This paper examines the behavior of seasonal anomalies in Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) of Bangladesh and whether the time varying nature of the anomalies is in line with Adaptive Market Hypothesis (AMH). With this aim the research investigated whether the changes in market conditions, for example:...

In this study, we have attempted to seek evidence for weak-form of market efficiency for KSE 100 Index because over the last five years KSE 100 Index has shown substantial growth as compared to other emerging stock markets. Index returns have been studied from 1st January, 1992 to 30th April,...

Periods of economic turmoil distort the ability of stock prices to reflect the available information. In the last three decades, emerging markets experienced numerous crises. The major three of them are the Asian Financial Crisis (1997-1998), Global Financial Crisis (2007-2009) and Global...

Efficient Market Hypothesis states that financial markets react instantaneous and unbiased to new information. However, in the last decades empirical researches revealed some anomalies in investors reactions to the events that caused shocks on the financial markets. There are two main hypotheses...

This paper examines the role of foreign investors in promoting stock price efficiency in emerging stock markets relying on the fact that stock prices in these markets are influenced by both local and global factors. We employ a data sample of Vietnamese listed firms on the Ho Chi Minh City stock...

This paper examines the behavior of seasonal anomalies in Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) of Bangladesh and whether the time varying nature of the anomalies is in line with Adaptive Market Hypothesis (AMH). With this aim the research investigated whether the changes in market conditions, for example:...

Corporate restructuring is a widely adopted mode of improving efficiency and firm performance and has been studied in different country contexts such as the US, Australia, and Europe. The aim of this paper is to examine the impact of spin-off announcements on the stock prices of parent firms in...

This study investigates the reaction of stock returns to the inflation announcement using time series data from 2012 to 2018. To check the market efficiency or semi-strong efficiency of the Indian Stock Market for inflation announcement, we have used an event study methodology. We selected nine...

This paper examines the short run and long run inter linkages of the Indian stock market with those of Advanced emerging markets viz. Brazil, Hungary, Taiwan, Mexico, Poland and South Africa over the period ranging from 1 January 1992 to 31 December 2009 using Johansen co-integration test and...

This study investigated the impact of Muslim Holy Days on daily stock returns of Asian financial markets for a period of 2001–2014. These markets include Pakistan, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. The study has tried to isolate the effect of Gregorian calendar anomalies from Muslim Holy Days...