Affiliation: | the author is Assistant Professor of Finance at the College of Business and Administration, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Illinois. This paper is prepared from author's Ph.D. Dissertation at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He wishes to thank Robert A. Haugen, Dean W. Wichern, Howard E. Thompson, Donald R. Schuette, and the anonymous referee for helpful comments and suggestions. Any remaining errors rest solely with the author. |