Outlines the effect of exchange rate fluctuations on bank performance and investigates the relationship between exchange rate exposure and stock value for eight major Greek banks. Explains the methodological problems involved, develops a mathematical model and applies it to 1995‐1998 data for...

Reviews previous research on the timing of employee stock option exercise decisions and share price performance before and after insider trading. Analyses the 1992‐1993 exercise behaviour of top executives at 65 large US firms using the Black‐Scholes (1973) value (less anticipated dividends)...

This paper examines whether publicity (either good or bad) about environmental performance affects companies’ share prices. To date, a lot of the research in this area has been conducted in a US setting and has arrived at inconclusive results. This investigation examines the topic in a UK...

Diese Dissertationsschrift hat die in der Praxis beliebte Unternehmensbewertung mit Multiplikatoren börsennotierter Vergleichsunternehmen zum Gegenstand. Um wissenschaftlicher Kritik an Ermessensspielräumen der Methode entgegenzutreten, werden <<intrinsische Multiplikatoren> vorgestellt, die eine Verknüpfung mit...</<intrinsische>

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the July 2007 introduction of a pre-close call auction on the New Zealand stock market and its effect on share pricing quality and market manipulation. Design/methodology/approach – Market quality was tested using the methodology of...

We analyze the resiliency of a pure limit order market for large and small capitalization stocks as well as stocks with different tick sizes.We explore the issue of resiliency by investigating the order flow around aggressive orders that move prices.The impact of aggressive orders is gauged in...