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Tariffs On Final And Intermediate Goods Under Global Sourcing
This paper studies the effects of trade barriers in the internal and the international organization of firms. It builds on the Antras and Helpman (2004) North-South model in which firms choose from among four organizational form types corresponding to the combined decisions: outsource vs. integrate, and North vs. South. It...
Tags: Sourcing, University Of Wisconsin, Tariff, Free Trade, Finance
White papers 2006-06-01
Regional Differences And Underwriter Location In Initial Public Offerings
Equity capital is often an important source of funds for growing firms. This paper investigates the regional differences in the size of newly organized Initial Public Offerings, an important source of equity capital. It also investigates the importance of underwriter reputation and location to the size of the offering. The...
Tags: Finance, Financial Services, Financial Planning, Investment, IPO, Equity, University Of Wisconsin
White papers 2005-05-23
The Role Of Law In Development - Past, Present And Future
People are poor because they have no money. Countries are less developed because they have no capital. These truisms have a profound impact on the development assistance provided by rich countries to the poor countries, as evidenced by the tendency to measure development assistance by the amount of resources transferred...
Tags: University Of Wisconsin, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Currency & Foreign Exchange, Investment, Finance
White papers 2004-10-22
Finance, Investment, and Investment Performance: Evidence From the REIT Sector
The paper examines financing, investment, and investment performance in the equity REIT sector over the 1981-1999 time period. Analysis reveals significant differences between the old-REIT (1981-1992) and new-REIT (1993-1999) eras. The sector experienced rapid growth in the new-REIT era, primarily from firm-level investment as opposed to new entry. Firm-level investment...
Tags: Business Operations, Finance, Real Estate, Investment, Analysis, University Of Wisconsin, Performance, REIT
White papers 2004-10-01
Monopoly and Informational Advantage in the Residential Mortgage Market
This paper analyzes a mortgage loan market in which an incumbent lender employs a proprietary screening technology to produce a precise estimate of loan credit quality. When the information underlying the technology has significant strategic value, the incumbent introduces noise to block inferences from potential competitors. As a result, the...
Tags: University Of Wisconsin, Mortgages, Finance, Capital Structures
White papers 2004-07-01
Landowners Riches: The Distribution of Agricultural Subsidies
The U.S. has a long history of providing generous support for the agricultural sector. The 2002 Farm Bill provides in excess of $190 billion in financial support to U.S. agriculture, an increase of $72 billion over previous programs. This paper is concerned with the distribution of these benefits and their...
Tags: U.S., University Of Wisconsin, Benefits, Financial Accounting, Human Resources, Finance
White papers 2004-02-01
A Large Speculator in Contagious Currency Crises: A Single "George Soros" Makes Countries More Vulnerable to Crises, But Mitigates Contagion
This paper studies the model that proposes a new contagion channel and shows how a currency crisis can spread from one country to another even when these countries are totally unrelated in terms of economic fundamentals. It finds that the better the economic fundamentals in the originating crisis country, the...
Tags: University Of Wisconsin, Crisis, Financial Accounting, Investment, Financial Services, Finance
White papers 2003-11-01
Piercing (and Then Papering Over) the Veil of Ignorance: GSE Monopoly and Informational Advantage in the Market for Residential Mortgages
This paper constructs a model of a monopolistic (GSE-dominated) market for mortgages is constructed in which the GSE employs a proprietary credit evaluation technology to produce a precise estimate of mortgage loan credit quality. When the private value of the information underlying the screening technology is sufficiently high, the GSE...
Tags: Mortgages, Capital Structures, Finance, University Of Wisconsin
White papers 2003-03-01
Does the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Increase the Supply of Housing?
The Low Income Housing Tax Credit LIHTC was originated in conjunction with the Tax Reform Act of 1986 (TRA 86) to provide incentives for private sector production of low-income housing. This note examines whether these units have added to the existing stock or merely substituted for unsubsidized units that otherwise...
Tags: University Of Wisconsin, Finance, Financial Planning, Free Trade, Taxes
White papers 2002-10-11
Does The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Increase The Supply Of Housing?
The Low Income Housing Tax Credit LIHTC was originated in conjunction with the Tax Reform Act of 1986 (TRA 86) to provide incentives for private sector production of low-income housing. In this note we examine whether these units have added to the existing stock or merely substituted for unsubsidized units...
Tags: Investment, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance, Taxes, University Of Wisconsin, Stock, Substitution
White papers 2002-10-01
The Role of Non-U.S. Firm's Financial Reporting in International Mergers & Acquisitions
Theoretical research indicates that asymmetric information is a barrier to the completion of firms' mergers and acquisitions (M&A). This study investigates whether non-U.S. firms' financial reporting standards are associated with firms being targets in completed M&A transactions. It finds that non-U.S. firms' use of International Accounting Standards IAS or U.S....
