There is a significant ever-growing controversy about the role of R&D in the corporate decision-making structure for the US markets. R&D results have been found to be lack-luster creating erosion of trust in the value of R&D in American corporate world. This study sheds light on the relationship...

This study investigates the impact of surprises in hourly wages, non-farm payroll, unemployment rate, and producer price index on the yields and volatilities of money market securities. The methodology is conducted in a framework that preserves the strong substitutability among the instruments....

This study investigates the determinants of profitability of U.S. commercial banks in the 1970s and 1980s. It is established that banks, depending on their size, may need to exercise greater control over a defined set of variables in order to maximize profits and/or minimize costs. Further, the...

Integration linkages between the five financial equity market indices located in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are empirically analysed. Using methodologies that account for idiosyncratic factors in the data, evidence of linkages between the GCC countries are found. The findings...

Using intraday data we examine the response of futures on the British Long Gilt (Gilt), the German Government Bond (Bund), the U.S. Treasury Bond (Bond), the Japanese Government Bond (JGB), and the Italian Government Bond (IGB) to the release of U.S. macroeconomic news. Bond, Gilt, and Bund...