this paper investigates asset growth pricing in firm-level cross section stock return in tehran stock exchange for the period from 1379 to 1389. in order to test cross section stock return predictability by the firm's asset growth, the relation between asset growth rate and subsequent stock return is examined in a sample of 280 firms using portfolio analysis approach and fama-macbeth (1973...

The return performance and factor sensitivities of Canadian equity real estate investment trusts (E-REITs) are examined. Today, typical and average Canadian E-REIT IPOs are correctly priced based on first-day and subsequent short-run returns. The overpricing evident earlier in the 1993-96 period for typical and average E-REIT IPOs has corrected. E-REITs are equity investments with about one-hal...

Using a novel, hand-collected dataset, comprising 321 exited buyouts in the UK in the period 1995 to 2004, this study examines the realized value increase in exited leveraged buyouts. Testing the free cash flow theory, we show that value increase and return characteristics of LBOs are to some extent related to the corporate governance mechanisms resulting from a leveraged buyout, especially man...