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Journal of Business and Economic Studies

The Northeast Business and Economics Association, Inc., formerly the New England Business and Economics Association was founded in 1973. The purposes of the association are: a) to promote multidisciplinary research pertaining to business and economics; and b) to improve communications and exchange of research, both applied and theoretical, among all interested parties. These broad purposes are met by the continuance of an annual meeting and the publication of the Journal of Business and Economic Studies.

The Journal of Business and Economic Studies is a published by Dowling College. The Journal of Business and Economic Studies has been designated by the Northeast Business and Economics Association (www.nbea.us) as its official publication.
 
Volume 15, No 2, Fall 2009
Table of Contents

Options and Depositary Receipts     
Elena Smirnova, State University of New York at Old Westbury
Takeover Success Prediction and Performance of Risk Arbitrage     
Jia Wang, Rowan University
Ben Branch, University of Massachusetts
Stock Market Performance of Health Care Initial Public Offerings     
Thomas Pencek, University of South Florida
Neset Hikmet, Nicholls State University
J. Barry Lin, Simmons College
Revisiting the Relationship between Insider Ownership and Performance     
Denise Dickins, East Carolina University
Robert Houmes, Jacksonville University
Managerial Ownership, Corporate Governance, and Voluntary Disclosure     
H. Young Baek, Nova Southeastern University
Darlene R. Johnson, Nova Southeastern University
Joung W. Kim, Nova Southeastern University
An Innovative View of the Entrepreneur Through Exploration of the
"Lived Experience" of the Entrepreneur in Start Up of the Business 		    
Cheryl L. Bann, Capella University
A Compilation and Synthesis of Effective
Teaching Strategies in the Economics Discipline 		    
Edward T. Gullason, Dowling College
A Discussion Topic for Teaching Optimality and
Private Goods: Bringing Student Dating into the Classroom 		    
Fred Englander, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Author Info     110
Style and Submission Instructions     112
Subscription Form     114

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