The paper empirically investigates the effects of the Euronext stock exchange merger on listed firms, i.e. the merger of stock exchanges in Amsterdam, Brussels, Lisbon and Paris. Specifically, it examines how exchange consolidation has affected stock liquidity and how the effect varies with firm...

The paper deals with the effect of news announcements on the Icelandic stock market, i.e. the effect of news on return, volatility, turnover and number of transactions. The study shows that news announcements have an effect on the return of stocks and the market reacts rationally to news given...

The interdependence of the Nordic and Baltic stock markets is explored in light of increased merger activity of stock exchanges over the sample period, 1996-2006. The results show surprisingly little interdependence between the Nordic and Baltic stock indices. In the short run, the response of...

Relatively few people participate in the stock market. We investigate whether getting employee stocks as part of one’s compensation makes people more likely to actively invest in stocks. We find the probability of actively participating in the stock market increases by 15% for those who have...