Contemporary Trends in Accounting, Finance and Financial Institutions (eBook)

Professor Taufiq Choudhry is Professor of Finance, Director of Research within Southampton Management School at the University of Southampton. He received his BSc degree in Economics from University of Iowa, USA, Masters and PhD in Applied Economics from Clemson University, USA. Before rejoining University of Southampton Management School in January 2006 as a Professor of Finance, he was a lecturer and a senior lecturer at University of Wales, Swansea, Reader in Finance at University of Southampton Management School and then Professor of Finance at University of Bradford Management School. Author of papers e.g. in Journal of Banking&Finance, Journal of Forecasting, or Empirical Economics. The total number of citations approximates 1,500. He has been very active as a member of program committees of international research conferences all over the world. He has been involved in visiting fellowships and awarded for research papers.Professor Jacek Mizerka is full-time Professor at the Poznan University of Business and Economics, Poland and Director of the Corporate Finance Department. He received habilitation in 2008 for the book on real options and PhD in Economics in 1992. He has been Vice-rector of the Poznań University of Economics and Business for Education and Students and Vice-rector for Finance and Development. He is experienced in supervising research projects financed by the Polish Ministry. He stays active in teaching in undergraduate, master’s and MBA studies. Supervisor of PhD theses, two of them were successfully completed and several are ongoing. He is involved in international cooperation for many years. Experienced reviewer of PhD theses, habilitation procedures, and research projects for the Polish government. He has been also engaged in research committees and journal editorial boards. Research of academic interests: corporate finance, investment and financial decisions, real options, risk management, quantitative finance.

(tentative)Arkadiusz Bernal, Do Small Value Added Tax Rate Decreases on Groceries Imply Lower Prices for Consumers? Zorica Bozhinovska Lazarevska, The Professional Skepticism in the Audit Profession in the Republic of Macedonia – Students Versus External Auditors Kittiphod Charoontham, Thunyarat Amornpetchkul, Impact of Pay-For-Performance on Rating Accuracy Monika Gryko, Managing of financial flexibility Joanna Guść, Mitchell Adelerhof, Accounting for sustainability in practice: Full cost accounting in integrated P&L statement at parcel delivery of PostNL Jarosław Kubiak, Leszek Czapiewski, Investors' Reaction to Dividend Announcement of Companies Listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange Sanjeev Kumar, K.S. Ranjani, Financial constraints and investment determinants: An analysis of Indian listed manufacturing firms Jan-Hendrik Meier, Jens Boysen-Hogrefe, Verena Katharina Spoida, Macroeconomic Determinants of Merger Waves - The Case of Germany Arkadiusz Orzechowski, Pricing correlation options: from the P. Carr and D. Madan approach to the new method based on the Fourier transform Anita Pavković, Ksenija Dumičić, Berislav Žmuk, How Do Development Indicators Influence the Future of Automated Teller Machines in European Countries: Multiple Regression Analysis Approach Krzysztof Piasecki, Joanna Siwek, Two-asset portfolio with triangular fuzzy present values - an alternative approach Author’s / Editor’s Questionnaire Page 5 Ullas Rao, Kuldeep Kumar, Are Commodity Markets in India Efficient? An Empirical Investigation Ricardo Sichel, The Taxation of Technology Transfer Michał Dominik Stasiak, Modelling of Currency Exchange Rates Using a Binary-Temporal Representation Szymon Stereńczak, Stock Market Liquidity and Firm's Decision to Pay Dividends: Evidence from Warsaw Stock Exchange Agnieszka Stróżyńska, Determinants of risk management disclosure. Evidence from Poland Gunes Topcu, Corporate Debt Bias: Reasons and Possible Solutions Aleksandra Wójcicka, Credit-Risk Decision Process Using Neural Networks in Industrial Sectors