This book provides an account of the current understanding of social capital. It covers both theoretical and empirical studies, and the concept is debated throughout. Also included in this volume is the classic 1987 article by the late James Coleman, 'Social Capital in the Creation of Human...

It is well documented that past winning stocks continue to outperform past losing stocks in numerous equity markets. However, existing Australian evidence on the momentum effect is contradictory and limited, partly due to differences in empirical designs, sample periods and stock populations. We...

It is widely accepted that some firms' attributes or characteristics, such as a firm's size or book-to-market ratio, attract premiums in terms of average returns, which is a pervasive phenomenon not restricted to just a few individual markets. However, the way to derive these premiums by sorting...