The present thesis is a microstructure study of the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE). In the first part, I find evidence in favor of the so-calles mixture of distributions hypothesis according to which the time-variant daily order flow translates into volatility persistence in stock returns. In part...

Im Mittelpunkt der Untersuchung stehen die kulturellen Ursachen f?r die Marginalisierung des indigenen Volkes der Papua im modernen ?konomischen Bereich der indonesischen Provinz Papua. Den theoretischen Hintergrund der Arbeit bilden Schumpeters Entwicklungslogik und die darauf aufbauende...

The first public share issue in the PRC took place in 1994. By the early 21st century, in the space of less than two decades, the Chinese stock market has become the largest one in Asia, with the exception of Japan. Along with this rapid enlargement of the market, the Chinese stock trading...

Three Essays on Stock Market SeasonalityHyung-Suk Choi136 pagesDirected by Dr. Cheol S. EunIn chapter 1, we examine seasonality in returns to style portfolios, which serve as important benchmarks for asset allocation, and investigate its implications for investment. In doing so, we consider...

The understanding that investments are one of the key factors in the process of reproduction and are also one of the most unstable components of the aggregate demand stipulates the need for effective management of the investment process on the macro as well as micro levels. Investment process...