Determinants of financial structure: A new methodological approach

MG Ferri, WH Jones - The Journal of finance, 1979 - JSTOR
THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN A firm's financial structure and its operating char-acteristics-its
industrial classification and its size, among others-took on added importance as a result of …

Short‐selling prior to earnings announcements

SE Christophe, MG Ferri, JJ Angel - The Journal of Finance, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
… Angel and Ferri gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Nasdaq Educational
Foundation and especially thank Laura Levine of the NEF. We also appreciate the comments and …

Informed trading before analyst downgrades: Evidence from short sellers

SE Christophe, MG Ferri, J Hsieh - Journal of Financial Economics, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper studies short-selling prior to the release of analyst downgrades in a sample of 670
downgrades of Nasdaq stocks between 2000 and 2001. We find abnormal levels of short-…

The determinants of trading volume of high-yield corporate bonds

GJ Alexander, AK Edwards, MG Ferri - Journal of Financial Markets, 2000 - Elsevier
This paper examines the trading volume of a sample of high-yield corporate bonds reported
on Nasdaq's Fixed Income Pricing System (FIPS). This analysis of volume allows us to better …

A close look at short selling on Nasdaq

JJ Angel, SE Christophe, MG Ferri - Financial Analysts Journal, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
We examine the frequency of short selling in stocks listed in the Nasdaq market. Using
previously unavailable transaction data, we can report several findings: (1) overall, 1 of every 42 …

What does Nasdaq's high-yield bond market reveal about bondholder-stockholder conflicts?

GJ Alexander, AK Edwards, MG Ferri - Financial Management, 2000 - JSTOR
We use data from Nasdaq's FIPS system for reporting transactions in selected high-yield
corporate bonds to investigate the relationship between the returns on a firm's stock and the …

Evidence that the stock market overreacts and adjusts

MG Ferri, M Chung-Ki - Journal of Portfolio management, 1996 - search.proquest.com
The overreaction theory proposes that investors often respond to new information with an
excessive price change, which they later correct by an opposite movement in the market value. …

Study of elastic behaviour of magnesium ferri aluminates

KB Modi, MC Chhantbar, HH Joshi - Ceramics international, 2006 - Elsevier
The elastic behaviour of MgAl x Fe 2−x O 4 (x=0.0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8 and 1.0) has been studied
by infrared spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction analysis. The force constants for tetrahedral …

A note on unsuccessful tender offers and stockholder returns

FJ Fabozzi, MG Ferri, TD Fabozzi… - The Journal of …, 1988 - Wiley Online Library
Recent research shows that unsuccessful tender offers may affect target share returns for
two years past the offer's announcement. This note examines target returns in the interim …

Short selling and the weekend effect in Nasdaq stock returns

SE Christophe, MG Ferri, JJ Angel - Financial Review, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
… JJ Angel and MG Ferri gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Nasdaq
Educational Foundation. We greatly appreciate the assistance of members of Nasdaq's Office of …