For the effective and better implementation of CSR law, development of SRI market in the investment world is essential. Unless the investors turn socially responsible, CSR principles cannot be enforced in practice. This paper examines whether the companies that are socially responsible are...

This paper examines the inter-linkages and long run integration of Indian economy with other economies of the world (US, Europe, Other Emerging markets and World economy) using standard indices of MSCI over the period Jan 2003 to July 2012. We also investigate Indian economy's response to recent...

This paper is amongst the first to investigate weak-form efficiency of the most developed (G-20) countries in the world. It also measures the impact of the 2007 financial crisis on the stock markets of these countries, in terms of their efficiency. Serial correlation test, ADF unit root test, Lo...

The present study focuses upon the comparison between the pre and post merger financial performance of the Indian companies undertaking cross border mergers and acquisitions during 1998-2009. An attempt has been made to assess the performance on an aggregate basis, on the basis of timing of the...

In a first of its kind, this paper examines the issue of sectoral efficiency of the Indian Stock Market. For this, daily data for 11 sectoral indices on NSE viz. Auto, Bank, Energy, Finance, FMCG, IT, Media, Metal, Pharma, PSU Banks and Realty Index have been used. The study period spans from...