This paper investigates if changes in network connectedness of European sovereign bond markets from 2005 to 2011 was an indicator of the subsequent financial crisis. The unified methodology proposed by Diebold and Yilmaz (2014) is used to overcome weaknesses in alternative methodologies to...

Inter-dealer trading in US Treasury securities is almost equally divided between two electronic trading platforms that have only slight differences in terms of their relative liquidity and transparency. BrokerTec is more active in the trading of 2-, 5-, and 10-year T-notes while eSpeed has more...

Inter-dealer trading in US Treasury Securities is almost equally divided between two similar electronic trading platforms. This provides a natural experiment within which to test the propositions of Bloomfield & O'Hara (1999 and 2000) about price discovery in fragmented markets. We examine the...

Inter-dealer trading in US Treasury Securities is almost equally divided between two similar electronic trading platforms. BrokerTec is more active in the trading of 2-, 5-, and 10-year T-notes while eSpeed has more active trading in the 30-year bond. eSpeed provides a more pre-trade transparent...

A priori, we argue that the period under study is characterised by two distinct regimes. Initially, Non-executive director appointments take place within a regulationist context. In the latter period such board changes occur in a Laissez-faire environment. The empirical analysis suggests that...

To control severe air pollution, multiple policies have been adopted in China. However, it remains unclear which policies actually mitigate air pollution when multiple policies are adopted together. This paper aims to systemically quantify the effectiveness of fifteen air-related policies and...

In this paper the extent to which ownership structure and board characteristics influenced Taiwanese firms' decision to enhance board independence by appointing independent directors and supervisors is investigated. Our first finding supports the incentive-alignment hypothesis where ownership...