International Research Journal of Finance and Economics
 Issue 21
 November, 2008
 
Direct Foreign Investment and Income Distribution: A Case Study for Pakistan
7-18
Muhammad Shahbaz and Naveed Aamir
Testing of Pecking Order Theory in ISE (Istanbul Stock Exchange Market)
19-26
Mehmet şEN and Eda ORUÇ
 
 
Style Fund Investment: Performance and Efficiency
27-47
K. Victor Chow, Karen Denning and Zhaodan Huang
 
 
Knowledge Flows and Knowledge Assets in High-Technology Mergers and Acquisitions
48-67
Shireen AlAzzawi
 
Existence of a Long-Run Equilibrium between the S&P 500 and Oil Prices
68-75
Jer-Shiou Chiou, Yen-Hsien Lee and Cho-Min Lin
 
 
A VaR Investigation of Currency Composition in Foreign Exchange Reserves
76-92
Jer-Shiou Chiou, Jui-Cheng Hung and Mei-Maun Hseu
 
Who Owns the Largest Firms Around the World?
93-111
Paulo Alves and Miguel Ferreira
 
 
Morocco & US Equity Markets Linkage After FTA Signature Implications for International Portfolio Diversification
112-123
Achraf Boujir and Abdelmounaim Lahrech
 
 
 
The Legacy and Prospects of Polish Privatization
124-130
Richard J. Hunter and Leo V. Ryan. C.S.V
 
 
The Day-of-the-Week Effect on the Shape of the Heavy-Tailed Distribution
131-134
Ming-Chih Lee and Jui-Cheng Hung
 
 
 
Intra-Household Allocation, Household Public Good, and Labor Force Participation of Women
135-141
Achintya Ray and Indrani Ray
 
 
 
Does Stock Market Development Cause Economic Growth? A Time Series Analysis for Indian Economy
142-149
Soumya Guha Deb and Jaydeep Mukherjee
 
 
 
Does Corporate Disclosure Quality Help?
150-157
Hsiu-I Ting
 
 
 
Currency Substitution: Evidence from Turkey
158-162
Muhittin Kaplan, Huseyin Kalyoncu and FatihYucel
 
 
 
Stock Markets' Linkages: An Empirical Investigation for Long-Term International Diversification Benefits
163-178
E. K. Mavrakis and Christos A. Alexakis