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Can Cognitive Error Explain The Ipo Partial Adjustment Phenomenon?, Steven D. Dolvin
Can Cognitive Error Explain The Ipo Partial Adjustment Phenomenon?, Steven D. Dolvin
Steven D. Dolvin
Chapter 5 of: Klein, E. (2005). Stock exchanges, IPO's and mutual funds. New York: Nova Science Publishers.
How To Treat High-Achieving Managers, Timothy Hinkin
How To Treat High-Achieving Managers, Timothy Hinkin
Timothy R. Hinkin
[Excerpt] Many financial institutions today experience major conflicts between their subordinates’ needs for performance feedback and managers’ willingness and ability to satisfy those needs. A considerable body of research suggests that most subordinates desire feedback regarding their performance. In contrast, the results of many years of study have found that managers are often hesitant to provide feedback, as illustrated by the following findings.
The Compensation Committee Process, Dana Hermanson, James Tompkins, Rajaram Veliyath, Zhongxia Ye
The Compensation Committee Process, Dana Hermanson, James Tompkins, Rajaram Veliyath, Zhongxia Ye
James Tompkins
The article investigates the process used in executive compensation committees to meet their responsibilities, particularly noting the lack of research into the committee process itself. It discusses committee's areas of responsibility, approaches to meeting their responsibilities, and committee operational issues through the use of interviews with compensation committee members. It addresses themes of the interviews including achieving fair compensation, promoting the legitimacy of the committee's decisions, and monitoring the committee for appropriate behaviors. It comments on the tension between executive committees, shareholders, organizational management, and stakeholders.
Winners And Losers As Financial Service Providers Converge: Evidence From The Financial Modernization Act Of 1999, Robert Hendershott, Darrell Lee, James Tompkins
Winners And Losers As Financial Service Providers Converge: Evidence From The Financial Modernization Act Of 1999, Robert Hendershott, Darrell Lee, James Tompkins
James Tompkins
The Financial Modernization Act of 1999 dramatically increased insurers’ and investment banks’ authority to provide an array of financial services and allowed commercial banks to offer investment banking and insurance services. In this paper we examine the market response to this legislation. We find a strong positive response among insurance companies and investment banks, and no significant response among commercial banks. Larger institutions in all three financial sectors earn higher abnormal returns. Additionally, better performing banks earn higher abnormal returns. Our results suggest that allowing financial convergence can add value through synergies and that large players are needed to exploit …
Herding Behavior In Student Managed Investment Funds, Craig Caldwell, Steven Dolvin
Herding Behavior In Student Managed Investment Funds, Craig Caldwell, Steven Dolvin
Craig B. Caldwell
Student Managed Investment Funds (SMIFs) have grown in number; unfortunately, there has been little research on the efficacy of these funds. We fill this gap by exploring the potential consequences of student investment management. We find that investment decisions are often impacted by herding behavior, which results in underperformance. We further examine characteristics that influence the likelihood of herding, finding that pre-existing knowledge of the company under consideration, as well as amplified time constraints, increase the probability that herding occurs. In contrast, we find that increased education, both general and targeted behavioral education, reduces the likelihood (and impact) of herding.
Mortgage Default And Prepayment Risks Among Moderate- And Low-Income Households, Roberto Quercia, Anthony Pennington-Cross, Chao Tian
Mortgage Default And Prepayment Risks Among Moderate- And Low-Income Households, Roberto Quercia, Anthony Pennington-Cross, Chao Tian
Anthony Pennington-Cross
Using a unique sample of community reinvestment loans, we study the propensity of very low-income households to terminate a mortgage and compare it to the outcomes for low-income and moderate-income households. The results indicate that, even within moderate- and low-income segments, lower or very low income is associated with higher default and lower prepayment probabilities. In addition, depending on how low the borrower's income is, classic determinants of loan termination such as credit scores, the amount of equity in the home and local labor market conditions can have different impacts on default and prepayment probabilities.
