Robert S. Harris

Publication List Details

Period

1983 - 2008

Number

47

Co-Authors

Genome analysis of the platypus reveals unique signatures of evolution (2008)

Warren, Wesley C., Hillier, LaDeana W., Marshall Graves, Jennifer A., Birney, Ewan, Ponting, Chris P., Grützner, Frank, ...

We present a draft genome sequence of the platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus. This monotreme exhibits a fascinating combination of reptilian and mammalian characters. For example, platypuses have a...

Improved Pairwise Alignmnet of Genomic DNA (2007)

Harris, Robert S.

Advances in DNA sequencing technology have fueled a rapid increase in the number of sequenced vertebrate genomes, and we anticipate an explosion in the number of genomes sequenced in the near future....

HomologMiner: looking for homologous genomic groups in whole genomes (2007)

Hou, Minmei, Berman, Piotr, Hsu, Chih-Hao, Harris, Robert S.

Motivation: Complex genomes contain numerous repeated sequences, and genomic duplication is believed to be a main evolutionary mechanism to obtain new functions. Several tools are available for de...

28-Way vertebrate alignment and conservation track in the UCSC Genome Browser (2007)

Miller, Webb, Rosenbloom, Kate, Hardison, Ross C., Hou, Minmei, Taylor, James, Raney, Brian, ...

This article describes a set of alignments of 28 vertebrate genome sequences that is provided by the UCSC Genome Browser. The alignments can be viewed on the Human Genome Browser (March 2006...

HomologMiner: looking for homologous genomic groups in whole genomes (2007)

Hou, Minmei, Berman, Piotr, Hsu, Chih-Hao, Harris, Robert S.

Motivation: Complex genomes contain numerous repeated sequences, and genomic duplication is believed to be a main evolutionary mechanism to obtain new functions. Several tools are available for de...

An Analysis of Data on the Nutrition of American Officer Prisoners of War at the Zentsuji Prisoner of War Camp at Shikoku, Japan (2000)

Goldblith, Samuel A., Harris, Robert S.

The amounts of various nutrients on a monthly per man per day basis obtained from foods supplied by the Japanese to, and foods received in Red Cross parcels by American officer Prisoners of War in...

Estimating Shareholder Risk Premia Using Analysts' Growth Forecasts

Robert S.Harris, Felicia C. Marston

This paper presents estimates of shareholder required rates of return and risk premia which are derived using forward-looking analysts' growth forecasts. We update through 1991 earlier work which,...

Stock Splits and Information: The Role of Share Price

Robert M. Conroy, Robert S. Harris

Managers appear to design stock splits to return the price of the company's shares to the price level achieved after the last split. Reducing the share price below the price achieved in the last...

Means of Payment in Takeovers: Results for the U.K. and U.S.

Robert S. Harris, Julian Franks, Colin Mayer

This paper examines means of payment in over 2,500 acquisitions in the UK and US over the period 1955 to 1985. Data on financing proportions, bid premia and postmerger performance are used to test...

Risk and Return: A Revisit Using Expected Returns.

Marston, Felicia, Harris, Robert S

This paper uses direct estimates of expected returns to examine the link between standard measures of financial risk and investor return requirements. The results show that systematic risk commands a...

A Test of the Relative Pricing Effects of Dividends and Earnings: Evidence from Simultaneous Announcements in Japan

Robert M. Conroy, Kenneth M. Eades, Robert S. Harris

We study the pricing effects of dividend and earnings announcements by taking advantage of the unique setting in Japan where managers simultaneously announce the current year's dividends and earnings...

The Effects of Stock Splits on Bid-Ask Spreads.

Conroy, Robert M, Harris, Robert S, Benet, Bruce A

This paper examines the effects of stock splits on bid-ask spreads for NYSE-listed companies. Percentage spreads increase after splits, representing a liquidity cost to investors. These spread...

Ex Ante Cost of Equity Estimates of S&P 500 Firms: The Choice Between Global and Domestic CAPM

Robert S. Harris, Felicia C. Marston, Dev R. Mishra, Thomas J. O’Brien

We estimate ex ante expected returns for a sample of S&P 500 firms over the period 1983- 1998. The ex ante estimates show a better overall fit with the domestic version of the singlefactor CAPM than...

28-Way vertebrate alignment and conservation track in the UCSC Genome Browser

Miller, Webb, Rosenbloom, Kate, Hardison, Ross C., Hou, Minmei, Taylor, James, Raney, Brian, ...

This article describes a set of alignments of 28 vertebrate genome sequences that is provided by the UCSC Genome Browser. The alignments can be viewed on the Human Genome Browser (March 2006...

TAKEOVERS, MANAGEMENT REPLACEMENT, AND POST-ACQUISITION OPERATING PERFORMANCE: SOME EVIDENCE FROM THE 1980s

James D. Parrino, Robert S. Harris

In their study of 197 U.S. takeovers from the 1980s, the authors find that the most important determinant of superior post-merger operating performance is whether the target company's management is...

Brokerage Analysts' Rationale for Investment Recommendations: Market Responses to Different Types of Information

Ho, Michael J, Harris, Robert S

We examine the rationales provided when sell-side analysts change investment recommendations. Although most changes in investment advice cite company fundamentals, analysts justify one in eight...