Studies in Economics and Finance: Volume 25 Issue 4

Joint effects of interim dividend and earnings announcements in Greece

Apostolos Dasilas, Katerina Lyroudi, Demetrios Ginoglou

The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate stock price and trading volume reactions to simultaneous interim dividend and earnings announcements by the Greek firms…

The effects of universal futures on opening and closing returns

Patricia L. Chelley‐Steeley

In 2001, Euronext‐Liffe introduced single security futures contracts for the first time. The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact that these single security futures had…

Testing the contestability in Kuwait banking industry

Saeed Al‐Muharrami

The two aims of this paper are: first, to investigate the market structure of Kuwait banking industry and second, to evaluate the monopoly power of banks during the years…

The long‐term inflation hedging effectiveness of real estate and financial assets: A New Zealand investigation

Abeyratna Gunasekarage, David M. Power, Ting Ting Zhou

The purpose of this paper is to examine the long‐term relationship between the rate of inflation and the returns of real estate and financial assets traded in New Zealand markets.

Note from the publisher

Vicky Williams