Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 224
Cover Image
The Relationship between Short Interest and Stock Returns in the Canadian Market
Ackert, Lucy; Athanassakos, George - 2005
This paper provides new insight into the relationship between short sales and stock market returns using a sample of stocks sold short in Canada. Short interest is defined in relation to trading volume. The results strongly support the assertion that short sales and excess returns are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009459116
Cover Image
The Impact of Stock Market Liberalization on Emerging Equity Market Volatility
Dhir, Pawan - 2007
This study analyzes the impact of stock market liberalization on emerging equity market volatility, in twelve emerging … time-varying nature of conditional volatility following initial market opening. Second, we analyze the effect of … liberalization on stock market volatility while controlling for the fundamental sources of emerging equity market volatility. Finally …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009429052
Cover Image
Stock Markets and Household Wealth: Can a Stock Market Crash Cause a Recession in The U.S. Economy?
Singh, Ishan - 2008
Stock market wealth effects on the level of consumption in the United States economy have been constantly debated; there is evidence for arguments for and against its prominence and its symmetry. This paper seeks to investigate the strength of its negative effect by creating models to analyze...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009474964
Cover Image
Changes in Trading Volume and Return Volatility Associated with S&P 500 Index Additions and Deletions
Lin, Cheng-I Eric - 2007
volatility of the underlying component stocks. Traditional finance theory asserts that futures and "cash" markets are connected … experience significant increase in both trading volume and return volatility. However, deleted stocks experience no significant … change in either trading volume or return volatility. Both daily and monthly return variances increase following index …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475070
Cover Image
The Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence: Rewarding World-Class Practices
Chakravorty, Satya S.; Atwater, J. Bryan; Herbert, James I. - 2008
Established in 1988, the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence recognises organisations in the USA, Mexico and Canada …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009459022
Cover Image
Determinants of the Relations between Transitory Earnings and CEO Cash Compensation in the USA
Asthana, Sharad; Ye, Zhongxia Shelly - 2007
effect). This study has practical implications for regulators, corporations and investors, both in the USA and abroad. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009459069
Cover Image
2008 EU-US summit declaration, Brdo, Slovenia, 10 June 2008
Europäische Union / Rat; Council of the European Unon - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009638798
Cover Image
A call to be whole : the fundamentals of health care reform
Sowada, Barbara J. - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004796312
Cover Image
Relations Between Stock Returns and Fundamental Variables: Evidence from a Segmented Market
Dhatt, Manjeet S.; Kim, Yong H.; Mukherji, Sandip - 1999
This study examines relations between stock returns and potential explanatory factors in Korea, an important and segmented emerging market. Our results show that Korean stock returns in general and returns on stocks listed in Section 1 in particular are significantly positively related to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476732
Cover Image
The Skinny on the 2008 Naked Short-Sale Restrictions
Boulton, Thomas; Braga-Alves, Marcus - 2010
On July 15, 2008, the US Securities and Exchange Commission announced temporary restrictions on naked short sales of the stocks of 19 financial firms. The restrictions offer a unique empirical setting to test Miller?s (1977) conjecture that short-sale constraints result in overpriced securities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009484544