Nonlinear models in corporate finance research: Review, critique, and extensions

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 141-169

  Chen, Sheng Syan ^a   Ho, Kim Wai ^b   Lee, Cheng Few ^c,d   Shrestha, Keshab ^b  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Nonlinear models; Nonlinearity with interaction effect; Residual analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043077897     PISSN: 0924865X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:REQU.0000015854.90533.be     Document Type: Review

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