Purpose – Very little is known about the influences on dividend decisions in Pakistan, despite the importance of the market in the region and the nation's non-standard tax system. This study therefore aims to provide detailed evidence regarding this issue by examining the views of those...

Purpose – Very little is known about the influences on dividend decisions in Pakistan, despite the importance of the market in the region and the nation's non‐standard tax system. This study therefore aims to provide detailed evidence regarding this issue by examining the views of those...

This study examines differences in the extent of predictability in the pricing of the two main classes of equity traded in China, namely: A shares (available to Chinese investors) and B shares (traditionally available only to non‐Chinese investors). The study extends previous work by...

Numerous studies conducted in different countries have documented evidence that the announcements of changes in dividends and earnings convey specific information to the capital market. However, recent studies which have examined simultaneous announcements by firms have discovered that the...

This paper studies the performance of 60 European funds from four countries. The paper extends the UK matched pair approach for fund evaluation developed by <link rid="b35">Mallin et al. (1995)</link> to a European setting. The findings suggest that there is no difference between ethical and non-ethical funds...

This paper: (i) examines the potential benefits from diversifying into eight stock markets of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE); and (ii) quantifies the importance of country, industry and time factors in CEE equity returns. The findings suggest that substantial benefits exist from investing in...