Forward exchange rate unbiasedness hypothesis (FRUH) has been a widely researched subject for decades. Recently, the sample populations of these studies have expanded to include developing country currencies. The majority of these findings have been that forward rate biasedness is more...

We document, for a new data set, the existence of daily seasonality. The data set consists of the trades in four equities and two bonds on the Dublin stock exchange for the mid nineteenth century.

Substantial evidence exists to indicate that a negative Monday, or in some case Tuesday, mean return is achieved by stock market indices. In contrast to these and to previous Irish studies, this paper finds that there is no negative Monday or Tuesday return, there being a persistent and positive...

We examine the effect of the appointment of directors on the share price of FTSE companies. We find that the share price reaction to the appointment of directors suggests that gender is not an issue in the appointment of nonexecutive directors, but it does have an effect on the market reaction...