investment and rebalancing dates result in significant risk-adjusted returns. I also investigate the sources of abnormal returns … individual companies, focusing on the implications for both researchers and investment practitioners. I develop inflation … companies. I find that inflation-based investment strategies conditioned on information available to investors as of the initial …

Mutual Funds are the most common form of investment for the average household. They offer a fair amount of return for a … popularity as of late. It is something of great interest to understand the risks and returns of the fund types and better grasp … the advantages and disadvantages to each. By selecting 5 mutual and segregated funds of similar investment patterns and …

hiring new entrants. The principal point of this study is to comprehend the relationship of a candidate's physical appearance …, qualification, dressing style, attractive communication skills, gender, and candidate’s photograph on resume with the hiring … decision taken by a manager. The findings of this paper reveal that decision of hiring managers does not necessarily based upon …

between investment and unemployment, c) we show the revival of the Phillips curve, especially in Germany, d) we test for the …

using a real options approach, much as they do when making other types of capital investment decisions. Theoretically we … find that firms’ hiring decisions are influenced by the uncertainty in workers’ productivity, competition in the labor … option to learn about the productivity of potential hires before permanent investment occurs. Higher uncertainty and …

The paper investigates investment decisions by using a new source of data, that is the OBI annual survey on firms. The … main focus of our analysis mainly is the influence of credit market conditions on investment decisions and we find that the … main obstacle to the investment is the level of guarantees that bank demand to grant loans. This element was a constant …

The timing of investment and capital stock accumulation can differ as a result of time-to-build or delivery lags. In …