This paper examines whether share repurchase announcements are signals of undervaluation or insiders’ opportunistic activities by investigating insider trading patterns surrounding buyback announcements in Vietnam. Consistent with the insider opportunism hypothesis, we show that insiders are...

This study assesses the level of potential insider trading on the Saudi stock market (Tadawul) before and after the introduction of financial reforms. The level of potential insider trading is estimated by employing the market cleanliness measure (MCM) which determines the proportion of...

We examine the effects of the North Korea-U.S. summit and related events on the South Korean stock market over the period March 2018 to June 2018. Employing the event study methodology, we estimate sectoral abnormal returns following the events surrounding the summit and conduct several...

This study examines whether investors’ attitudes toward ambiguity can explain cross-sectional stock returns by investigating the relationship between future stock returns and option-implied volatilities as well as implied third moments. We find that investors’ attitudes toward different...

Target prices forecasted by sell-side equity research analysts play a crucial role in market participants' investment decisions. We, using a large sample for Indian markets, determine during the period and end of the period 12-month ahead target price achievements, examine the effectiveness of...

The impact from COVID is dire to economies, and G20 countries are no exception irrespective of how developed their market are. This is due to how investors respond to bad and good news alike. Using daily data, for the G20 countries and data on COVID, we employ quantile regression (QR) and...

This study aims to examine the effect of investor sentiment on stock market crash risk in the Asia-Pacific region. The research employs principal components analysis (PCA) to construct an investor sentiment index, while the Method of Moments Quantile Regression (MMQR) is used to analyze monthly...

Investor sentiment has the potential to serve as a predictive factor for cryptocurrency assets, yet its impact on volatility spillover across markets remains uncertain. This research investigates the influence of investor sentiment classification on the volatility spillover from stablecoins to...

This study examines the behavior of bank stock prices in Jordan in relation to a significant tax reform event. We analyze a sample of all banks listed on the Amman Stock Exchange to study the market response to the Amended Income Tax Law 2018. In the proposal period, investors were anticipating...

This study aims to expand research evidence related to investor responses to the timing of corporate action announcements. In contrast to previous studies, this study distinguishes corporate action announcements during the development and realization stage. Furthermore, we will also distinguish...