We document a strong low-price effect for Chinese initial public offerings (IPOs). Namely, IPOs with low offer prices have higher initial returns, followed by even stronger after-market performance. This low-price effect cannot be fully explained by risks and IPO undervaluation. A long-only...

This paper tests the technical trading rule of moving average (MA) in a long-only portfolio using exchange traded funds (ETFs). We also propose a quasi-intraday version of the MA strategy (QUIMA) that allows investors to trade immediately upon observing MA crossover signals. We find that 1) this...

We construct a theoretical framework to investigate the impact of liquidity risk, in the secondary corporate debt market, on corporate risk-taking preferences. Using closed-form solutions, our model shows that equity holders choose to adopt high-risk projects upon the arrival of illiquidity...

quot;Inflation-indexed securities would appear to be the most direct source of information about inflation expectations and real interest ratesquot; (Bernanke, 2004). In this paper we study the term structure of real interest rates, expected inflation and inflation risk premia using data on...

quot;Inflation-indexed securities would appear to be the most direct source of information about inflation expectations and real interest rates.quot; (Bernanke, 2004). In this paper we study the term structure of real interest rates, expected inflation, and inflation risk premia using data on...

This paper estimates inflation risk premia using data on prices of Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) over the period 2000-2008. The estimation approach used is arbitrage free, largely model free, and easy to implement. It also distinguishes between TIPS yields and real yields by...

Empirical studies of structural credit risk models so far are often based on calibration, rolling estimation, or regressions. This paper proposes a GMM-based method that allows us to both consistently estimate the model parameters and test whether all the restrictions of the model are satisfied....

We examine the question of the determinants of corporate bond credit spreads using both weekly and monthly option-adjusted spreads for nine corporate bond indices from Merrill Lynch from January 1997 to July 2002. We find that the Russell 2000 index historical return volatility and Conference...

This paper revisits the question of the determinants of corporate bond credit spreads using some new explanatory variables with both weekly and monthly option-adjusted credit spreads of corporate bond indices from Merrill Lynch. We find that among the new variables, the interest rate historical...

Return smoothing and performance persistence are both sources of autocorrelation in hedge fund returns. The practice of pre-processing the data in order to remove smoothing before conducting performance analysis also affects the predictability of hedge fund returns. This paper develops a...