The Aix-Marseille School of Economics (AMSE) and the Banque de France have organised their second labour market conference, bringing together academics and representatives of international organisations and central banks. Discussions focused on the linkages between the housing and labour...

La Banque de France a organisé un atelier de recherche intitulé « Trading algorithmique et trading haute fréquence », le 8 novembre 2013, afin de comprendre les conséquences de l’automatisation des échanges boursiers et de mettre en lumière les défis que cette révolution...

When a firm cross-lists its shares in segmented markets, the price of the first issued share, as a reference, plays both an informational and anchoring role in pricing the second issued share. We develop a model illustrating the dual-role. Empirically, we examine a group of Chinese firms that...

The price-earnings ratio (PER) effect is a well-documented phenomenon in the most developed financial markets. This effect shows that the firms with a low price to earning per share ratio exhibit higher returns than those with a high ratio. The existence of such an effect weakens the market...

We present a model with leverage and margin constraints that vary across investors and time. We find evidence consistent with each of the model's five central predictions: (1) Because constrained investors bid up high-beta assets, high beta is associated with low alpha, as we find empirically...

This paper examines the effect of hedging demand by various types of institutional investor on subsequent returns and volatility. Using data from the Taiwan Futures Exchange, empirical results indicate that the hedging demand of foreign investors has a significant negative impact on subsequent...

This paper investigates the existence of herding in the global equity market. We apply a methodology which utilises cross-country dispersion in index returns. An analysis of national indices world-wide unveils virtually no instances of global information cascades, as price patterns largely...

We analyze the impact of the pro-Russian conflict on stock returns in Russia and the Ukraine during the period November 21, 2013 to September 29, 2014. We utilize a newly created indicator for the degree of (de-)escalation based on an Internet search for conflict-related news. We find that...

We find that stocks exhibiting high dispersion in analysts' earnings forecasts not only underperform in the U.S. but also in some European countries. Investigating the abnormal returns generated by the dispersion strategy around the world for the 1990–2008 sample period, we observe that the...

This paper investigates the empirical relation between order imbalance and intraday NTD/USD exchange rate dynamics. Using one-year high frequency data, we demonstrate that interbank order imbalances have substantial explanatory power for concurrent exchange rate returns both on the daily and...