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USING LEGISLATION TO REDUCE ONE‐TIME PLASTIC BAG USAGE by Kish, Richard J.

“…Plastic bag litter generates serious environmental concerns and poses a risk to wildlife. As this does not seem to be a problem which can be resolved by the…”
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The Dominance of the U.S. 30-Year Fixed Rate Residential Mortgage by Kish, Richard J.

“…The United States (U.S.) is the only country in the world in which the 30-year fixed rate residential mortgage is the dominant home mortgage product. After…”
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Reverse Mortgage Line of Credit Investment Retirement Strategy by Kish, Richard J.

“…Under the premise of a possibility of a shortfall in retirement income, the reverse mortgage line of credit (RM-LOC) could offer a possible solution. When…”
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Do Private Prisons Really offer Savings Compared with their Public Counterparts? by Kish, Richard J., Lipton, Amy F.

“…Private contracting of public services has been alleged to reduce costs. We address the critical question of whether private contracting really saves money,…”
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IPO pricing: a case of short-sale restrictions and divergent expectations by Kish, Richard J., Nayar, Nandkumar, Weng, Wenlong

“…Prior research shows that short-sale restrictions during an IPO lead to higher aftermarket prices. Using this and heterogeneous expectations on the factor…”
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Robust performance measures for high yield bond funds by Lipton, Amy F., Kish, Richard J.

“…We examine performance measures for high yield bond mutual funds, which are a considerable percentage of taxable bond investments, but have not been widely…”
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Technical trading strategies and return predictability: NYSE by Kwon, Ki-Yeol, Kish, Richard J.

“…This study consists of an empirical analysis on technical trading rules (the simple price moving average, the momentum, and trading volume) utilizing the NYSE…”
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Building a Financial Trading Lab: Step 1 and Beyond by Kish, Richard J., Hogan, Karen M.

“…The use of financial trading labs within university settings is in a growth phase, with more colleges and universities finding the need to build one just to…”
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Are electric vehicles really green? by Kish, Richard

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A comparative study of technical trading strategies and return predictability: an extension of Brock, Lakonishok, and LeBaron (1992) using NYSE and NASDAQ indices by Kish, Richard J, Kwon, Ki-Yeol

“…This study extends the work of Brock et al.'s (1992) empirical analysis on technical trading rules by including trading volume moving averages; broader indices…”
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The post-privatization financial performance of former state-owned enterprises by Comstock, Arthur, Kish, Richard J, Vasconcellos, Geraldo M

“…We analyze the long-term performance of privatizations, i.e. IPOs of former state-owned enterprises by measuring unadjusted and excess returns in average…”
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Does the market perceive a difference in rating agencies? by Kish, Richard J, Hogan, Karen M, Olson, Gerard

“…A frequent and recent topic in the financial press concerns the two major rating agencies, Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s. The reported perception is that…”
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Cross-border mergers and acquisitions: The undervaluation hypothesis by Gonzalez, Pedro, Vasconcellos, Geraldo M., Kish, Richard J.

“…The growing interdependency of the global economy has developed new relationships between economic agents of different countries. In the last decade, a very…”
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A Comparison of Reverse Leveraged Buyouts and Original Initial Public Offers: Factors Impacting their Issuance in the IPO Market by Hogan, Karen M., Olson, Gerard T., Kish, Richard J.

“…The purpose of this paper is to assess the factors that affect the returns earned by investors in early trading of reverse LBOs and compare those results to…”
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Stocks, Bonds, Or Both: An Exercise in Risk/Return Tradeoffs by Hogan, Karen M., Kish, Richard J.

“…A simulation exercise in risk/return tradeoffs in stocks, bonds, and a portfolio containing both stocks and bonds is presented…”
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The contrarian investment strategy: additional evidence by Mun, Johnathan C., Kish, Richard J., Vasconcellos, Geraldo M.

“…This paper tests the contrarian investment strategy, which predicts that stocks that consistently underperform (outperform) the market would in subsequent…”
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Capital structure decisions: What have we learned? by Ryen, Glen T., Vasconcellos, Geraldo M., Kish, Richard J.

“…Modigliani and Miller's theory on capital structure is analyzed in terms of its effect to individual firms, corporate leverage and market behavior vis-a-vis…”
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Factors affecting cross-border mergers and acquisitions: The Canada-U.S. experience by Vasconcellos, Geraldo M., Kish, Richard J.

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Cross-border mergers and acquisitions: maximizing the value of the firm by Gonzalez, Pedro, Vasconcellos, Geraldo M., Kish, Richard J., Kramer, Jonathan K.

“…In recent years, increasing international merger and acquisition activity has captured the attention of not only the business press but also of academia and…”
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A Valuation Model for International Acquisitions by Madura, Jeff, Vasconcellos, Geraldo M, Kish, Richard J

“…The proliferation of mergers during the 70s and 80s has generated voluminous amounts of research with a primary focus on the impact to the shareholders from…”
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