The weekend effect is an empirical enomaly that has attracted substantial attention. Following the work of Connoly (1989) it is necessary to revisit previous empirical work. In this paper we examine the weekend effect in Malaysia over the period 1986-1993.

Linear regression models have been used in a number of studies examining the presence or absence of incremental information contents in cash flow. The results of these studies have not been consistent. This paper draws attention to the critical issue of extreme observations in the data. Extreme...

In this paper we have assessed an influence of the NYSE Stock Exchange indexes (DJIA and NASDAQ) and European Stock indexes (DAX and FTSE) on the Warsaw Stock Exchange index WIG within a framework of a GARCH model. By applying a procedure of checking predictive quality of econometric models as...

In this paper, we propose to identify the dependence structure existing between the returns of equity and commodity futures and its evolution through the past 20 years. The key point is that we do not do not impose the dependence structure but let the data select it. To do so, we model the...

In this paper, we propose to identify the dependence structure existing between the returns of equity and commodity futures and its evolution through the past 20 years. The key point is that we do not do not impose the dependence structure but let the data select it. To do so, we model the...

In econometrics, as a rule, the same data set is used to select the model and, conditional on the selected model, to forecast.However, one typically reports the properties of the (conditional) forecast, ignoring the fact that its properties are affected by the model selection (pretesting).This...

The present paper studies the financial performance of Islamic and conventional indexes for three major regions: Europe, the USA and the World. The study covers the period 2000-2011, enabling us to capture the impact of the recent global financial crisis. To this end, we computed different...

The seminal study by Fama and MacBeth (1973) initiated a stream of papers testing for the cross-sectional relation between return and risk. The debate wether beta is a valid measure of risk has been renimated by Fama and French (1992) and subsequent studies. Rather than focusing on exogenous...

We built a portfolio choice model in which agents are heterogeneous and possibly draw systematic rational forecast errors.

This paper examines the applicability of CAPM in explaining the risk-return relation in the Malaysian stock market for the period of January 1995 to December 2006. The test, using linear regression method, was carried out on four models: the standard CAPM model with constant beta (Model I), the...