Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Rhode Island, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (v. 2, leaves 766-769).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Rhode Island, 2004. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (v. 2, leaves 766-769).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--George Washington University, 1989. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 217-226).

Bachelor-Arbeit Univ. St. Gallen, 2005.

Thèse (M.A.)--Université Laval, 2003. / Bibliogr.: f. 99-103. Webographie: f.104-105. Publié aussi en version électronique.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Iowa, 2007. / Supervisor: Palle Jorgensen. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 59-60).

Quelle est la loi qui régit le délai de prescription applicable à l’exécution d’une sentence arbitrale étrangère au Québec? Le Code civil réfère à la loi qui s’applique au fond du litige. Mais quel fond et quel litige? Ce mémoire analyse différentes hypothèses envisageables à partir de l’histoire de la loi applicable à la prescription ainsi que de la qualification de la prescription en droit interne. Pour tenir compte des besoins des parties et de leur sécurité juridique, l’auteur démontre que la solution dépend de la nature du rapport établi entre la procédure et la substance des droits, ainsi que de la conception que l’on a de l’action en justice et de l’effet d’une sentence arbitrale sur les droits des parties. La solution retenue – la loi applicable au différend réglé par la sentence – semble la mieux adaptée aux besoins identifiés, mais elle n’est pas exempte de difficulté.

In this thesis, I use two strategies of inquiry to further our understanding of indirect short-selling constraints. First, I interview a series of experienced market practitioners to identify their attitudes towards indirect constraints. I find little support for D’Avolio’s (2002) suggestions that short-selling is inhibited by managers’ fear of tracking error and by the cultural pressures of a society that can vilify short-sellers. However, I am able to introduce a new, social, indirect constraint to the literature – the perception that short-selling is a form of ‘trading’ as distinct from ‘investment’, and the consequent lack of acceptance amongst stakeholders that this engenders. This constraint reveals a divide between the attitudes of the academic community and parts of the institutional practitioner community on the subject of short-selling. However, interviewees argue that this indirect constraint is diminishing over time. This raises the prospect of markets in practice converging in behaviour towards the markets assumed in classical asset pricing models, and has implications for market efficiency. My second strategy of inquiry is to use a large, new stock lending database to explore three risk-related indirect constraints to short-selling. I examine ‘crowded exits’, a general class of liquidity problem, and find that these are associated with statistically and economically significant losses for short-sellers. I also examine ‘manipulative short squeezes’, a liquidity problem arising from predatory trading. Consistent with theory and the literature on the subject, I find that these are rare for larger, more liquid stocks. However, when they do occur, these events generate statistically significant losses for short-sellers. Finally, I build upon the work of Gamboa-Cavazos and Savor (2007) and investigate the response of short-sellers to losses. I find that short-sellers close their positions in response to accounting losses and not simply in response to rising share prices. This is consistent with short-sellers’ use of risk management tools that are designed to crystallize small losses. These serve to limit the risk of potentially unlimited losses and to reduce short positions at times of heightened synchronization risk. Stocks subject to shortcovering in this manner do not subsequently under-perform the market. My findings demonstrate that a sophisticated group of traders, strongly associated with price setting, does not suffer from the bias known as loss realization aversion.

Lau Ho-Fung. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 56-57). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.iii / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 2 --- Comparison between APT and CAPM --- p.4 / Chapter 2.1 --- "CAPM, APT and UAPT" --- p.4 / Chapter 2.2 --- Introduction of CAPM --- p.5 / Chapter 2.3 --- Introduction of APT --- p.6 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Assumptions and Requirements --- p.6 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Introduction to the estimation of UAPT --- p.6 / Chapter 2.3.3 --- Limitations of classical procedures of APT --- p.7 / Chapter 3 --- Analysis of UAPT Using Structural Equation Model and Its Im- plementation in LISREL --- p.9 / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction to SEM with LISREL Implementation --- p.9 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- The first stage of APT and the LISREL Model --- p.9 / Chapter 3.2 --- Estimation of APT by SEM --- p.12 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Combining the two stages in classical method in APT by SEM --- p.12 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Incorporating both observable and unobservable factors　in APT (UAPT) by SEM --- p.15 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- LISREL Implementation --- p.16 / Chapter 4 --- Simulation --- p.19 / Chapter 4.1 --- Simulation Procedure --- p.19 / Chapter 4.2 --- Results --- p.23 / Chapter 5 --- Empirical Study on Hong Kong Stock Market --- p.26 / Chapter 5.1 --- Description and source of the data --- p.26 / Chapter 5.2 --- The Goodness-of-fit Indexes in LISREL --- p.28 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- The normed fit index (NFI) --- p.29 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- The non-normed fit index (NNFI) --- p.29 / Chapter 5.2.3 --- The comparative fit index (CFI) --- p.29 / Chapter 5.3 --- The Structure of our LISREL Model --- p.30 / Chapter 5.4 --- The Five Models in the Empirical Analysis --- p.31 / Chapter 5.5 --- Results --- p.32 / Chapter 5.6 --- Conclusion --- p.33 / Chapter 6 --- Conclusion and Discussion --- p.35 / Appendix --- p.37 / Chapter A --- Example of LISREL Implementation --- p.37 / Chapter B --- Simulation Design and Simulation Result --- p.39 / Chapter C --- Result of Empirical Study --- p.50 / Bibliography --- p.56

Li Ming-Yin. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 115-116). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / Declaration --- p.iii / Acknowledgment --- p.iv / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 2 --- The Arbitrage Pricing Theory --- p.3 / Chapter 2.1 --- Model and Assumptions --- p.3 / Chapter 2.2 --- Derivation of the APT --- p.5 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Factor Risk Premia --- p.7 / Chapter 3 --- The Classical Approach --- p.8 / Chapter 3.1 --- Factor Analysis --- p.8 / Chapter 3.2 --- The Cross-sectional Regression --- p.11 / Chapter 3.3 --- Critiques Concerning the 、APT --- p.12 / Chapter 4 --- The Structural Equation Model Approach --- p.15 / Chapter 4.1 --- Combining the Factor Model and the Pricing Equation --- p.15 / Chapter 4.2 --- Framework of the SEM with Mean Structure --- p.16 / Chapter 4.3 --- Applying the SEM Approach to the APT --- p.19 / Chapter 4.4 --- Merit of the SEM Approach --- p.20 / Chapter 5 --- Simulation Study --- p.22 / Chapter 5.1 --- Simulation Design --- p.22 / Chapter 5.2 --- Insight from the Simulation Study --- p.26 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Factor loading. B --- p.26 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Factor covariance matrix. Φ --- p.26 / Chapter 5.2.3 --- "Risk-free rate, rf" --- p.27 / Chapter 5.2.4 --- "Risk premium, λ" --- p.28 / Chapter 5.2.5 --- "Sample size, T" --- p.29 / Chapter 5.2.6 --- Other findings --- p.29 / Chapter 6 --- Empirical Study --- p.30 / Chapter 6.1 --- Specification of the Data --- p.30 / Chapter 6.2 --- Procedures for the SEM Approach --- p.31 / Chapter 6.3 --- Procedures for the Classical Approach --- p.35 / Chapter 6.4 --- Model Interpretation --- p.36 / Chapter 6.5 --- Difficulties Encountered --- p.37 / Chapter 7 --- Conclusion and Discussion --- p.39 / Chapter A --- Result of the Simulation Study --- p.40 / Chapter B --- Result of the Empirical Study --- p.105 / Chapter C --- LISREL Program for the Empirical Study (by the SEM Ap- proach) --- p.111 / Bibliography --- p.115