In this paper, I test the performance of the CAPM, Fama-French three-factor and Carhart four-factor models on the Polish market. I use stock level data from April 2001 to January 2014. I find strong evidence for the value and momentum effects, but only weak evidence for the size premium. I form...

Our study tests and compares 16 distinct country selection strategies based on inter-market value, size, momentum, quality and volatility effects within a sample of 78 countries for the period 1999-2014. By accounting for country-specific dividend tax rates, market liquidity and openness for...

This study investigates the low-price effect on the Polish stock market. By adopting sorting, cross-sectional tests and checks of the monotonic relation, we have examined the performance of the portfolios formed on the prices of over 850 companies listed on the Polish stock market within the...

We investigate cross-sectional patterns related to dividends in the CEE stock market. We investigate a broad sample of 1153 companies from 11 countries in years 2002-2014. We use sorting and tests based on cross-sectional regression, and apply tests of monotonic relation. The principal findings...

In this paper we investigate the sources and characteristics of value, size and momentum premiums on the Polish market. The research aims to broaden the academic knowledge in a few ways. First, we deliver some fresh out-of-sample evidence on value, momentum and size premiums. Second, we examine...

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...

The answer to the question posed in the title is mostly yes. Using sorting and crosssection, we investigate the impact of illiquidity and transaction costs on value, size and momentum premiums in 11 CEE stock markets (Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania,...

The study investigates the characteristics of inter-country value, size and momentum premiums. We contribute to the asset-pricing literature in three ways. First, we provide fresh evidence for value, size and momentum premiums in country returns. Second, we show that these premiums are robust to...

The answer to the question posed in the title is mostly yes. Using sorting and cross-section, we investigate the impact of illiquidity and transaction costs on value, size and momentum premiums in 11 CEE stock markets (Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania,...

This paper investigates whether managers adapt their dividend policies to the changing preferences of investors, as predicted by the catering theory of dividends. First, we noted a systematic decline in companies that paid out dividends in a sample of 2226 American publicly-traded companies, not...