This study investigates whether the timing of earnings announcement in earnings season affects stock price discovery process. This paper documents that market reaction is more favorable for earnings announcements made at the beginning of earnings season (“timing effect”). Price reaction on...

Fundamentally, stocks are a good hedge against inflation if corporate profitability keeps up with inflation. Using monthly stock-market data covering over 151 years from 1871 to 2022, this paper analyzes the relationship between inflation and corporate profitability, measured by...

Theoretische Fundierung -- Ökonometrische Implikationen -- Untersuchungsmethoden -- Messung der relevanten Daten -- Stationarität und deskriptive Statistik -- Untersuchungsergebnisse -- Zusammenfassung, Beitrag und Ausblick.