Growing Presence of Real Options in Global Financial Markets

• 1. Evaluating Conditions and Terms of the AT&T and DirecTV Merger2. Stock Valuation Using the Dividend Discount Model: An Internal Rate of Return Approach3. The Relationship between Dividend Payment Patterns and Firm Characteristics4. An Empirical Assessment of the Reality of Pecking Order Theory5. Modified Beta and Cross-Sectional Stock Returns6. Options to Choose Among the Most Profitable of Several States in the Physical Realm and the Information Realm7. Stock Returns and Financial Distress Risk: Evidence from the Asian-Pacific Markets8. The Maturity Structure of Private Placements of Debt9. What is The Effect of Derivatives on The Index of Bank Stability in Emerging Countries? Evidence and Discussion

Business scholars present their research findings into such aspects of finance as stock valuation using the dividend discount model: an internal rate of return approach, the relationship between dividend payment patterns and firm characteristics, options to choose among the most profitable of several states in the physical realm and the information realm, stock returns and financial distress risk: evidence from the Asian-Pacific markets, and the effect of derivatives on the index of bank stability in emerging countries: evidence and discussion.