Interested in fundamental analysis and inspired by Bartram and Grinblatt (2018 & 2021), we apply linear regression (LR) and tree-based machine learning (ML) methods to estimate monthly peer-implied fair values of European stocks from 21 accounting variables. Comparing LR and ML models, we...

We examine howthe verbal complexity of ECB communications affectsfi-nancial market trading based on high-frequency data fromEuropean stock index futures trading. Studying the 34 events between May 2009 and June 2017, during which the ECB Governing Council press conferences covered unconventional...

Using an event-study design, we investigate monetary policy interest-rate-to-performance sensitivity of the European banking sector over the 07/2012-06/2017 period when interest rates were (close to) zero. We apply the Wordscores approach to introductory statements of ECB's Governing Council...

Die Finanzkrise befeuerte erneut die öffentliche Diskussion um die Vorstandsvergütung. Ein all-gemein geäußerter Kritikpunkt dabei ist die mangelnde horizontale Vergleichbarkeit. Trotz der öffentlichen Diskussion hierrüber gibt es jedoch bis dato im Wesentlichen nur anekdotische Evi-denz...