm efficiency and the investment anomalies

Kyungyeon (Rachel) Koh, Sanjay K. Nawalkha

The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether firm efficiency can explain the investment anomaly. The investment anomaly refers to the persistent negative relation between…

Is value premium sector-specific? Evidence from India

Vanita Tripathi, Priti Aggarwal

This paper is an attempt to explore the fact that whether the literature-promised value premium has any sector orientation. The paper tests the relationship between the value…