Differential Impacts Of Structural And Cyclical Unemployment On Mortgage Default And Prepayment, Roberto Quercia, Anthony Pennington-Cross, Chao Tian
Differential Impacts Of Structural And Cyclical Unemployment On Mortgage Default And Prepayment, Roberto Quercia, Anthony Pennington-Cross, Chao Tian
Anthony Pennington-Cross
The Great Recession (the fourth quarter of 2007 through the second quarter of 2009) has been characterized by high rates of foreclosures and unemployment. Using a sample of community reinvestment loans, we examine the impact of structural unemployment and cyclical unemployment on mortgage terminations (default and prepayment). We find that mortgage default and prepayment are more sensitive to changes in the structural component of the local unemployment rate than in the cyclical component. In addition, depending on whether structural unemployment rates are high or low, borrowers and lenders react differently to the incentives to terminate a loan.
Financing Asean Connectivity, Fauziah Zen, Michael Regan
Financing Asean Connectivity, Fauziah Zen, Michael Regan
Michael Regan
In line with the globalisation trend, it becomes inevitable for the South East Asian economies to prepare themselves to move towards the path of a more border-less and well-connected world. Evidence has shown that countries can gain a lot from internationalisation, especially from trade, knowledge and information exchanges, and flows of people and goods. One of the key targets of ASEAN in achieving a dynamic, vibrant, globally connected and strong region is to fully realise ASEAN Connectivity which consists of three pillars, namely, physical connectivity, people-to-people connectivity, and institutional connectivity. Physical connectivity is especially important because it is not only …
Market Structure, Changing Incentives, And Underwriter Certification, Steven Dolvin
Market Structure, Changing Incentives, And Underwriter Certification, Steven Dolvin
Steven D. Dolvin
Early studies find that higher quality underwriters are associated with lower underpricing; however, more recent evidence suggests the opposite relation. By controlling for influences associated with the changing market structure of the underwriter industry, I provide a potential explanation for this conflict, that is, that higher quality underwriters do certify initial public offerings, resulting in lower underpricing. However, effects associated with increasing market shares tend to offset certification benefits, particularly for issues underwritten by the largest investment banks.
Ipo Underpricing: The Owner’S Perspective, Steven Dolvin
Ipo Underpricing: The Owner’S Perspective, Steven Dolvin
Steven D. Dolvin
Most corporate finance textbooks include a chapter on raising capital, giving particular attention to initial public offerings (IPOs). For IPOs, underpricing is defined as the percentage change from the offer price to the closing price on the first trading day. Textbooks universally treat underpricing as the indirect cost of issuance; however, this fails to account for the share issuance decision. Because owners do not typically sell all (or even most) of their shares, underpricing overstates the wealth lost by preexisting owners. I provide simple, real-life examples for instructors to use in courses such as corporate finance, entrepreneurship, or alternative investments.
The Influence Of Simulation Performance On Student Interest, Steven Dolvin, Mark Pyles
The Influence Of Simulation Performance On Student Interest, Steven Dolvin, Mark Pyles
Steven D. Dolvin
Previous studies examine the potential benefits of using classroom games and simulations, finding that their use generally increases knowledge and interest level. However, few (if any) of these studies examine whether performance in such simulations is relevant to these outcomes. Particularly in investments, where trading simulations are common, the performance relative to peers and the market can be objectively determined based on portfolio return. Thus, we extend the existing literature by studying the impact of portfolio performance on knowledge level and interest in the profession. We find that simulation performance has no significant influence on the students' feelings with regard …
Herding Behavior In Student Managed Investment Funds, Craig Caldwell, Steven Dolvin
Herding Behavior In Student Managed Investment Funds, Craig Caldwell, Steven Dolvin
Steven D. Dolvin
Student Managed Investment Funds (SMIFs) have grown in number; unfortunately, there has been little research on the efficacy of these funds. We fill this gap by exploring the potential consequences of student investment management. We find that investment decisions are often impacted by herding behavior, which results in underperformance. We further examine characteristics that influence the likelihood of herding, finding that pre-existing knowledge of the company under consideration, as well as amplified time constraints, increase the probability that herding occurs. In contrast, we find that increased education, both general and targeted behavioral education, reduces the likelihood (and impact) of herding.
