This study explored the effectiveness of the contrarian and momentum strategies in the United States stock market-S&P 500 and Chinese stock markets (Taiwan, Hong Kong, & Singapore) both during the 2008 financial crisis and during the pre-crisis period. Additionally, the study examined the...

This study examines the motives for Russian outward foreign direct investments (OFDI) around the world. Using firm-level data for Russian firms, home and host country economic, geographical, cultural and institutional drivers of Russian OFDI are analyzed. Findings show that Russian OFDI seems to...

We examine the risk neutral probability density (RND) for the S&P 500 extracted from real-time bid and ask quotes for index options, under extreme market stress during the fall of 2008. The RND provides exceptional detail about investors' expectations as intraday volatility increased to a level...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Redevelopment Frontiers in Buenos Aires -- Chapter 3. Becoming a “Socially Integrated City” through “Creative Districts” -- Chapter 4. From Villa to Barrio -- Chapter 5. Neoliberal Governance and Chicago’s Southwest Side -- Chapter 6. Chicago’s...

Corporate credit ratings have become more important after the 2008 financial crisis. To explore the mystery, we employ the ordered probit regression models to examine the relationship between the credit rating and financial ratios in electric utilities, chemicals and communications equipment...