Anecdotal evidence suggests that investor protection affects the demand for equity, but existing theories emphasize only the effect of investor protection on the supply of equity. We build a model showing that the demand for equity is important in explaining financial development. If the level...

This study aims to investigate the effect of bond issuance announcements and to determine the company characteristics that could influence this effect. The findings reveal positive cumulative average abnormal returns following bond issuances, indicating that the market considers bond offers to...

This paper investigates the information content of some accounting variables and degree of their association with risk and return by residual income model in Tehran stock exchange (TSE). In order to determine risk factors, we use Fama and French (1992) three-factor Model. The first contribution...

“India is shining.” This was a slogan of NDA government before going to elections during 2003. Though the government changed at the centre, the same situation prevails in the economy. In fact, there was a doubt about the economic reforms of UPA government from the beginning since the left...

We examine the relation between stock volatility and asymmetric information empirically. We use two proxies of information asymmetry: institutional ownership and analyst coverage. We find that firms covered by more analysts are more likely to have less volatile returns. A significant and...

Examining the Taiwan Stock Exchange during the period of January 1991 to June 2009, this research attempts to discover the influence of macroeconomic factors and investor sentiment on market momentum. The OLS model is used for initially understanding whether the influence on the market momentum,...

Value at Risk (VaR) is defined as the worst expected loss under normal market conditions over a specific time interval at a given confidence level. Given the widespread usage of VaR, it becomes increasingly important to study the effects of the portfolio optimization subject to the VaR...

Sustainability reporting and disclosure in India have received significant attention over the most recent few years propelled to a large extent by investors and policymakers. The sustainable business leadership forum (SBLF) has been closely working with many firms, owners of the companies, and...

This study evaluates the response stock market volatility to foreign equity investments. Specifically, the study examines how foreign portfolio investment and foreign direct equity investment influence stock market volatility in Nigeria using monthly data from January 2007 to July 2017. Results...

In this paper, we apply time-varying copulas to investigate whether a contagion effect existed between energy and stock markets during the recent financial crisis. Using the WTI oil spot price, the S&P500 index, the Shanghai stock market composite index and the Shenzhen stock market component...