In this study we analyse the effect of stock splits on stocks¿ trading activity using intraday data from a sample of 46 stock splits from the Spanish stock market. In particular, we study changes to trading activity, trading composition, the information asymmetry of stocks, the distribution of...

This paper analyzes the relationship between economic-financial ratios and thedecision of distributing interim dividends by Spanish firms. With that purpose, we takea sample of non-financial companies quoting in the Spanish Stock Market during theperiod from 1999 to 2001. We choose a...

This paper examines the empirical behaviour of stock prices around the ex dates of stock splits in order to detect anomalous returns. Also, it is investigated the determinant factors of the split size, its effects on the liquidity and the influence of the market microstructure in the abnormal...

We obtain explicit expressions for the subjective, objective and market value of perpetual executive stock options (ESOs) under exogenous employment shocks driven by an independent Poisson process. Within this setup,we obtain the executive's optimal exercise policy which allows us to analyze the...