Advances In Quantitative Analysis Of Finance And Accounting - New Series (Vol. 2) New Series

News Professor Cheng-Few Lee ranks #1 based on his publications in the 26 core finance journals, and #163 based on publications in the 7 leading finance journals (Source: Most Prolific Authors in the Finance Literature: 1959-2008 by Jean L Heck and Philip L Cooley (Saint Joseph's University and Trinity University).Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance and Accounting, New Series is an annual publication designed to disseminate developments in the quantitative analysis of finance and accounting. It is a forum for statistical and quantitative analyses of issues in finance and accounting, as well as applications of quantitative methods to problems in financial management, financial accounting, and business management. The objective is to promote interaction between academic research in finance and accounting, applied research in the financial community, and the accounting profession. Multinomial Lattices and Derivatives Pricing (G M Jabbour et al.); Value-Relevance of Knowledge Spillovers: Evidence from Three High-Tech Industries (M K Fung); Using Path Analysis to Integrate Accounting and Non-Financial Information: The Case for Revenue Drives of Internet Stocks (A Kozberg); A Teaching Note on the Effective Interest Rate, Periodic Interest Rate, and Compounding Frequency (Y Kwak & H J Williams); Voluntary Disclosure of Strategic Operating Information and the Accuracy of Analysts' Earnings Forecasts (S Leung); Intraday Trading of Island (As Reported to the Cincinnati Stock Exchange) and NASDAQ (V T Nguyen et al.); The Impact of the Introduction of Index Securities on the Underlying Stocks: The Case of the Diamonds and the Dow 30 (B F van Ness et al.); Hedging with Foreign-Listed Single Stock Futures (M-W Hung et al.); Asset Pricing with Higher Moments: Empirical Evidence from the Taiwan Stock Market (B-H Lin & J M C Wang); Listing Switches from Nasdaq to the NYSE/AMEX: Is New York Issuance a Motive? (A Ascioglu & T H Mclnish); Is Covered Call Investing Wise? Evaluating the Strategy Using Risk-Adjusted Performance Measures (K B Leggio & D Lien); CFA Designation, Geographical Location, and Analyst Performance (P Hsiao & W Y Lee). Professor Cheng-Few Lee ranks #1 based on his publications in the 26 core finance journals, and #163 based on publications in the 7 leading finance journals (Source : Most Prolific Authors in the Finance Literature : 1959-2008 by Jean L Heck and Philip L Cooley (Saint Joseph's University and Trinity University). Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance and Accounting, New Series is an annual publication designed to disseminate developments in the quantitative analysis of finance and accounting. It is a forum for statistical and quantitative analyses of issues in finance and accounting, as well as applications of quantitative methods to problems in financial management, financial accounting, and business management. The objective is to promote interaction between academic research in finance and accounting, applied research in the financial community, and the accounting profession News Professor Cheng-Few Lee ranks #1 based on his publications in the 26 core finance journals, and #163 based on publications in the 7 leading finance journals (Source: Most Prolific Authors in the Finance Literature: 1959-2008 by Jean L Heck and Philip L Cooley (Saint Joseph's University and Trinity University). Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance and Accounting, New Series is an annual publication designed to disseminate developments in the quantitative analysis of finance and accounting. It is a forum for statistical and quantitative analyses of issues in finance and accounting Chapter 4 A Teaching Note on the Effective Interest Rate, Periodic Interest Rate and Compounding Frequency Youngsik Kwak, H. James Williams1. Introduction; 2. Different Textbook Approaches; 3. When Cash Flows Match Compounding Periods; 3.1. Example 1; 3.2. Algebraic method; 3.3. Formula method; 3.4. Financial calculator method; 4. When Cash Flows Occur More Frequently than Compounding Periods; 4.1. Example 2; 4.2. Algebraic method; 4.3. Formula method; 4.4. Financial calculator method; 5. When Cash Flows Occur Less Frequently than Compounding Periods; 5.1. Example 3; 5.2. Algebraic method Preface to Volume 2; Contents; List of Contributors; Chapter 1 Multinomial Lattices and Derivatives Pricing George M. Jabbour, Marat V. Kramin, Timur V. Kramin, Stephen D. Young; 1. Introduction; 2. A General Description of n-Order Multinomial Lattices; 3. Multinomial Lattices and Lognormally Distributed Asset Prices; 4. Practical Implementation and Numerical Results; 5. Conclusions; References; Chapter 2 Value-Relevance of Knowledge Spillovers: Evidence from Three High-Tech Industries Michael K. Fung; 1. Introduction; 2. Measuring Knowledge Spillovers; 3. Data; 3.1. Knowledge spillovers 5.3. Formula method5.4. Financial calculator method; 6. Relationships Among Different Interest Rates; 7. Conclusion; References; Chapter 5 Voluntary Disclosure of Strategic Operating Information and the Accuracy of Analysts' Earnings Forecasts Sidney Leung; 1. Introduction; 2. Related Literature; 3. Research Design; 3.1. Sample; 3.2. Measurement of variables; 3.2.1. Disclosure of strategic operating information (SOI); 3.2.2. Analyst forecast errors (AFEs); 3.2.3. Control variables; 4. Results; 4.1. Descriptive statistics and univariate analysis; 4.2. Regression results 4.3. Sensitivity analyses4.4. Additional tests; 5. Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 6 Intraday Trading of Island (As Reported to the Cincinnati Stock Exchange) and NASDAQ Van T. Nguyen, Bonnie F. Van Ness, Robert A. Van Ness; 1. Introduction; 2. Literature and Background; 3. Data and Trading Characteristics; 4. Intraday Trading Behavior; 4.1. Number of trades and volume; 4.2. Trade size (in shares and in dollars); 5. Determinants of Trading and Volume; 6. Probability of Informed Trading; 7. Conclusion; References 3.2. Firm-specific financial data4. Empirical Formulation - The Ohlson Model; 5. Results; 6. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 3 Using Path Analysis to Integrate Accounting and Non-Financial Information: The Case for Revenue Drives of Internet Stocks Anthony Kozberg; 1. Introduction; 2. Literature Review; 3. Data Collection; 4. Methodology; 5. Results; 6. Expanded Testing; 7. Conclusions and Suggestions for Further Research; Acknowledgments; Appendix; References Chapter 7 The Impact of the Introduction of Index Securities on the Underlying Stocks: The Case of the Diamonds and the Dow 30 Bonnie F. Van Ness, Robert A. Van Ness, Richard S. Warr