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Accounting Information And The Underpricing Of Indonesian Initial Public Offerings, Tatang Ary Gumanti
Accounting Information And The Underpricing Of Indonesian Initial Public Offerings, Tatang Ary Gumanti
Theses: Doctorates and Masters
The purpose of this study is to examine the relation between accounting measures of total firm risk and the magnitudes of IPO initial returns. The existing explanations of the underpricing of lPO's suggests that the extent of underpricing is positively related to ex ante uncertainty about the issues. This study argues that accounting risk measures are related to the ex ante uncertainty. Since ex ante uncertainty is positively related to IPO underpricing, accounting risk measures are also arguably related to IPO underpricing. An event methodology is employed in this study. Five accounting risk measures are examined: financial leverage, operating leverage, …
M-Garch Hedge Ratios And Hedging Effectiveness In Australian Futures Markets, Wenling Yang
M-Garch Hedge Ratios And Hedging Effectiveness In Australian Futures Markets, Wenling Yang
Theses: Doctorates and Masters
This study deals with the estimation of the optimal hedge ratios using various econometric models. Most of the recent papers have demonstrated that the conventional ordinary least squares (OLS) method of estimating constant hedge ratios is inappropriate, other more complicated models however seem to produce no more efficient hedge ratios. Using daily AOIs and SPI futures on the Australian market, optimal hedge ratios are calculated from four different models: the OLS regression model, the bivariate vector autoaggressive model (BVAR), the error-correction model (ECM) and the multivariate diagonal Vcc GARCH Model. The performance of each hedge ratio is then compared. The …