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Lattice duality for families of surfaces associated to transpose duality
The aim of this article is to show that the transpose-dual pairs in the sense
of Ebeling-Ploog of singularities , , , that are concluded to
be polytope-dual by the author are actually lattice-dual.Comment: 16 pages,3 tables,to appear in manuscripta mathematic
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The impact of changes in the FTSE 100 index
This paper examines both the long-term and short-term impact associated with
changes in the constituents of the FTSE 100 Index. We find that stocks exhibit positive
(negative) abnormal long-run performance following their inclusion in (deletion from)
the index. There is also evidence of significant short-term cumulative abnormal returns
around the event. The reversal of these price effects suggests that short-term buying
(selling) pressure (possibly from index trackers) moves prices temporarily away from
equilibrium. An analysis of stock liquidity implies speculators may trade in advance of
the announcement, while index trackers trade between the announcement and event
dates. Finally, the organisation of the FTSE 100 Index enables us to conduct an analysis
of stocks that just avoid being relegated from (fail to be promoted to) the FTSE 100
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A Change of Focus: Stock Market Classification in the UK
This paper examines the impact of a change of focus by a firm, as signified by stock market
reclassification. It distinguishes between sector reclassifications that are motivated by
information specific to a particular firm, and those that result from sector redefinitions and
reorganisations. The direction of the price effects following reclassification depends
significantly upon this distinction. Moreover, for firm-specific reclassifications, the negative
price effect is greater where the firm has been underperforming its sector, suggesting that
investors may be sceptical about the motives underlying a change of focus. Furthermore, a
stockâs return comovement with the FTSE All-Share Index may be affected by it being
reclassified into a new sector. This change in return comovement is consistent with the
allocation of stocks into categories, as discussed by Barberis and Shleifer (2003).
Reclassification can induce common factors in the returns to stocks in an index without there
being any change in these stocksâ fundamental cash flows
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The Information Contained in The Exercise of Executive Stock Options
This paper investigates the use by insiders of private information in their decision to
exercise executive stock options. It is the first to categorise the exercise of an executive stock
option by the proportion of stock sold at exercise. Consistent with existing research, exercises
overall do not yield subsequent abnormal returns. However, we find a marked and significant
difference in subsequent performance between exercises categorised as âhighâ and âlowâ sale
proportion respectively. Therefore, while the exercise decision may appear uninformed, this
study demonstrates that executives do use private information in their exercise and
corresponding sale decisions. Further, near-the-money exercises produce negative abnormal
returns, consistent with such exercises being relatively expensive. These results need to be
reflected in the valuation of executive stock options, and hence the compensation executives
derive from them
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Executive Stock Option Exercises and the Predictive Ability of Transaction Value
This paper investigates the predictive ability of executivesâ stock option
exercises by categorising all exercises by the overall value of the transaction.
This measure incorporates the cost to the executive of exercising the option,
together with the income generated by the associated sale of stock at the time
of exercise. As a result, we show that, in contrast to the existing literature,
executive stock option exercises do have predictive ability for future stock
returns. This is, however, limited to transactions that generate net revenue for
the executive, a finding that is the reverse of the evidence relating to standard
executive transactions
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