In this paper we examine the value of analysts’ stock recommendations in the Spanish capital market in the period 1994-2003, using data from JCF Quant. In every month of the sample period the assets have been classified into five portfolios first attending its consensus recommendations level...

Spanish Abstract: El objetivo del presente estudio es analizar la evolución y desempeño del sistema financiero peruano en los últimos años y el rol de la reputación bancaria en él, tomando como base diversos indicadores tales como el valor de índice Merco y la solvencia financiera. El...

Se propone un modelo de rezagos distribuidos para determinar las variables que afectan las primas de riesgo soberano para Colombia, trabajando con datos mensuales para el periodo enero 2002 a marzo 2005; y datos de abril 2005 a noviembre 2005 como datos out-of-the-sample para verificar la capacidad...

This paper analyses the effect of bank relationships on the interest rate and personaland real guarantees borne by a sample of small and medium-sized enterprises in theirindebtedness. The results of this paper indicate that the SMEs that work with fewer financialintermediaries obtain debt at a...

Though the going public decision has been addressed by several theories, empirical research is particularly scarce to European countries. This is the first research in the Spanish market that investigates ex ante and ex post characteristics of IPO firms, using a large database of private held...

This paper analyzes the relationship between ownership concentration andshares liquidity for a sample of 115 listed firms that traded during the period from April2000 to December 2000. Results show a negative influence of ownership of directors,major shareholders and outside shareholders on...