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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 is an annual publication designed to disseminate recent developments in the quantitative analysis of finance and accounting. The publication 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. Its objective is to promote interaction between academic research in finance and accounting with applied research in the financial community and the accounting profession.The chapters in this volume cover a wide range of pressing topics including security analysis and mutual fund management, option pricing theory and application, interest rate spread, and electricity pricing.
Table of ContentsTesting of Nonstationarities in the Unit Circle, Long Memory Processes and Day of the Week Effects in Financial Data (G M Caporale et al.); Equity Restructuring Via Tracking Stocks: Is there any Value Added? (B Lauterbach & J Vu); Stock Option Exercises and Discretionary Disclosure (W Zhang & S F Cahan); Do Profit Warnings Convey Information About the Industry? (D Jackson et al.); Earnings Forecast-Based Returns Predictions: Risk Proxies in Disguise? (L Xu); The Prime Rate-Deposit Rate Spread and Macroeconomic Shocks (B T Ewing & J B Kruse); The Long-Run Performance of Firms that Issue Tracking Stocks (C Loh); Performance of Canadian Mutual Funds and Investors (R Sinha & V Jog); The September Phenomenon of US Equity Market (A Y Gu & J T Simon); Fundamental Drivers of Electricity Prices in the Pacific Northwest (I Horowitz et al.); and other papers.