Business Week Board Rankings And Subsequent Stock Returns, Steven Dolvin
Business Week Board Rankings And Subsequent Stock Returns, Steven Dolvin
Steven D. Dolvin
Recent corporate bankruptcies have placed renewed focus on the role of a firm's board of directors; therefore, I study rankings of the best and worst boards of directors as published by Business Week. Similar to prior studies examining survey data, I find that the portion of the rankings determined via investment manager survey is biased by the "halo effect." However, I also find that the rankings as a whole, and particularly the portion calculated via quantitative analysis, do provide information that can be used in a trading strategy capable of generating positive abnormal returns, thereby implying that board strength does …
The Influence Of University Financial Education On Asset Allocation, Steven Dolvin, John Gonas, Mark Pyles
The Influence Of University Financial Education On Asset Allocation, Steven Dolvin, John Gonas, Mark Pyles
Steven D. Dolvin
Using survey data from students at three universities, we examine the influence of an Investments Analysis course on student perception of the ideal asset allocation for a retirement portfolio. Consistent with previous studies that examine financial education in the workplace, a critical outcome of university investment education is the apparent alleviation of a conservative bias that is typically prevalent among uninformed investors. This change results in an increasing willingness to take larger stock positions, which produces higher expected returns and larger portfolio betas. Most importantly, however, the net effect is more efficient portfolios, particularly for those students who begin with …
Can Venture Capitalists Tame The Wolves? An Analysis Of Fraudulent Underwriters, Ipo Characteristics, And Vc Certification, Steven Dolvin
Can Venture Capitalists Tame The Wolves? An Analysis Of Fraudulent Underwriters, Ipo Characteristics, And Vc Certification, Steven Dolvin
Steven D. Dolvin
A recent hit movie, The Wolf of Wall Street, highlighted the fraudulent activity of the investment bank Stratton Oakmont. Unfortunately, this was not the only such financial firm convicted of illegal behavior during the 1990s; there were at least 34 Initial Public Offering (IPO) underwriters that were the subject of SEC enforcement during this period. I examine the characteristics of IPOs underwritten by these investment banks, particularly as they compare to other IPOs. I find that IPOs underwritten by sanctioned investment banks (particularly those that were less active in the IPO market) were significantly different with respect to both firm …
Analysts Get Sad Too: The Effects Of Seasonal Affective Disorder On Stock Analysts’ Earnings Estimates, Steven Dolvin, Mark Pyles, Qun Wu
Analysts Get Sad Too: The Effects Of Seasonal Affective Disorder On Stock Analysts’ Earnings Estimates, Steven Dolvin, Mark Pyles, Qun Wu
Steven D. Dolvin
Previous research finds that stock analysts exhibit both optimistic and pessimistic biases in their earnings forecasts, with the net result being a consistent but declining overestimation of forecasted earnings. We extend this research by examining the potential effect of seasonal affective disorder (SAD), a documented psychological condition that produces heightened pessimism and risk aversion during the fall and winter months, on stock analysts' earnings estimates. Our results suggest that analysts are generally optimistic in their forecasts but significantly less so during SAD months. We also find this relation to be most pronounced for analysts located in northern states, who should …
The Efficacy Of Trading Based On Moving Average Indicators, Steven Dolvin
The Efficacy Of Trading Based On Moving Average Indicators, Steven Dolvin
Steven D. Dolvin
The debate over market efficiency continues to rage, yet it is difficult to argue with published evidence surrounding the efficacy of momentum trading based on moving average indicators. While prior studies find that a comparison of the market price to the 200-day simple moving average provides a profitable trading strategy, such studies overlook many other popular price comparisons and calculation methodologies. Thus, I explore different trading rules, comparing strategies based on combinations of market price, 50-day, 100-day, and 200-day moving averages. In addition, I calculate moving averages using three alternative methods: simple, linear, and exponential. I find that a comparison …
Venture Capitalist Certification Of Ipos, Steven Dolvin
Venture Capitalist Certification Of Ipos, Steven Dolvin
Steven D. Dolvin
This article analyses a set of 4606 IPOs from the 1986 to 2000 period, specifically focusing on the certification effect associated with venture capital backing. It concludes that venture capitalists, particularly those of higher quality, are associated with lower issuance costs (both direct and indirect), increased upward price adjustments, and shorter lockup periods, all of which are consistent with a valuable certification role. In addition, it is found that even lower quality venture capitalists perform a certification role; however, it is specific to a set of penny stock (i.e. high information asymmetry) IPOs.
