The May 20, 2003, announcement confirming diagnosis in a Canadian cow of mad cow disease caused price disturbances in livestock, grain, and stock markets. Price and time data are used to provide a clinical study on the timing, persistency, and rationality of those disturbances in different U.S....

We investigate changes in market quality in the United States and Canada during macroeconomic news announcements. We measure market quality in terms of the cost of trading, pricing errors, and returns dependence. Using a sample of cross-listed stocks and stock index futures, we provide robust...

This article investigates the international information transmission between the U.S. and Greek stock markets using daily data from the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE) and the S&P 500 Index returns. It employs a bivariate exponential GARCH-t (EGARCH-t) that allows for both mean and variance...

The secured overnight financing rate (SOFR) is the successor to LIBOR (London interbank offered rate) as a benchmark rate for lending in US dollars. Our results show that the SOFR aligns with the Federal Reserve's policy target more closely than LIBOR. In addition, short-term market rates are...

This article investigates the international information transmission between the U.S. and Greek stock markets using daily data from the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE) and the S&P 500 Index returns. It employs a bivariate exponential GARCH-t (EGARCH-t) that allows for both mean and variance...

This study demonstrates how cointegration analysis of privately-owned housing within disparate areas of the United States can aid developers in anticipating changes in the level of market activity. The study analyzes change in the number of housing units within four geographic regions: the...

We investigate “black mouth” in the Chinese stock market, which is a form of manipulation based on disinformation, and examine how investors react to such behavior and its underlying impact mechanism. Black mouth temporarily leads to abnormal investor attention and triggers an abnormal stock...

This paper examines the relationship between daily price volatility and trading activity one year before and after a change in the size of selected futures contracts. The following three contracts are included in this study: the Stock Price Index traded on the Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE),...