Journal of oes BANKING& ce! FINANCE ELSEVIER Journal of Banking & Finance 21 (1998) 1761-1766 Author Index Alexander, J.C., M.F. Spivey and M. Wayne Marr, Nonshareholder constituency statutes and shareholder wealth: A note Allen, F. and A.M. Santomero, The theory of financial intermediation Allen, L. and A. Rai, Operational efficiency in banking: An international comparison Altman, E.I. and A. Saunders, Credit risk measurement: Developments over the last 20 years Alziary, B., J.-P. Décamps and P.-F. Koehl, A P.D.E. approach to Asian options: Analytical and numerical evidence Angbazo, L., Commercial bank net interest margins, default risk, interest-rate risk, and off-balance sheet banking Baltensperger, E. and T.J. Jordan, Seigniorage, banking, and the optimal quantity of money Beard, T.R., S.B. Caudill and D.M. Gropper, The diffusion of production processes in the U.S. banking industry: A finite mixture approach Berger, A.N. and R. DeYoung, Problem loans and cost efficiency in commercial banks Berger, A.N. and L.J. Mester, Inside the black box: What explains differences in the efficiencies of financial institutions? Booth, G.G., T. Martikainen and Y. Tse, Price and volatility spillovers in Scandinavian stock markets Breeden, D.T. and J.H. Gilkeson, A path-dependent approach to security valuation with application to interest rate contingent claims Brooks, R.D., R.W. Faff and Y. Kee Ho, A new test of the relationship between regulatory change in financial markets and the stability of beta risk of depository institutions 197 Cantor, R. and F. Packer, Differences of opinion and selection bias in the credit rating industry 1395 Carcano, N. and S. Foresi, Hedging against interest rate risk: Reconsidering volatility-adjusted immunization 127 1762 Author Index Carow, K.A. and W.B. Lee, State passage of interstate banking legislation: An analysis of firm, legislative, and economic characteristics Cather, D.A., see Ligon, J.A. Caudill, $.B., see Beard, T.R. Chamberlain, S., J.S. Howe and H. Popper, The exchange rate exposure of U.S. and Japanese banking institutions Chang, E.C., J.M. Pinegar and B. Schachter, Interday variations in volume, variance and participation of large speculators Chen, A.H. and S.C. Mazumdar, A dynamic model of firewalls and non-traditional banking Chiang, R., I. Davidson and J. Okunev, Some further theoretical and empirical implications regarding the relationship between earnings, dividends and stock prices Chunhachinda, P., K. Dandapani, S. Hamid and A.J. Prakash, Portfolio selection and skewness: Evidence from international stock markets Clare, A.D., P.N. Smith and S.H. Thomas, UK stock returns and robust tests of mean variance efficiency Cossin, D. and H. Pirotte, Swap credit risk: An empirical investigation on transaction data Deécamps, J.-P., see Alziary, B. Dandapani, K., see Chunhachinda, P. Davidson, I., see Chiang, R. DeYoung, R., Comment on ‘Operational efficiency in banking: An international perspective’ DeYoung, R., see Berger, A.N. Dhillon, U.S., D.J. Lasser and T. Watanabe, Volatility,information, and double versus walrasian auction pricing in US and Japanese futures markets Dimson, E. and P. Marsh, Stress tests of capital requirements Elton, E.J. and M.J. Gruber, Modern portfolio theory, 1950 to date Evans, J., T.H. Noe and J.H. Thornton, Jr., Regulatory distortion of management compensation: The case of golden parachutes for bank managers Faff, R.W., see Brooks, R.D. Ferson, W.E. and C.R. Harvey, Fundamental determinants of national equity market returns: A perspective on conditional asset pricing Finucane, T.J., An empirical analysis of common stock call exercise: A note Flannery, M.J., A.S. Hameed and R.H. Harjes, Asset pricing, time- varying risk premia and interest rate risk Author Index Fooladi, I.J., G.S. Roberts and F. Skinner, Duration for bonds with default risk Foresi, S., see Carcano, N. Franks, J.R., S.M. Schaefer and M.D. Staunton, The direct and compliance costs of financial regulation Fraser, D.R., J.L. Hooton, J.W. Kolari and J.J. Reising, The wealth ef- fects of interstate branching Fries, S., P. Méella-Barral and W. Perraudin, Optimal bank reorganization and the fair pricing of deposit guarantees Galloway, T.M., W.B. Lee and D.M. Roden, Banks’ changing incentives and opportunities for risk taking Gilkeson, J.H., see Breeden, D.T. Goldberg, L.G., T.F. Gosnell and J. Okunev, Purchasing power parity: Modeling and testing mean reversion Gosnell, T.F., see Goldberg, L.G. Gropper, D.M., see Beard, T.R. Gruber, M.J., see Elton, E.J. Guedes, J. and R. Parayre, Managerial reputation and divisional sell- offs: A model and empirical test Gupta, A., R.L.B. LeCompte and L. Misra, Acquisitions of solvent thrifts: Wealth effects and managerial motivations Halpern, P. and J. Rumsey, A note on market efficiency, institutional practice, and economic constraints in the experience of the Canadian bond market Hameed, A.S., see Flannery, M.J. Hamid, S., see Chunhachinda, P. Han, L.