Seasonal Affective Disorder And Ipo Underpricing: Implications For Young Firms, Steven Dolvin, Stephanie Fernhaber
Seasonal Affective Disorder And Ipo Underpricing: Implications For Young Firms, Steven Dolvin, Stephanie Fernhaber
Steven D. Dolvin
A critical event in the life of a firm is when it undergoes an initial public offering (IPO). Drawing on the Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) literature, which evidences a psychological condition that produces heightened pessimism and risk aversion during the fall and winter months, this study focuses on understanding the potential implications of SAD for young firms. Our results confirm the influence of SAD on IPO underpricing and demonstrate that younger firms experience even higher underpricing during periods most heavily associated with SAD. However, we find that using a higher-quality underwriter or changing the share retention decision can mitigate this …
Teleinvestmentevangelists: Celebrity, Ritual And Religion And The Quest To “Beat The Market”, E. Douglas, Mary Keller, Elton Mcgoun
Teleinvestmentevangelists: Celebrity, Ritual And Religion And The Quest To “Beat The Market”, E. Douglas, Mary Keller, Elton Mcgoun
Mary L Keller
Purpose – This paper aims to offer a cultural understanding of investor faith in stock picking despite overwhelming evidence questioning its efficacy. Why, in the face of very widely communicated findings calling into question the advice and assistance offered by financial professionals to help them pick stocks or manage their mutual funds, do so many people persist in these practices? The authors believe that the best way to understand investor faith in the efficacy of stock picking is through teleinvestmentevangelists such as Jim Cramer, whose fusion of celebrity and religion taps into the ritualistic elements of investment that usually lie …
Cashless Society Threatens Our Freedom - Providence Journal, Gary Kayakachoian, Koray Özpolat
Cashless Society Threatens Our Freedom - Providence Journal, Gary Kayakachoian, Koray Özpolat
Koray Özpolat
It is the Christmas season again! The bell ringers of the Salvation Army can be heard everywhere and generous people throw loose change or dollar bills into the Christmas kettles. Unfortunately, the kettles are not as full recently. Last year, the Salvation Army observed a 10% drop in the donations raised by the Christmas Kettles program. According to Major Ron Busroe of the Salvation Army, a significant factor in this decline is that people have fewer coins and dollar bills in their pockets these days. It is the cards (credit or debit) and mobile payment systems causing this cash-decline in …
An Empirical Investigation Of Voluntary Non-Ifrs Earnings Reporting During The Recent Financial Crisis : Australian Evidence, Elisabeth Sinnewe
An Empirical Investigation Of Voluntary Non-Ifrs Earnings Reporting During The Recent Financial Crisis : Australian Evidence, Elisabeth Sinnewe
Dr Elisabeth Sinnewe
This study examines how the financial crisis affected the reporting choice of and market reaction to earnings that are different from the profit firms report on their income statement under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). These non-IFRS earnings reflect management’s subjective of view of earnings. By observing management’s reporting choices and investors’ reaction in Australia prior to, during, and after the financial crisis, this study shows a distinctive effect of the economic condition on reporting non-IFRS earnings. As such, this study contributes to the limited attention hypothesis suggesting that information-equivalent disclosure is perceived as value relevant by management and investors …
Independent Evaluation Of Asic’S Implementation Of The Helping Our Kids Understand Finances Initiative, Robert Simons
Independent Evaluation Of Asic’S Implementation Of The Helping Our Kids Understand Finances Initiative, Robert Simons
Dr Robert Simons
In May 2013, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) commissioned the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) to conduct an independent evaluation of its implementation of the Helping Our Kids Understand Finances (HOKUF) initiative. The purpose was to conduct an independent evidence-based assessment of whether ASIC implemented the HOKUF initiative in a way that met the following key criteria: 1) Appropriate – the extent to which the program developed by ASIC was useful and ‘fit for purpose’ in supporting the delivery of the consumer and financial literacy content aligned to the Australian Curriculum. 2) Effective − the extent to …
The Evolution Of The Subprime Mortgage Market, Souphala Chomsisengphet, Anthony Pennington-Cross
The Evolution Of The Subprime Mortgage Market, Souphala Chomsisengphet, Anthony Pennington-Cross
Anthony Pennington-Cross
This paper describes subprime lending in the mortgage market and how it has evolved through time. Subprime lending has introduced a substantial amount of risk-based pricing into the mortgage market by creating a myriad of prices and product choices largely determined by borrower credit history (mortgage and rental payments. foreclosures and bankruptcies, and overall credit scores) and down payment requirements. Although sub prime lending still differs from prime lending in many ways, much of the growth (at least in the securitized portion of the market) has come in the least-risky (A-) segment of the market. In addition, lenders have imposed …
