Refereed Journals:

American Journal of Finance and Accounting(AJFA) USA

         ISSN (Online): 1752-7775 - ISSN (Print): 1752-7767 http://www.inderscience.com/ajfa

 International Journal of Accounting and Finance (IJAF) Canada

         ISSN (Online): 1752-8232 - ISSN (Print): 1752-8224 http://www.inderscience.com/ijaf

 International  Journal of of Financial Services  Management (IJFSM) UK

         ISSN (Online): 1741-8062 - ISSN (Print): 1460-6712 www.inderscience.com/ijfsm

 International Journal of Business Forecasting and Marketing Intelligence (IJBFMI) USA

        ISSN (Online): 1744-6643 - ISSN (Print): 1744-6635 http://www.inderscience.com/ijbfmi

 International Journal of Human Resources Developmnet and Management (IJHRDM), UK

           ISSN (Online) 1741-5160 (Print) 1465-6612  www.inderscience.com/ijhrdm

 Global Review of Business and Economic Research (GRBER) USA

        ISSN (Print): 0973-127X www.serialspub.com/ourjournals.asp

  International Journal of Business Performance Management (IJBPM) UK

                ISSN (Online) 1741-5039 (Print) 1368-4892  www.inderscience.com/ijbpm

  Asian-African Journal of Economics and Econometrics (AAJEE) India

            ISSN 0972-3986  www.serialspub.com

            ISSN (Online) 1741-5187 (Print) 1462-4621  www.inderscience.com/ijmdm

   Journal of Accounting, Business and Management (JABM), Indonesia

            ISSN 0216-423X    www.stie-mce.ac.id/jabm    

  Journal Economy (Malaysia)

  Journal Pengurusan (Malaysia)

   International Journal of Behavior Accounting & Finance  (UAE)

   CONFERENCE   BOOKS

                                                                  ISBN 81-8387-080-5

Serials Publications, India

Global Equity Investing, Portfolio Selection,

                  Corporate governance, and Regulations

Professor Mazhar M. Islam, Alabama A&M University, Alabma, USA 

Professor David P. Ely, San Diego State University,  California, USA

CONTENTS

Stock returns and volatility; Linkages of the global equity markets; Earnings management; Information flow and trading volume; Portfolio management; Financial distress and bankruptcy; Equities and market valuation; Accounting fraud; Marketing IPO's; Analysis of bank performance in equity market; Debt default; Internatmonal portfolio diversification; The pricing of default risk; Incentive effects of executive stock and option ownership; Corporate control; Insider trading: Regulations and costs; Behavioral issues in market microstructure; Equity, buybacks, splits, and rights; Asset pricing; The IPO aftermarket; Private placements, and rights offerings: international evidence; Predicting stock price changes; Event effects; Corporate fraud and misreporting; Mutual fund performance; Managerial incentives and financial structure; Returns on country Indexes; Boards, blocks, and performance; IPO's, CEO's, and governance; Equity financing for small firms; Portfolio selection factors; Closed-end country funds; Liquidity, bubbles, and spreads; Employee stock options; Liquidity, transaction costs, and Asset prices; Bank loans and capital markets; International market efficiency; International capital structure and taxation: evidence; Currency risk; Hedging and operational risk; International market integration; Corporate diversification and firm value; Firm-specific risk and Market risk; Issues in Corporate Governance; IPO’s. CEO’s and Governance; Book to market and industry effects; IPO allocation and pricing; Technical analysis and short-run stock returns; Issues in market timing; Underwriting reputation; Volatility models and information; Dividend policy and signaling; Efficiency of the trading systems; Efficient contracting and Governance; Financial accountability and International risk management; Agency problems and corporate decisions; International market risk; Corporate diversification; Earnings expectations and insider trading; The Art of managing the Pension Funds; The politics of equity finance in emerging markets; Institutional reforms & regulations of equity markets; Market discipline across countries and industries; Market efficiency; Weekend and after hours trading Mutual funds and individual investors; Analysts conflicts etc.

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Issues in Global Research in Business & Economics

ISSN 1940-5391 Library of Congress 

Editors: Professor Shawkat Hammoudeh, Drexel University

Professor Christopher Ngassam, Florida A&M University , USA

Co-editors: Professor Sulayman S. Al-Qudsi, University of Calgary

Professor Kamal Smimou, University of Lethbridge, CANADA