We perform an event study analysis to determine short-term abnormal stock returns following the Brexit referendum. Moreover, we examine whether firm-level internationalization helps explaining abnormal returns. We find that stocks of firms with higher proportions of domestic sales realized more...

Research on IPOs commonly focuses on the relation between firms' pre IPO ownership structure and subsequent stock performance. We extend the literature by additionally focusing on companies' post IPO ownership structure, in particular private equity capital engagement, to analyze IPOs stock...

Momentum trading strategies have been proved to be profitable in different asset classes and on various national capital markets in the past. However, there are some indications for eroding momentum profits. Based on the theory of gradual information distribution on capital markets and the...

We analyze whether differences in market-wide levels of investor personality influence experimental asset market outcomes in terms of price bubbles and levels. We employ a questionnaire to determine investor personality and combine the survey data with data from experimental asset markets. We...

This study analyzes investors' perception of placebic information and its impact on stock price estimates. We initiate a questionnaire-based stock price forecast competition among 196 undergraduate students in business administration. We show that placebic information increases the perceived...