IRJFE issue 9

IRJFE Issue 9

International Research Journal of Finance and Economics
Issue 9
May, 2007

A Cross-Functional Model Proposal for Valuing Venture Capital Investment: Intersection of Real Options, Game Theory and Asymmetric Information Sofia Alexandraki and John Mylonakis	7-24

Audit Committee Resources, Appointment and Future Scope: Some Evidence from Malaysia Siti Shaharatulfazzah Mohd Saad, Jonathan Gerard Evans, Zulkarnain Muhamad Sori and Mohamad Ali Abdul Hamid	25-37

Cross-Border Bank Acquisitions: Financial and Managerial Analysis of BNP Paribas TEB Deal Halil Bader Arslan	38-49

The Economic Development Problems in South Asia and Recommended Solution Hseyin zdeşer, Golam Rabby and Okan Veli Şafakli	50-56

ICT in Cash Management: Explanatory Model Leire San Jose, Txomin Iturralde and Amaia Maseda	57-71

Structural Var Identification of the Turkish Business Cycles zgr Aslan and H. Levent Korap	72-86

An Investigation of Tender Offer Effects on Thai Target Firms During the Bid Period Amporn Soongswang	87-104

Ethical Investing and Volatility: A Theoretical Perspective Dimitris Balios and Antonios Livieratos	105-110

Inefficiencies in the Tobacco Market and Taxation as the Most Effective Measure of Government Policy Against Smoking Agelike Nikolaou	111-125

Dymimic Estimates of the Size of Shadow Economies of Turkey and of Her Neighbouring Countries Friedrich Schneider and Fatih Savasan	126-143

Balassa-Samuelson Model Revisited: Growth Productivity Effect & Capital Accumulation Temimi Bayram	144-159

An Empirical Study of Realized Volatility and Trading Volume Dynamics Abu Hassan Shaari Mohd Nor and Chin Wen Cheong	160-166

Incentive Effect for Performance-Vested Employee Stock Options Yueh-Neng Lin and I-Doun Kuo	167-179

The Impact of Derivatives on Financial Stability in Turkish Economy Evidence from the Istanbul Stock Exchange and TurkDEX Mustafa K. Yılmaz and Engin Kurun	180-200

Dividend Decision Under Distributed Profit Taxation: Investors Perspective Aaro Hazak	201-209

Are the Reactions of Emerging Equity Markets to the Volatility in Advanced Markets Similar? Comparative Evidence from Brazil and Turkey Alper Ozun	220-230

The Impact of Ownership Structure on Company Performance; A Panel Data Analysis on Istanbul Stock Exchange Listed (ISE-100) Companies Levent itak	231-245