When markets freeze, not only are gains from trade left unrealized, but the process of information production through prices, or price discovery, is disrupted as well. Though this latter effect has received much less attention than the former, it constitutes an important source of inefficiency...

This study aims to examine the effects of Targeted subsidies public firms on their performance in Tehran Stock Exchange. The hypotheses of this paper examine the significance of the relationship between Targeted subsidies, asset return, stockholders equity, and stock return. To test research...

We study the stock market effects of the arrival of the three rounds of "stimulus checks" to U.S. taxpayers and the single round of direct payments to Hong Kong citizens. The first two rounds of U.S. checks appear to have increased retail buying and share prices of retail-dominated portfolios....