Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management, Finance

Ian Garrett is Professor of Finance at the Manchester School of Accounting and Finance, University of Manchester. Prior to joining Manchester University in 1996, he was a lecturer in the Department of Economics and Finance at Brunel University. His current research interests are in dividend policy, the relationship between spot and derivative markets and their implications for the predictability of mispricing, and the empirical performance of asset pricing models and their ability to explain behavioral anomalies.

• Preface to the First Edition. Preface to the Second Edition.About the Editors.List of Contributors.Dictionary Entries A-Z.Index.

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