Financial integration is one of the buzz words in financial world. The co movement of share prices across the stock markets in the world is a frequently experienced phenomenon. Especially during the times of crisis it is observed that the stock markets crash together. The oil crisis of 1973, the...

In this paper we examine if there is any overreaction effect present in Indian Stock market. We have used monthly closing adjusted prices of 500 stocks comprising S&P CNX 500 Equity Index over the period March, 1996 to March, 2007 and methodology as proposed by De Bondt and Thaler (1985) and...

This paper examines the short run and long run inter linkages of the Indian stock market with those of Advanced emerging markets viz. Brazil, Hungary, Taiwan, Mexico, Poland and South Africa over the period ranging from 1 January 1992 to 31 December 2009 using Johansen co-integration test and...

This study empirically compares the pricing efficiency of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) across countries in terms of the deviations of trading price from Net Asset Value (NAV) as well as the persistence of such deviations. A sample of 17 ETFs tracking popular equity indices of five dominant...

The Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT) propounded by Ross in 1976 argued for a variety of macro economic variables (sources of systematic risk) in explaining stock returns. In the same vein, this paper examines the relationship between macroeconomic variables (GDP, inflation, interest rate, exchange...

Equity investment is assumed to be a good hedge against inflation since long time. This paper examines short run causal relationship between inflation and stock return in emerging BRICS markets. The study covers a comprehensive period of 13 years from the year 2000 to 2013 using quarterly data....

Prior return effect – momentum and contrarian, is a well documented phenomenon in developed stock markets. This paper examines if there is any prior return effect in Indian stock market, an advanced emerging market in the world. We use daily price data available for stocks forming part of S&P...

The present study examines the impact of mode of payment used in cross border mergers and acquisitions by Indian companies on the abnormal returns generated on account of announcement and the post merger operating and financial performance. The study considers the cross border M & A undertaken...