This work examines 2486 cooperative arrangement announcements signed by firms that quote in the Spanish stock market during the period 1990-2002. To investigate, its more prominent characteristics are analyzed: sector of activity of the signatory companies; if the agreement is going to carry out...

This work examines 2486 cooperative arrangement announcements signed by firms that quote in the Spanish stock market during the period 1990-2002. To investigate, its more prominent characteristics are analyzed: sector of activity of the signatory companies; if the agreement is going to carry out...

Este trabajo examina 2486 acuerdos de cooperación firmados por las empresas que cotizan en el mercado continuo español entre 1990 y 2002. Para ello, se analizan sus características más relevantes: sector de actividad; lugar donde se lleva a cabo; número de socios; si se trata de empresas...

This study seeks to analyze the determinants of the diversification decision. According to previous literature, we distinguish between managerial and economic determinants depending on if they may maximize managers' utility or firms' utility respectively. After applying a Logit regression...

This study seeks to analyze the determinants of the diversification decision. According to previous literature, we distinguish between managerial and economic determinants depending on if they may maximize managers' utility or firms' utility respectively. After applying a Logit regression...

This study analyzes the effect of corporate bond rating changes over stock prices. We explore the effects over excess of returns and systematic risk. Rating changes by Moody´s, Standard and Poor´sor FitchIBCA are analyzed. On an efficient market, these changes will omly have some effect if...

This paper estimates the dynamics of adjustment to long run purchasing power parity (PPP) using data for 18 mayor bilateral US dollar exchange rates, over the post-Bretton Woods period, in a non-linear framework. We use new unit root and cointegration tests that do not assume a specific...

En este trabajo analizamos el comportamiento dinámico del tipo de interés a un mes del mercado interbancario español entre 1987 y 2001. Se utiliza un proceso de difusión tipo raíz cuadrada que permite que el tipo cambie dependiendo del estado de la economía. El cambio entre regímenes es...