Purpose – This paper aims to examine the relationships between disaggregated government fiscal policy variables; private capital investment and economic growth in Ghana, as well as the similarities and differences in the impact of these variables on private investment (PI) and economic growth....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine the relative efficiency of eight economic sectors in the Malaysian stock market and the impact of the 1997 Asian financial crisis on the reported sectoral efficiency. Design/methodology/approach – This paper investigates the...

Purpose – 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 on the volatility of the underlying stocks. Design/methodology/approach – The Inclan and Tiao algorithm...

Purpose – The purpose of the present paper is to examine the impact of off-balance sheet (OBS) activities on non-bank financial institutions' (NBFI) productivity. Design/methodology/approach – The paper utilized the Malmquist Productivity Index (MPI) methodology, which allows us to examine...

Purpose – 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 listed on the Athens stock exchange (ASE). Design/methodology/approach – Classical event study methodology...

Purpose – This paper, using Turkish stock index data, set outs to present long-term memory effect using chaotic and conventional unit root tests and investigate if chaotic technique as wavelets captures long-memory better than conventional techniques. Design/methodology/approach – Haar and...

Purpose – To provide an alternative channel of investigation of comovement in four large European equity markets over a sample period of nearly 30 years. Design/methodology/approach – The paper adopts a two stage methodological approach. In the first instance, the interaction between the...

Purpose – This paper sets out the reasons for putting together a special issue of the Journal on Qualitative Research in Finance , discussing the pedigree of the approach, and outlining the articles contained therein. Design/methodology/approach – The approach adopted in this paper involves...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the issues faced by institutional investors looking to invest in the Central and Eastern European (CEE) region. In particular, the paper seeks to ascertain the views of practitioners on the reasons for undertaking CEE investment, the structures...