This paper examines the impact of market states on the profitability of momentum strategies using weekly data from the Taiwan Stock exchange over the 10-year period 1997-2006. Market states refer to the states of market such as up or down markets. In this paper, the formation period is defined...

This paper examines the dividend policy for firms listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange and test the life cycle hypothesis. The sample involves 6031 observations of dividend payments over the 16-year period 1992-2007. Consistent with the prediction of the life cycle hypothesis, the results...