In this study, we used event study methodology to examine stock price reactions to quarterly earnings announcement. The study is based on a sample of 146 companies listed on Bombay Stock Exchange and December 2000 quarterly earnings announcements are taken event. The abnormal performance is...

This paper examines semi-strong form of efficient market hypothesis by taking September 2001 quarter earnings announcement as an event. The study is based on 146 companies having minimum 20 percent foreign holdings. We have used event study methodology, t test, Runs test and sign test to test...

The main objective of this research is to analyze whether the momentum effect (Jegadeesh, 1990) and the long-term reverse effect (DeBondt and Thaler, 1985) are observed at the Mexican Stock Exchange, their magnitude, and their significance. These anomalies challenge the efficient market...

The study is undertaken to find out the relationship between portfolio returns and market returns and test the empirical validity of the standard CAPM model on Bahrain Bourse. The study is based on 39 companies listed in the Bahrain Bourse, Bahrain All Share Index as market proxy and yield of...

This paper is an empirical investigation into the role of credit history in determining the spread on sovereign bank loans. It employs an error-in-variables approach used in rational-expectations-macro-econometrics to set up a structural model that links sovereign loan spreads to realized...

In the present study, we investigate the market weak efficiency hypothesis (MEH) in the case of the Tunisian exchange market. For this aim, we use fractional cointegration tests based essentially on estimation of an error correction bivariate ARFIMA model. The cointegration tests are conducted...

This paper documents the dynamic properties of the current account, trade balance and international capital flows. For this purpose, two approaches are taken: probit and a nonparametric estimation. The probabilistic approach shows that, in general, deficits and net inflows tend to be more...

We analyse the impact of news on five financial markets in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland using a newly constructed data set in a GARCH framework. Macroeconomic shocks (on GDP, inflation rate, current account and trade balance) are constructed as deviations from expected values....

In this paper, we study the effects of euro area and US macroeconomic news on financial markets in the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland (CEEC-3) from 1999 to 2006. Using a GARCH model, we examine the impact on daily returns of three-month interest rates, stock market indices, exchange rates...