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Financial Crises And Government Regulation, Yusef Trad Dec 2015

Financial Crises And Government Regulation, Yusef Trad

Honors Thesis

In the midst of turmoil, regulation is “a rule or directive made and maintained by an authority” to maintain order. More often than not, the authoritative figure that imposes and upholds regulatory standards, following its introduction to the specific industry or firm, is the government of the respective country or region. However, politicians, like the rest of us, are unable to predict when a crisis will occur and what appropriate regulation should be imposed to prevent that crisis. Thus, an inevitable concern with regulation is the fact that it is unable to thwart an unforeseeable future crisis but is instead …


What’S Wrong With Peg?, Charles J. Higgins Dec 2015

What’S Wrong With Peg?, Charles J. Higgins

Finance Faculty Works

PEG is a newer investment ratio measure of a security’s PE ratio divided by the firm’s growth rate as a percentage. It is examined and contrasted with other investment valuation measures. PEG is shown to be problematic in terms of its units of measure, in what it purports to appropriately determine, and it is non monotonic for relatively profitable firms and is only slightly indicative of correct security selection for relatively unprofitable firms.


Travel Safety: Time Versus Distance, Charles J. Higgins Jul 2015

Travel Safety: Time Versus Distance, Charles J. Higgins

Finance Faculty Works

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How Do Acquirers Choose Between Mergers And Tender Offers?, David Offenberg, Christo Pirinsky May 2015

How Do Acquirers Choose Between Mergers And Tender Offers?, David Offenberg, Christo Pirinsky

Finance Faculty Works

Tender offers provide the advantage of substantially faster completion times than mergers. However, a tender offer signals to the target higher demand for its shares and raises its reservation price. In equilibrium, bidders tradeoff speed and cost. Consistent with this theory, we show that deals in more competitive environments and deals with fewer external impediments on execution are more likely to be structured as tender offers. Tender offers also require higher premiums than mergers. Finally, the rivals of the bidding firm realize significantly lower announcement returns and subsequent operating performance in tender offers than in mergers.