Este trabajo analiza el efecto de las redefiniciones del índice Ibex35 en los precios y la actividad de negociación de las acciones incluidas y excluidas. La muestra utilizada está formada por 26 entradas y 22 salidas estables en el periodo enero 1991-diciembre 1998. Los resultados obtenidos...

We analyse the effect of splits on stock liquidity. The results show a drop in trading volume and depth and an increase in the relative bid-ask spread. We detect a change in trading composition, with an increase in the smallest transactions, mainly on the buyer side of shares whose prices fall...

Previous evidence has documented that equity issuers underperform in the long-run. One possible explanation is that investors have over-optimistic expectations regarding future earnings and the underperformance occurs as these expectations are corrected over time. Our central focus is to test...

To date, an operational measure of systemic risk capturing non-linear tail comovement between system-wide and individual bank returns has not yet been developed. This paper proposes an extension of the so-called CoVaR measure that captures the asymmetric response of the banking system to...

This study uses a sample of Spanish companies to examine the use of stock split announcements as signals of a firm's earnings performance. Our results confirm that, as in other stock markets, investors in the Spanish market upwardly revise share prices and financial analysts improve their...

This paper analyzes changes in capital structure behavior in a sample of Spanish venture capital (VC) backed companies that may occur after a VC investment due to the certification effect provided by VC investors. Our results show significant changes in determinants such as tangibility, size and...