Several techniques to assess the effectiveness of a hedge have been suggested in the literature. While these techniques hold theoretical appeal, there is little empirical evidence as to their effectiveness. This paper provides an empirical comparison of three measures of hedge effectiveness in...

Diese Dissertation liefert empirische Evidenz zum Investitionsverhalten von Privatanlegern. Es wird oft angenommen, dass Privatanleger schlechter informiert sind und deshalb weniger rational handeln als institutionelle Investoren. Die empirischen Befunde sind jedoch gemischt. Während der...

In dieser Arbeit werden weltweit wichtige Aktienkursindizes (AI´s) dargestellt, wobei eine axiomatische Untersuchung im Vordergrund steht. Von besonderer Bedeutung ist hierbei die Struktur, d.h. auch insbesondere die verwendeten Indexformeln und die eingesetzten Korrekturmethoden für den Fall...

Bei der vorliegenden Arbeit handelt es sich um eine Untersuchung mit dem Ziel, die Reaktionen im Umfeld von Veränderungen der Zusammensetzung der großen deutschen Aktienindizes DAX, MDAX und HDAX zu ermitteln. Da in der idealtypischen Finanztheorie eine Indexauswechslung keine...

When using derivative instruments such as futures to hedge a portfolio of risky assets, the primary objective is to estimate the optimal hedge ratio (OHR). When agents have mean-variance utility and the futures price follows a martingale, the OHR is equivalent to the minimum variance hedge...

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the Rupiah / US $ and the SBI interest rate of composite stock price index at the Jakarta Stock Exchange in 2007 - 2009. The method of analysis used to investigate the effect of the rupiah / US $ and the SBI interest rate of composite...

Identifying a suitable benchmark is essential when testing asset pricing models, measuring the performance of active investors, or providing market proxy portfolios for passive investors. Concern that increased domination of capitalization weighted stock indices by a few large firms will lead to...

This paper investigates the hypotheses that the recently established Mexican stock index futures market effectively serves the price discovery function, and that the introduction of futures trading has provoked volatility in the underlying spot market. We test both hypotheses simultaneously with...

We study the role of corporate governance in abnormal returns around announcements of seasoned equity offerings (SEOs) by publicly traded U. S. firms from 2001 - 2004. We find that investors react more positively for firms in which different people hold the CEO and board chairman positions. We...

The efficient market hypothesis states that the market incorporates all available information to provide an accurate valuation of the asset at any given time. However, most models for forecasting the return or volatility of assets completely disregard the arrival of asset specific news (i.e.,...