-M., G.C. Lai and R.C. Witt, A financial-economic evaluation of insurance guaranty fund system: An agency cost perspective Hancock, D. and D.B. Humphrey, Payment transactions, instruments, and systems: A survey Harjes, R.H., see Flannery, M.J. Harvey, C.R., see Ferson, W.E. Ho, T.S., R.C. Stapleton and M.G. Subrahmanyam, The valuation of American options on bonds Hooton, J.L., see Fraser, D.R. Howe, J.S., see Chamberlain, S. Humphrey, D.B., see Hancock, D. Jain, G., see Kalra, R. Jordan, T.J., see Baltensperger, E. Kalra, R. and G. Jain, A continuous-time model to determine the intervention policy for PBGC Katz, E. and E.Z. Prisman, Tax arbitrage in government bonds: A suggested methodology with policy implications 1764 Author Index Kee Ho, Y., see Brooks, R.D. Koehl, P.-F., see Alziary, B. Kolari, J.W., see Fraser, D.R. Krokfors, S., see Liljeblom, E. Kwan, C.C.Y., Portfolio selection under institutional procedures for short selling: Normative and market-equilibrium considerations Lai, G.C., see Han, L.-M. Lasser, D.J., see Dhillon, U.S. LeCompte, R.L.B., see Gupta, A. Lee, B.-S. and T. Nohel, Value maximization and the information content of corporate investment with respect to earnings Lee, B.W., see Galloway, T.M. Lee, W.B., see Carow, K.A. Liebler, R.J., Tender offers to influential shareholders Ligon, J.A. and D.A. Cather, The informational value of insurance purchases: Evidence from the property-liability insurance market Liljeblom, E., A. Léflund and S. Krokfors, The benefits from international diversification for Nordic investors Léflund, A., see Liljeblom, E. Marsh, P., see Dimson, E. Martikainen, T., See Booth, G.G. Martin, J.S. and A.M. Santomero, Investment opportunities and corporate demand for lines of credit Mazumdar, S.C., see Chen, A.H. Mella-Barral, P., see Fries, S. Mester, L.J., see Berger, A.N. Misra, L., see Gupta, A. Moraleda, J.M. and T.C.F. Vorst, Pricing American interest rate claims with humped volatility models Nash, R.C. and J.F. Sinkey, Jr., On competition, risk, and hidden assets in the market for bank credit cards Nason, R., see Smith, B.F. Noe, T.H., see Evans, J. Nohel, T., see Lee, B.-S. Okunev, J., see Chiang, R. Okunev, J., see Goldberg, L.G. Packer, F., see Cantor, R. Paladino, G., see Stein, J.L. Parayre, R., see Guedes, J. Park, S., Risk-taking behavior of banks under regulation Perraudin, W., see Fries, S. Pettway, R.H., see Spiess, D.K. Pinegar, J.M., see Chang, E.C. Author Index Pirotte, H., see Cossin, D. Popper, H., see Chamberlain, S. Prakash, A.J., see Chunhachinda, P. Prisman, E.Z., see Katz, E. Rai, A., see Allen, L. Reising, J.J., see Fraser, D.R. Resti, A., Evaluating the cost-efficiency of the Italian Banking System: What can be learned from the joint application of parametric and non-parametric techniques Roberts, G.S., see Fooladi, I.J. Robinson, M., see Smith, B.F. Roden, D.M., see Galloway, T.M. Rumsey, J., see Halpern, P. Rydqvist, K., IPO underpricing as tax-efficient compensation Santomero, A.M., see Allen, F. Santomero, A.M., see Martin, J.S. Saunders, A., see Altman, E.I. Schachter, B., see Chang, E.C. Schaefer, S.M., see Franks, J.R. Sercu, P. and X. Wu, The information content in bond model residuals: An empirical study on the Belgian bond market Sinkey, J.F., Jr., see Nash, R.C. Skinner, F., see Fooladi, I.J. Smith, B.F., R. White, M. Robinson and R. Nason, Intraday volatility and trading volume after takeover announcements Smith, P.N., see Clare, A.D. Spiess, D.K. and R.H. Pettway, The IPO and first seasoned equity sale: Issue proceeds, owner/managers’ wealth, and the underpricing signal Spivey, M.F., see Alexander, J.C. Stapleton, R.C., see Ho, T-.S. Staunton, M.D., see Franks, J.R. Stein, J.L. and G. Paladino, Recent developments in international finance: A guide to research Stiroh, K.J., The evolution of an industry: US thrifts in the 1990s Stover, R.D., Early resolution of troubled financial institutions: An examination of the accelerated resolution program Subrahmanyam, M.G., see Ho, T.S. Sweeney, R.J., Do central banks lose on foreign-exchange intervention? A review article Tanner, G., A note on economic news and intraday exchange rates Thomas, S.H., see Clare, A.D. Thompson, S., Takeover activity among financial mutuals: An analysis of target characteristics 1766 Author Index Thornton, J.H., Jr., see Evans J. Toivanen, O., Economies of scale and scope in the Finnish non-life insurance industry Tse, Y., see Booth, G.G. Uppal, R. and Van Hulle, C., Sovereign debt and the London Club: A precommitment device for limiting punishment for default Van Hulle, C., see Uppal, R. Vetzal, K.R., Stochastic volatility, movements in short term interest rates, and bond option values Vorst, T.C.F., see Moraleda, J.M. Watanabe, T., see Dhillon, U.S. Wayne Marr, M., see Alexander, J.C. White, R., see Smith, B.F. Witt, R.C., see Han, L.-M. Wong, K.P., On the determinants of bank interest margins under credit and interest rate risks Wu, X., see Sercu, P. Zhang, H., Repeated acquirers in FDIC assisted acquisitions