ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The importance of market microstructure in determining the success of a bond market inallocating financial resources depends on the degree to which the microstructure elements likeliquidity, efficiency and volatility have been designed to determine the proper price at...

This dissertation studies two issues in empirical analysis of financial markets: The herd behavior in global markets and illiquidity as a risk factor to predict excess stock returns in international markets. These issues are structured into two essays.Essay #1 examines investors’ herding...