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Book SynopsisDeals with the theme of Recovering from Financial Crisis. This book offers insight into: the surge in going-private transactions; hedge fund failures; the controversial aspects of private equity arrangements; why commodity producers (such as oil companies) choose not to hedge; and, trends in IPO activity.
Table of ContentsList of Contributors. Introduction. Time-Series Analysis of Going-Private Transactions. On Estimating the Failure Probability of Hedge Funds. Private Equity Arrangements as Real Options. The Value Effect of Crude Oil Derivatives Transactions by Oil Producers. IPO Monitoring Effectiveness of External Investment Banks and IPO Insiders. A Simple Option-Theoretic Approach to the Lease Versus Purchase Decision. Empirical Performance of Accounting Measures of Direct Agency Costs. Elasticity as a Measure of Project Uncertainty. Correlation Behavior of Emerging Markets. Research in Finance. Research in Finance. Research in Finance. Copyright page.