Commercial Property Rent Dynamics In U.S. Metropolitan Areas: An Examination Of Office, Industrial, Flex And Retail Space, Maria Ibanez, Anthony Pennington-Cross
Commercial Property Rent Dynamics In U.S. Metropolitan Areas: An Examination Of Office, Industrial, Flex And Retail Space, Maria Ibanez, Anthony Pennington-Cross
Anthony Pennington-Cross
This paper is concerned with the market rental rate for space offered by commercial property and how that rental rate evolves over time. Rental rates reflect the value of the services provided by the property and can have a significant impact on the ability of its owners to make monthly debt obligations. We investigate commercial property rent dynamics for 34 large metropolitan areas in the U.S. The dynamics are studied from the second quarter of 1990 through the second quarter of 2009 and the results are compared across four property types or uses (office, industrial, flex, and retail). There is …
State And Local Anti-Predatory Lending Laws: The Effect Of Legal Enforcement Mechanisms, Raphael Bostic, Kathleen Engel, Patricia Mccoy, Anthony Pennington-Cross, Susan Wachter
State And Local Anti-Predatory Lending Laws: The Effect Of Legal Enforcement Mechanisms, Raphael Bostic, Kathleen Engel, Patricia Mccoy, Anthony Pennington-Cross, Susan Wachter
Anthony Pennington-Cross
Subprime mortgage lending has grown rapidly in recent years and with it, so have concerns about predatory lending. In response to evidence of predatory lending, most states have enacted new laws or expanded existing laws to address abuses in the subprime home loan market. The effect of these statutes is a matter of debate. This paper seeks to improve the understanding of this increasingly important issue and pays particular attention to the role that legal enforcement mechanisms play in this context. The results of the analysis are consistent with the view that anti-predatory lending laws influence subprime lending markets and …
Measuring The Impact Of Agglomeration On Productivity: Evidence From Chilean Retailers, Sergio Garate, Anthony Pennington-Cross
Measuring The Impact Of Agglomeration On Productivity: Evidence From Chilean Retailers, Sergio Garate, Anthony Pennington-Cross
Anthony Pennington-Cross
This research extends the agglomeration literature to a country that has not been studied and a market sector that has received little attention. The majority of research that examines how density affects productivity has indirectly measured productivity through worker wages or property prices. The research uses individual supermarkets’ store productivity, proxied by 10 years of annual sales per square foot. Studying supermarkets permits the examination of the effect consumers might have on productivity. Agglomerations (density) could increase or decrease productivity depending on the relative extent of increased competition versus productivity gains, as consumers choose where to shop based on their …
Local Economic Risk Factors On The Primary And Secondary Mortgage Markets, Brent Ambrose, Anthony Pennington-Cross
Local Economic Risk Factors On The Primary And Secondary Mortgage Markets, Brent Ambrose, Anthony Pennington-Cross
Anthony Pennington-Cross
This paper presents a cross-sectional analysis of the spatial distribution of loans in the primary and secondary mortgage markets. Aggregating loan originations to the MSA level, we examine the proportion of the market served by FHA and conventional lenders. We model the geographic differences in market shares as a function of supply, demand, and economic risk factors. Results indicate that FHA market shares are higher in cities with higher economic risk characteristics. To examine the role of GSE activity, we model the spatial distribution of the disposition of conventional loans. Again, we focus on the impact of local economic risk …
Fayetteville And Hot Springs Lead The Recovery In Employment, Giang Ho, Anthony Pennington-Cross
Fayetteville And Hot Springs Lead The Recovery In Employment, Giang Ho, Anthony Pennington-Cross
Anthony Pennington-Cross
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Credit History And The Fha-Conventional Choice, Anthony Pennington-Cross, Joseph Nichols
Credit History And The Fha-Conventional Choice, Anthony Pennington-Cross, Joseph Nichols
Anthony Pennington-Cross
Models explaining whether households choose conventional or FHA mortgage financing typically use differential insurance premiums, loan-to-value (LTV) and payment-to-income underwriting standards, and local economic conditions to explain household behavior. Using a large and geographically diverse sample, we expand the standard choice model by including measures of borrower credit history. We find that the ability of a homebuyer to avoid credit problems is an important part of the FHA–conventional choice. In addition, credit scores of FHA borrowers are worse on average than those of conventional borrowers, but as LTV increases credit scores of conventional borrowers deteriorate.