Purpose – To investigate the Central and Eastern European (CEE) equity market co-movements before, during and after major emerging market crises. To examine the impact of the crisis on the gains of international portfolio diversification in CEE. Design/methodology/approach - The study is based...

Purpose – To investigate the Central and Eastern European (CEE) equity market co‐movements before, during and after major emerging market crises. To examine the impact of the crisis on the gains of international portfolio diversification in CEE. Design/methodology/approach – The study is...

Purpose – The International Valuations Standards Committee adopts the Capital Asset Pricing Model as a method for estimation of the cost of equity. It has several drawbacks and appraisers in emerging markets need more useful model for cost of equity estimation. The paper aims to discuss these...

This study examines a combination of comovement and integration effects on volatility of home cross-listed equities in three Germanic markets (Frankfurt, Zurich and Vienna). Specifically, we investigate the impact of lagged stock prices and lagged futures contracts on asymmetric (bad and good...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of dividend initiations on shareholders’ wealth using a sample of 38 Greek listed firms. Design/methodology/approach – The event study methodology of Brown and Warner was employed to examine the share price reaction to...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine volatility transmissions between portfolios of cross-listed equities and exchange rate differences and also the volatility persistence for home, foreign equities, and exchange rate differences in the UK and German markets....