The study empirically investigates the relationship between the value anomaly and firms’ investment and financing environment. The evidence supports the relevance of investment irreversibility and the value anomaly as suggested in Zhang (2005). The higher the investment irreversibility gap between value and growth firms, the higher the value premium. While the Fama and French three factor model...

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We assess and apply the term-structure model introduced by Nelson and Siegel (1987) and re-interpreted by Diebold and Li (2003) as a modern three-factor model of level, slope and curvature. First, we ask whether the model is a member of the affine class, and we find that it is not. Hence the poor forecasting performance recently documented for affine term structure models in no way implies that...

Purpose – To examine issues of standardization and adaptation in global marketing strategy and to explain the dynamics of standardization. Design/methodology/approach – This is a conceptual research paper that has been developed based on gaps in prior frameworks of standardization/adaptation. A three-factor model of standardization/adaptation of global marketing strategy was developed. The thre...

We specify and analyze two variants of oor acquisition multiple access protocols for single-channel wireless LANs (WLANs) with hidden terminals. One variant assumes that all stations have the same functionality, and the other assumes base-station control. These are the rst protocols that solve the hidden-terminal problems of single-channel WLANS. Stations use carrier sensing and a three-way han...

We decompose UK market volatility into shortand long-run components using EGARCH component model and examine the cross-sectional prices of the two components. Our empirical results suggest that these two components are significantly priced in the cross-section and the negative risk premia are consistent with the existing literature. The Fama-French three-factor model is improved by the inclusio...