This paper presents an overview of several econometric tools available to test for the presences of asset price bubbles. For demonstrative purpose, the tools were applied to historical stock price and dividend data starting from 1871 through 2014. The earliest tools developed were Shiller's...

This paper presents an overview of several econometric tools available to test for the presences of asset price bubbles. For demonstrative purpose, the tools were applied to historical stock price and dividend data starting from 1871 through 2014. The earliest tools developed were Shiller's...

This study provides new evidence on the market impact of new issues of convertible bonds of U.S. listed firms. We examine on the market reaction surrounding the announcement dates and the issue dates of convertible bonds. The evidence suggests that firms experience negative abnormal returns...

The random walk hypothesis is rejected for foreign stock market prices. Variance ratio tests are performed on weekly stock prices of nine major foreign stock market indices. While longer-term returns follow random walks, short-horizon, bi-weekly returns exhibit significant positive serial...

During the financial crisis of 2008, the market value of retirement assets held in stock fell by 32 percent. The objective of this study is to show how a severe financial crisis affects the withdrawal patterns of retirees. Specifically, we examine how withdrawal patterns change when we...

This study examines the effects of trading in Standard and Poor's Depository Receipts on the pricing efficiency of the index options markets. Using the put-call parity model's no-arbitrage arguments, and intra-day Samp;P 500 index option data, three boundary conditions are formulated and tested...

This paper investigates the sources of time-varying risk and risk premia for both the U.S. stock and bond markets. Although a growing literature has emerged that examines the return and volatility characteristics of the U.S. stock and bond markets separately, little work has appeared that models...

Using a large international equity market database that has not been previously used for such a purpose, this paper documents that value (i.e., high book-to-market ) stocks outperform growth (i.e., low book-to-market ) stocks, on average, in most countries during the January 1975 - December 1995...