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Debacle of Privatizing State Owned Companies in Malawi - Case Study of Malawi Savings Bank Limited

Kampanje, Brian Phiri - 2015

voices heard making it difficult to reach a compromise. This is exacerbated when privatization exercise involves state … parties, employees and some religious groups.This study has observed that arguments advanced by opposers of the privatization … justifications for privatization as well as chronology of any pertinent events leading to the decision for privatization …

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Global oil market and the US stock returns

Ahmad, Maryam; Manera, Matteo; Sadeghzadeh, Mehdi - 2015

This paper provides an analysis of the link between the oil market and the U.S. stock market returns at the aggregate as well as industry levels. We empirically model oil price changes as driven by speculative demand shocks along with consumption demand and supply shocks in the oil market. We...

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The profitability of following analyst recommendations on the Polish stock market

Zaremba, Adam; Konieczka, Przemysław - In: E-Finanse : finansowy kwartalnik internetowy 11 (2015) 1, pp. 22-31

The profitability of analysts' recommendations is documented in numerous studies from all over the world. However, the evidence from the Polish market is relatively modest. The primary aim of this study is to fill this gap. The paper contributes to the economic literature in four ways. First, it...

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Forecasting returns with fundamentals-removed investor sentiment

Stivers, Adam - In: International Journal of Financial Studies : open … 3 (2015) 3, pp. 319-341

The Baker and Wurgler (2006) sentiment index purports to measure irrational investor sentiment, while the University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index is designed to largely reflect fundamentals. Removing this fundamental component from the Baker and Wurgler index creates an index of investor...

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Test of the Chen-Roll-Ross macroeconomic factor model : evidence from Croatian stock market

Dolinar, Dolinar; Orsag, Silvije; Suman, Paola - In: UTMS journal of economics / University of Tourism and … 6 (2015) 2, pp. 185-196

This paper empirically examines the well-known Chen-Roll-Ross model on the Croatian stock market. Modifications of definitions of the Chen-Roll-Ross model variables showed as necessary because of doubtful availability and quality of input data needed. Namely, some macroeconomic and market...

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Macroeconomic variables and long-term stock market performance : a panel ARDL cointegration approach for G7 countries

Humpe, Andreas; McMillan, David G. - In: Cogent economics & finance 8 (2020) 1, pp. 1-7

Based on the present value model for stock prices, we utilise a pooled mean group estimator for panel ARDL cointegration to estimate the long-run relationship between G7 stock prices and macroeconomic variables over the last 40 years. We find a positive long-run relation between stock prices,...

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Persistence in ESG and conventional stock market indices

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Gil-Alaña, Luis A.; … - 2021

This paper uses R/S analysis and fractional integration techniques to examine the persistence of two sets of 12 ESG and conventional stock price indices from the MSCI database over the period 2007-2020 for a large number of both developed and emerging markets. Both sets of results imply that...

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Abnormal returns and stock price movements : some evidence from developed and emerging markets

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Plastun, Alex - 2020

This paper investigates the impact of abnormal returns on stock prices by using daily and hourly data for some developed (US, UK, Japan) and emerging (China, India) markets over the period 01.01.2010-01.01.2020. Average analysis, t-tests, CAR and trading simulation methods are used to test the...

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The spectre of terrorism and the stock market

Hanna, Alan J.; Turner, John D.; Walker, Clive B. - 2022

Terrorism is a major issue in the 21st century. In this paper we examine the effect of terrorism on the stock market. We go beyond previous studies to explore the spectre of terrorism on the market rather than terrorist activities. Using a narrative-based approach à la Shiller (2019), we find...

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Effects of Delisting on the Malawi Stock Exchange

Kampanje, Brian Phiri - 2022

Delisting of company’s shares is probably the least thing an existing and prospective investor ever think of when dealing with any given portfolio. This is particularly inconveniencing to numerous insignificant minority shareholders who might have easily purchased shares under Initial Public...

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