This paper analyses returns and volatility on the Namibian and South African stock markets. We use daily closing indices of the Namibian Stock Exchange (NSX) and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). The sample covers the period from January 4, 1999 to March 20, 2003. Our methodology has three...

In this paper, we examine the internet banking services that Greek commercial banks are offering. We also present the associated costs and fees that customers face when using these services. The findings show that there are disparities in the fees that Greek commercial banks impose on their...

Purpose – The paper seeks to explain volatility and risk (VaR) modelling using data from international financial markets, and particularly to evaluate the performance of minimum capital risk requirements (MCRR) estimates in an out-of-sample period using the bootstrapping approach....

In this article we investigate if stock market returns are related to temperature. Research in behavioural finance shows that lower temperature can lead to aggression, while higher temperature can lead to both apathy and aggression (Cao and Wei, 2005). Evidence from previous studies suggests...

Purpose – This paper's aim is to test for the presence of fractional integration, or long memory, in the daily returns of the Portuguese stock market using autoregressive fractionally integrated moving average (ARFIMA), generalised autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity (GARCH) and...

In this paper, we examine the internet banking services that Greek commercial banks are offering. We also present the associated costs and fees that customers face when using these services. The findings show that there are disparities in the fees that Greek commercial banks impose on their...

This paper examines hedging in Greek stock index futures market. The focus is on various techniques to estimate constant or time-varying hedge ratios. For both available stock index futures contracts of the Athens Derivatives Exchange (ADEX), a variety of econometric models are employed to...