The Journal of Financial Research

Spring 2004 Abstracts

Page No.

Relational Investing and Firm Performance

Sanjai Bhagat, Bernard Black and Margaret Blair

1

Equity-Based Compensation for Employees: Firm Performance and Determinants

Melissa B. Frye

31

Competition for Board Seats Following Stock-for-Stock Mergers

Wallace N. Davidson, Sameh Sakr, and Yixi Ning

55

Decimals and Liquidity: A Study of the NYSE

Sugato Chakravarty, Robert A. Wood and Robert A. Van Ness

75

Contagion in Financial Markets After September 11: Myth or Reality?

Mark T. Hon, Jack Strauss and Soo-Keong Yong

95

The Evolution of Bank Resolution Policies in Japan: Evidence from Market Equity Values

Mark M. Spiegel and Nobuyoshi Yamori

115

Syndicated Loan Announcements and Borrower Value

Dominic Gasbarro, Kim-Song Le, Robert G. Schwebach and J. Kenton Zumwalt

133

Optionality and Daily Dynamics of Convenience Yield Behavior: An Empirical Analysis

Ahmet E. Kocagil

143