Market structure affects the informational and real frictions faced by traders in equity markets. Using bid-ask spreads, we present evidence which suggests that while real frictions associated with the costs of supplying immediacy are less in order-driven systems, informational frictions...

Investors have been shown to have particular preferences when it comes to the characteristics of stock they hold in their portfolios, while prior gains and losses have been shown to impact on individuals' economic decisions, both in an investment context and more widely. This paper is the first...

This Report aims to identify ways in which the current compulsion to take annuities by age 75 might be amended. It examines the current provision of retirement income for members of defined contribution pension (DC) plans who are obliged to purchase such annuities, regardless of personal...

This paper documents strong evidence for short term predictability of individual stocks in the London Stock Exchange. We find empirical evidence for price reversals after large price changes and price continuation after small price changes. Our results indicate that large companies seem to react...

This paper extends the literature on market reaction to extreme price changes by introducing an empirical model that allows the conditional mean and variance of returns to vary asymmetrically in response to price changes of all sizes. We provide evidence, from US, UK and Japanese markets, that...

This paper links and extends the time series and price innovation literature by introducing empirical models that allow the conditional mean and variance of returns to vary asymmetrically in response to price innovations of all sizes. There is strong evidence, from both the US and UK markets,...

Using concepts from inflation theory, this study examines the relationship between the returns and volatility of cryptocurrencies. We take Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin and Ripple as the four most popular cryptocurrencies in the market and analyse the relationship between their returns and...

This paper investigates the extent to which the size affects the SME probabilities of bankruptcy. Using a dataset of (11,117) US non-financial firms, of which (465) filed for insolvency under chapters 7/11 between 1980 and 2013. We forecast the bankruptcy probabilities by developing four...

This paper contradicts the existence of a universal value anomaly by studying Malaysia, a country with a unique institutional setting. We investigate this counter-example to attribute the anomaly to: 1) the leverage effect of value firms; 2) the investment pattern of growth firms; 3) the...