We test whether a bias exists in analyst recommendations for firms that file for bankruptcy during 1995-2001. We fail to find over-optimism in analyst recommendations, including those of affiliated analysts. Our multivariate analysis of the market reaction to changes in analyst recommendations...

In this paper, we show (i) that the risk-return characteristics of our sample of 17 developed stock markets of the world have converged significantly toward each other during our study period 1974-2004, and (ii) that this international convergence in risk-return characteristics is driven mainly...

In this study we test for the presence of over-optimism in analyst recommendations for a sample of bankrupt firms over the 1995-2001 period. Our findings indicate a pervasive over-optimism in analysts' recommendations. This recommendation bias exists even for firms that are unable to reorganize...

This paper measures the extent of comovements in stock returns between Korea and three major countries (China, Japan and the U.S.) using industry-level data for Korea from 2003 to 2016 in the spirit of the international capital asset pricing model. It also examines what drives the comovements...

This paper measures the extent of comovements in stock returns between Korea and three major countries (China, Japan and the US) using the industry-level data for Korea from 2003 to 2016, in the spirit of the international capital asset pricing model. It also examines what drives the comovements...

This paper studies whether export diversification mitigated the negative effect of the global financial crisis on exports using the Korean case. Specifically, we use annual data on the exports of 24 Korean manufacturing industries from 2000 to 2016 and examine whether the negative effect of the...