Contents

1.Competition in IPO underwriting: time series evidence
2.Can delegating bank regulation to market forces really work?
3.Internal model-based capital standard and the cost of deposit insurance
4.Lead lenders and loan pricing
5.Regional economic conditions and aggregate bank performance
6.Who benefits more from global diversification? An over-time perspective
7.Overreaction and seasonality in Asian stock indices: Evidence from Korea, Hong Kong and Japan
8.A mean-Gini approach to asset allocation involving hedge funds
9.Incentive stocks and options with trading restrictions: not as restricted as we thought
10.Board size and firm performance in the property-liability insurance industry
11.The role of higher oil prices: A case of major developed countries
12.The futures hedging effectiveness with liquidity risk under alternative settlement specifications