Qualitative Research in Financial Markets: Volume 1 Issue 2

United Kingdom gilt securities and market liquidity: surveying the impact of structural reforms

Moorad Choudhry

Between 1996 and 1998, the Bank of England (BoE) undertook structural reforms of the UK gilt market designed to improve market liquidity and accessibility. The purpose of this…

Testing the pecking order theory: the importance of methodology

Dimitrios Vasiliou, Nikolaos Eriotis, Nikolaos Daskalakis

The purpose of this paper is to show that different methodologies may lead to different implications about the validity of the pecking order theory.

Variance and beta as perceived risk: questionable science

Robert A. Olsen

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the origin of variance and beta as risk measures and to identify their shortcomings as perceived risk metrics.

The investment decision‐making process from a risk manager's perspective: a survey

Omar Masood, Bora Aktan, Sahil Chaudhary

The purpose of this paper is to identify associations between various inputs in the investment decision process of Saudi Arabian risk managers (RMs).

Editorial

Bruce Burton