Master-Arbeit Univ. St. Gallen, 2007.

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Part B examines the relationship between firm board quality and initial underpricing and the post-IPO performance of 73 H-share and Red-chip share firms from 1993 to 2000. I hypothesize that a high quality board can convey the firm's intrinsic value to the market, thereby reducing the information asymmetry in the firm. Therefore, IPOs of firms with higher management quality will be characterized by lower underpricing level and higher aftermarket long-term stock performance. The level of underpricing is 32% for the sample firms. My result shows that firms with more foreigners on board tend to have a lower IPO underpricing level. The aftermarket, long-term downward drift is confirmed relative to all of the six benchmarks used in this paper. More foreigners on board are positively related to the post-IPO long-term stock performance. In summary, the results show that the management quality of directors has a positive influence on long-term post-IPO stock performance. / This paper consists of two parts. Part A This paper investigates the determinants of the adoption of executive stock option plans in Japanese firms and measures the market reaction of executive stock option grants. I find that firms with larger size, and low leverage level are more likely to adopt executive stock options. I also find that keiretsu firms in Japan are less likely to adopt stock options. In those firms that grant stock options, firms with high liquidity and those operate in noisier environment tend to use more option incentives. Japanese firms exhibit significant abnormal stock returns about 0.4% of at the announcement day. / Zhang Ling. / "March 2006." / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-11, Section: A, page: 4287. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 162-169). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest dissertations and theses, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / School code: 1307.

Thesis (M.B.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references.

Diss. rer. pol. Bern, 1988. / Im Buchh.: Köln : Institut für Wirtschaftspolitik an der Universität zu Köln. Bibliogr.: p. 287- 293.

published_or_final_version / Economics and Finance / Master / Master of Economics

In this dissertation, I develop and empirically test a comparison of the private versus public strategies presidents use to gain support and passage of their policy agendas. By focusing on presidential influence on policy outcomes in Congress, I can determine which form of presidential leadership - going public or using private bargaining or both - may prove most effective in shaping policies to suit the administration's political interests, given the context in Congress. This allows for an assessment of Neustadt's (1990) classic private bargaining presidency and Kernell's (1997) public presidency to show that both may be compatible and may even work in combination in order for presidents to pass their policy agendas under varying political circumstances in Congress.Original data is collected from Statements of Administration Policy to examine private presidential rhetoric, and additional data is collected from the yearly editions of Congressional Quarterly Almanac to assess the effects of public presidential rhetoric. I test my hypotheses with this new collection of data using logistic regressions, as well as complimentary case studies of No Child Left Behind, immigration reform, and the Andean Trade Preference Act. The broader implications of this study include: systematic assessments of presidential influence on Congress; indentifying a broader view of presidential leadership to better fit empirical observations; and incorporating inter-branch influences in Congressional behavior.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2001. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 120-125). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (doctoral)--European Business School, Oestrich-Winkel, 2000.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2001. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 120-125). Also available on the Internet.