This study utilizes quantile regressions to investigate the effect of determinants share repurchases on firms at different points distribution. Empirical results from a large panel NYSE repurchasing firms, document an asymmetric several in terms size, significance and direction. Excess capital, stock options growth opportunities are significant throughout distribution their impact increases suc...

abstract: given the increasing importance of entrepreneurship and its important role in students’ employment, this study was conducted to examine the effect of emotional intelligence on students' entrepreneurial intentions. a model was developed and was tested among undergraduate students of physical education faculty of tehran university. the model was tested by using the structural equat...

Research has consistently indicated that worker turnover intentions are factors external to an employee; however, little work has investigated turnover intention behavior from personality perspective in a context of a private university in a low resourced country like Uganda.  The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of individual personality dimensions and job turnover intention...

This paper re-examines the impact of EU Market Abuse Directive (MAD) on market reaction around share repurchase announcements. We use a unique hand-collected dataset firms listed Athens Stock Exchange, and we find evidence that contrasts with previous conclusions for large European economies. The implementation MAD is followed by significant increase in announcement abnormal returns, which more...

The increasing number of students graduating in agricultural majors and the limited employment opportunities supplied by the government suggest the importance of developing students’ entrepreneurship competencies and improving their entrepreneurial intentions. Therefore, it is necessary to identify factors influencing students’ entrepreneurial intentions. The purpose of this survey was to deter...

We use the staggered adoption of Universal Demand (UD) laws, which significantly reduces shareholder litigation rights listed banks incorporated in 23 US states during period from 1989 to 2005, as a quasi-natural experiment examine impact on bank dividends. The results difference-in-difference analysis show that weakened lead an increase Further, we find UD laws is only evident for with greater...

Little is known about the prices firms pay for repurchases. We compile a U.S. dataset of actual repurchase prices paid, and we compare that price to the average market price. We find that firms repurchase at significant lower prices than the market average. Firms' ability to time the market varies cross-sectionally: less frequent repurchasers obtain significantly lower prices, as do firms repur...