Prior studies examine real firm behavior and show that high debt makes a firm vulnerable in the product market. In this study, we assess the economic magnitude of competitive effects of debt by examining stock returns. For identification, we use a double-layer of contrasts by conditioning our...

We build a competition network that links two industries through their common market leaders. Industries with higher centrality on the competition network have higher expected stock returns because of higher exposure to the cross-industry spillover of distress shocks. The competition intensity...

This paper highlights the presence of investors' sentiments in the stock market with empirical evidences. Further it lays down the importance of stock market investment with the proper understanding of the sentiments.In this new millennium, with high speed technology which provides easy...

The objective of this paper is to empirically investigate how interdependence of new product development (NPD) communications, i.e., new product introduction announcements preceded by past preannouncements affects firms’ security prices. Past research has focused on communication events...

This research examines the ability of Earnings less Risk-free Interest Charge (ERIC) to predict stock returns. We find that that earnings, cash flow, and total income are more strongly associated with stock returns than ERIC or residual income. In conclusion, our research suggests that mandatory...

India has one of the biggest capital markets in Emerging Countries. It has a large number of listed companies, brokers, financial institutions. There is also increasing stock trading community. Most of the retail players now follow Fundamental and Technical Analysis for their stock selection and...

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...

Purpose: This research aims to explore the link between corporate governance mechanism and stock price crash risk under the complementary role of IFRS adoption in Pakistan.Design/methodology/approach: Data has been extracted from the financial statements of 155 non-financial firms listed in PSX...

Most of the investors believe that publishing financial statement and accounting earnings will transfer information to the capital market and this information will effect on price and stock transaction amounts. Accountants were always concern about questions such as: Whether is a practical...

9-ending prices are a dominant feature of many retail settings, which according to the existing literature, is because consumers perceive them as being relatively low. Are 9-ending prices really lower than comparable non 9-ending prices? Surprisingly, the empirical evidence on this question is...