This paper presents a set of stylized empirical facts resulted from the statistical investigation of the daily and monthly price variations of European stock market indices during the period April 2007 - March 2012. We study 21 regional and global stock market indices calculated by MSCI Barra,...

Our paper investigates the particularities of the evolution of stock returns for the Romanian listed companies that were beneficiaries of non-repayable structural and cohesion European funds during Jan.2010 – Mar.2012. We use data mining techniques to analyze daily prices for 18 such companies...

We examine whether military regimes harm stock market performance by investigating stock returns in ten emerging markets under military and civilian rule. We find no evidence of military regimes having a significantly negative impact on stock returns. In the case of Thailand and Pakistan, we...

This work contributes to the literature on exchange-rate exposure in emerging markets. We studied datasets of exchange-listed companies from four BRIC countries and discovered that exchange rate movements in the US dollar and euro affected more than 10% of these firms between 2003 and 2013. The...

Both parametric and semiparametric GARCH in mean estimations find a positive but insignificant relationship between expected stock returns and volatility in emerging stock markets. The 1997¡V1998 global emerging market crisis seems to induce changes in GARCH parameters.

Our paper presents a set of stylized empirical facts resulted from the statistical investigation of the daily and monthly price variations of European stock market indices during the period April 2007 - March 2012. We study 21 regional and global stock market indices calculated by MSCI Barra,...

This paper seeks to see if there is a relationship between market liquidity, proxied by turnover and size, measured by market capitalization and the number of listed companies for European Union countries. We employ a panel data structure with unobserved characteristics for each country modeled...

Prague Stock Exchange has been founded in 1992. The first trades took place on April 6, 1993 when 1 public bond, 3 other bonds, 2 allotment certificates and 1 share have been traded. In the 1990s coupon privatization has had the biggest impact on trading. Over 1500 new issues have been...

This paper addresses the condition of savings and investments enviroment in the world economy and in particular regions. As a result of financial globalization there were formed promissory economies in a number of countries including the economically developed ones. It is necessary to...

This paper offers a preliminary analysis regarding the convergence of European stock markets. The sample consists of all 27 countries of European Union split in seven sub-groups related to income level, euro adoption and development level. The patterns analysed through this article are an...