Tags: Finance, Financial Planning, Mergers & Acquisitions, University Of Wisconsin, M&A, Financial, Investment, Financial Reporting
White papers 2002-10-01
Rethinking Dairyland: Background For Decisions About Wisconsin's Dairy Industry
This paper analyzes benefits and costs for the U.S. and Wisconsin dairy industries stemming from international trade in dairy products. The focus is on the URWTO agreement and the NAFTA, and on benefits and costs as commonly perceived by dairy industry participants - not on broader economic efficiency and welfare...
Tags: Wisconsin, Industry, University Of Wisconsin, NAFTA, Free Trade, Finance
White papers 2002-08-01
Parameter Stability and the Valuation of Mortgages and Mortgage-Backed Securities
The paper examines the effect of parameter instability on the valuation of mortgages and mortgage-backed securities. In particular, the paper prices 1997 issue mortgages subject to the 1998 bond market rally events assuming an empirically derived prepayment model constructed on data reflecting the 1993 experience and compares results to those...
Tags: Valuation, University Of Wisconsin, Mortgages, Investment, Finance, Capital Structures
White papers 2002-06-01
Would U.S. Dairy Firms Increase Long-Term Profits by Becoming Bigger Exporters and Bigger Investors in Foreign Dairy-Food Businesses
The answer to the question posed in the title is arguably, yes. U.S. firms appear to be well positioned to profitably expand exports of highly differentiated dairy products and selected dairy ingredients, especially dried whey products. However, U.S. bulk cheese, butter and nonfat dry milk NFDM are, for the most...
Tags: Financial Accounting, Sales Force Management, Sales, Finance, Sales Strategy, Investor, University Of Wisconsin, U.S.
White papers 2002-03-01
Gated Communities and Property Values
This paper empirically examines the effect of private and gated streets on housing prices in a well-established neighborhood of St. Louis, which is one of the first urban areas in the United States to develop private streets. A relatively homogeneous housing stock inside and outside the gated community, in which...
Tags: University Of Wisconsin, Street, Investment, Finance
White papers 2001-06-10
Seed and Venture Capital Formulation: Essential to High-Tech Business Job Growth
The ability to generate and sustain high technology companies and employment in Wisconsin is dependent on three general factors: equity investment capacity, human resources, and a supply of technologies and business ideas. Investment capacity is clearly the one key area where Wisconsin suffers from comparative disadvantage versus other states in...
Tags: Job, Equity Investment, Wisconsin, University Of Wisconsin, Equity, Investment Capacity, Investment, Venture Capital, Financing Startups, Financial Services, Finance
White papers 2000-11-13
Taxation for the 21st Century: The Automated Payment Transaction (APT) Tax
This paper examines the desirability and feasibility of replacing the present system of personal and corporate income, sales, excise, capital gains, import and export duties, gift and estate taxes with a single comprehensive revenue neutral Automated Payment Transaction tax. In its simplest form, the APT tax consists of a flat...
Tags: Finance, Financial Planning, Free Trade, Taxes, University Of Wisconsin
White papers 2000-10-01
Real Estate Finance in the Midst of Change
Real estate financial markets have changed considerably in the past two decades. This is true in the U.S. where mortgage securitization is burgeoning and where households have gone on an unprecedented borrowing binge in the recent years. Also, very little is known about why property companies go public and whether...
Tags: Business Operations, Financial Accounting, Real Estate, Finance, University Of Wisconsin
White papers 2000-07-01
Unsecured Debt Issuance and Financial Policy of Real Estate Investment Trusts
This paper provides a systematic empirical analysis of the financial policy of equity Real Estate Investment Trusts REITs, with a focus on firms that issue unsecured debt. The paper finds that financial market conditions and bond rating interact to affect the unsecured debt offer spread, where lower credit quality debt...
Tags: REIT, Financial, University Of Wisconsin, Debt, Real Estate, Investment, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Finance
White papers 2000-07-01
Institutional Investors and REIT Equity Prices
This paper investigates whether the changing composition of institutional demand for REIT stocks can partially explain changes in the relative prices of REIT shares over the period 1993 to 1998. This paper investigates and observes that institutional investors have a significant preference for REIT shares with greater market capitalization and...
Tags: Business Operations, Investment, Real Estate, Investor, Finance, University Of Wisconsin, REIT
White papers 2000-06-01
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