We examine the profitability of momentum strategies in the Tunisian stock market over the period (January 1998-December 2007). We adopt the methodology of Jegadeesh and Titman (1993). The results show that momentum strategies are profitable. We use the methodology of Lo and Mackinlay (1990) and...

In this paper, the authors investigate whether there is a certain relationship between five weather-based Proxy variables for investor mood and daily Tunisian stock prices over the period ranging between 1999 and 2006. The study is motivated by some recent researches arguing that people's...

In this paper, we carry out an empirical study for the Tunisian market to shed light on the question whether the observed shift into non-interest income activities improves performance of commercial banks. Our main results can be summarised in three statements: banks diversified across both...

Through this paper, we seek to shed light on the divergence between expected and observed returns. Empirical theory attributes this divergence to macroeconomic fundamental shocks. We try, via an ECM model, to study the existence of co-integration relations between macroeconomic volatility and...

This paper aims to shed light on the determinants of systematic risk in the global macro-finance interface. We estimate a time-varying two-factor ICAPM, using weekly equity returns and Msci market-capitalisation weighted basket of foreign currencies. We follow a two-step estimation procedure; in...

Cette étude constitue l'une des premières études traitant de la gestion des résultats et la performance boursière à long terme des introductions en bourse dans un pays européen notamment la France. Nous examinons les ‘accruals' discrétionnaires avant et après l'introduction en bourse...

Notre recherche a pour objectif d'étudier, en une analyse longitudinale, le pouvoir explicatif de la théorie de l'agence sur la demande d'une meilleure qualité de l'audit externe. Celle-ci est appréhendée en fonction de la réputation de l'auditeur externe. Sur un échantillon de 166...