Research in Finance seeks to provide a collection of quality research articles that reflect the current and primary issues in financial markets.Contributions include finance theory and financial practice, plus accounting issues such as reporting derivatives positions, reflecting intangible holdings, or predicting financial distress. Thevolume starts with empirical investigations of the impact from macroeconomicvariables upon equity values in emerging economies compared with developedeconomies.Next is an empirical affirmation of the efficiency of theMidcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) electricity exchange. Next we find several investigations into theefficacy of efforts to stimulate the arousal of emerging nations around theworld.