This paper investigates Barosso and Santa-Clara's (2015) risk-managed momentum strategy in an industry momentum setting. We investigate several traditional momentum strategies including that recently proposed by Novy-Marx (2012). We moreover examine the impact of different variance forecast...

This paper examines the relationship between stock returns and the sources of corporate debt during the financial crisis of 2008. In particular, using data on large-capitalization Russian firms, we investigate whether dependence on either bank debt or bonds affected stock returns during the...

This study examines the impact of institutions and culture on stock market reactions to divestment announcements. We posit that divestment announcements in countries with stronger shareholder protection generate higher positive returns than divestments in countries with weaker shareholder...