Spring 2001 Issue

VOLUME XXIV NUMBER 1

Spring 2001

CONTENTS

Spring 2001 Abstracts	Page No.

Organizational Architecture and Corporate Finance Clifford E. Smith, Jr.	1

Strategic Rules on Speculation in the Foreign Exchange Market Dilip K. Ghosh and Arun J. Prakash	15

Is There a Signaling Effect of Underwriter Reputation? Abe Helou and Gonyung Park	27

Influences and Trends in Mutual Fund Expense Ratios Michele LaPlante	45

Adverse Selection, Inventory-Holding Costs, and Depth Frank Heflin and Kenneth W. Shaw	65

Market Segmentation and International Asset Prices: Evidence from the Listing of World Equity Benchmark Shares Dilip Kumar Patro	83

FInancing Decisions and Signaling by Partially Acquired Firms Aigbe Akhigbe, Jeff Madura and Carol Spencer	99

Short-Term Effects of Privatization on Operating Performance in the Czech Republic Joel T. Harper	119

Foreign Ownership Restrictions and Market Segmentation in China's Stock Markets G.M. Chen, Bong-Soo Lee and Oliver Rui	133