Persistence of stock returns is an extensively studied and discussed theme in the analysis of financial markets. Antipersistence is usually attributed to volatilities. However, not only volatilities but also stock returns can exhibit antipersistence. Antipersistent noise has a somewhat rougher...

This paper examines the employment effects of acquisitions for acquired European firms taking non-random selection of acquisition targets explicitly into account. Following the empirical firm growth literature and theories put forward in the mergers and acquisition (M&A) literature we control...

The $13.5 bn acquisition of Barclays Global Investors by BlackRock, that creates the world’s biggest asset manager, puts again fundamental questions. Can dimensions favout efficiency, overcoming complexity and risks? While other important topics are related to the active or passive style of...

This paper investigates whether stock markets view Chinese OMAs as increasing shareholder wealth. The subject is of interest given the influential role that the government plays in Chinese firms’ overseas activities, and the fact that the government may have objectives other than maximization...

The introduction of the Euro and the advent of technology are expected to influence profoundly the structure and the strategic orientation of most fin European banking systems. In this context, the Greek banking system is undergoing a process of adjustment to the new environment The initial...

Arguments for, and then the form and level of, compensation of households and businesses for the additional costs of an emissions trading scheme to lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are evaluated. With most of the costs passed forward to households as higher consumer prices, a sequential set...

El objetivo del presente reporte es analizar los casos de fusiones y adquisiciones de empresas del sector eléctrico que se han registrado en sistemas ya desregulados total o parcialmente. Para ello, se investigan los fundamentos utilizados por las agencias reguladoras y de defensa de la...

By means of a simple economic model, Shleifer and Vishny (1989) describe how top managers can entrench themselves by specific overinvestment. An extension of the model with additional investments exposes interdependencies that exceed the primary value of explanation. The extension of the model...

The paper presents a score function elaborated in order to evaluate the bankruptcy risk of the Romanian industrial companies. For this purpose, I have used a 152 industrial companies sample, listed on Rasdaq, divided into 83 non-bankrupt companies and 69 bankrupt. The data comprised a 4 year...

In this study authors argues that diversification plays an important role not only in personal financial investment, but also in corporate strategy.