This study examines whether mergers and acquisitions create value for shareholders in the Athens Stock Exchange, during an extremely volatile period. The results indicate, on average, statistically insignificant investor reaction around merger announcements. However, further analysis suggests...

This paper empirically investigates the relationship between equity and credit market development and economic growth, in a sample of five very important 'emerging' markets. In particular, employing a multivariate time-series methodology to test for long-run trends and causality between...

Using US stock portfolios that are formed on book-to-market equity (B/M), long term reversals, momentum, and size, a long sample period (1965--2007), and the comprehensive sentiment index of Baker and Wurgler (2006), this article shows that contemporaneous returns of extreme portfolios are...

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the yield spread determinants for a sample of European markets in the light of the recent financial crisis. It utilises findings from two different strands in the literature: findings on bond spread determinants and findings on the effect of investor...