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Corporate diversification and firm value: evidence from emerging markets
Elif Akben SelçukThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of corporate diversification on firm value in a sample of nine emerging markets including Brazil, Chile, Indonesia…
Intensity of shock transmission amid US-BRICS markets
P. Lakshmi, S. Visalakshmi, Kavitha ShanmugamThe purpose of this paper is to analyze the intensity of transmission of shocks from USA to BRICS countries in the long-run and short-run deviations and swiftness of recovery…
Estimation and application of a complete demand system for the United Arab Emirates
Azzeddine Azzam, Belaid RettabThe purpose of this paper is to estimate a complete demand system for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and use the estimates to evaluate the welfare impact of price inflation. Eight…
Inflation, its volatility and the inflation-growth tradeoff in India
Raghbendra Jha, Varsha S. KulkarniThe purpose of this paper is to amend the New Keynesian Phillips Curve (NKPC) model to include inflation volatility. It provides results on the determinants of inflation…
Stock exchange industry in UAE: An assessment of potential merger between Dubai financial market and Abu Dhabi securities exchange
Andrea PaltrinieriThe purpose of this paper is to give an overview of UAE Stock Exchange industry. In particular this paper aims to assess a potential merger between Dubai Financial…
Regime shifts and volatility in BRIICKS stock markets: an asset allocation perspective
Wasim Ahmad, Sanjay SehgalThe purpose of this paper is to examine the regime shifts and stock market volatility in the stock market returns of seven emerging economies popularly called as “BRIICKS” which…
Testing the weak-form efficiency of stock markets: A comparative study of emerging and industrialised economies
Jacinta Chikaodi Nwachukwu, Omowunmi ShittaThe purpose of this paper is to focus on the weak-form efficiency of 24 emerging and nine industrial stock market indices around the world. It tests for the predictability and the…
Using downside risk in evaluating the performance of Malaysian mutual funds
Mohammad Reza Tavakoli Baghdadabad, Masood FooladiThe purpose of this paper is to provide the modified measures of risk-adjusted performance evaluation of Malaysian mutual funds using the downside risk concepts, and promote the…
Risk-return tradeoff in Chinese stock markets: some recent evidence
Menggen ChenThe purpose of this paper is to pay more attention to four different research questions at least. One is that this study intends to explore the changes of the risk-return…
An examination of herding behavior in Pakistani stock market
Zuee Javaira, Arshad Hassan– The purpose of this paper is to examine the investment behavior of Pakistani stock market participants, specifically with respect to their tendency to exhibit herd behavior.
Old wine in a new bottle: money demand causality for 10 Asian countries
Ahdi Noomen Ajmi, Nicholas Apergis, Ghassen El MontasserThe purpose of this paper is to estimate causality properties between real money demand and a number of determinants, i.e., real output, the lending rate and the real exchange…
The relationship between individual investor sentiment, stock return and volatility: Evidence from the Turkish market
Mustafa Sayim, Hamid RahmanThe purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of Turkish individual investor sentiment on the Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE) and to investigate whether investor sentiment…
Time-varying industry beta in Indian stock market and forecasting errors
Sudipta Das, Parama BaraiThe purpose of this paper is to empirically estimate industry beta in Indian stock market with three alternative models and compare the accuracy of forecasting error to find the…
Regional equity market conditions and cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M & A): Evidence from the BRIC, Eastern Europe, and Africa
K. SmimouDo regional equity market conditions (bear market) affect the financial performance of firms involved in cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M & A)? If so, is there a…
Market orientation, entrepreneurial orientation and performance in emerging markets
Tina Gruber-Muecke, Katharina Maria Hofer– The purpose of this paper is to examine how market-oriented and entrepreneurial-oriented behaviour drives firm performance in an emerging markets context.
Legal system uncertainty and FDI attraction in Southeast Asia
George O. White III, Amon Chizema, Anne Canabal, Mark J. PerryThe purpose of this paper is to draw from organizational ecology and institutional theory, the authors suggest that there will be a curvilinear relationship between legal system…
Role of reality TV as a consumer-socialization agent of teenagers in a developing country
Md Ridhwanul Haq, Syed H RahmanThe purpose of this paper is to identify how reality television (RTV) influences the socialization of teenage consumers in a developing country. While the influence of television…
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2006Copyright Holder:
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- Prof Ilan Alon