We study the non-linear causal relation between uncertainty-due-to-infectious-diseases and stock-bond correlation. To this end, we use high-frequency 1-min data to compute daily realized measures of correlation and jumps, and then, we employ a nonlinear Granger causality test with the use of...

This paper evaluates the effect of all European economic news releases to the US financial markets, for the main crisis period from June 2007 up to October 2011. Evaluation concerns Sharpe ratios, as well as magnitude and frequency of volatility jumps for the periods before and after a news...

The Capital structure and its determinants have been in the sight of econometric scientific community for some time now. More and more research studies have focused in the adjustment speed of debt ratio to the targeted debt ratio levels under various macroeconomic and firm factors. The problem...

The Halloween effect refers to a calendar anomaly that can be easily exploited and calls for buying the market index in the end of October each year and switching to treasury bills at the end of April the following year. The effect has only been studied on a 'calendar-month' basis and primarily...

This paper investigates the existence of long-run benefits of the international diversification in the equity markets of the US and the Pan-European Stock Exchange. The study which spans 6 years uses weekly data based on closing values of the general indices of Dow & Jones Industrial Average and...

This paper examines the existence of long-run benefits of the international diversification in the equity markets of the US, Greece, UK. The study which spans 11 years uses monthly data based on closing values of the general indices of Dow & Jones Industrial Average, FT All Share and Athens...