Several studies in empirical literature have examined the differences between large banks and small banks. In this study, we examine the differences in the day-of-the-week effects of stock prices of large banks as represented by the Keefe, Bruyette and Woods Index (KBW) and small banks as...

This article investigates Day-of-the-Week and January Effects in the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets over the period 1990 to 2006 for both the 'A' and 'B' indices. During this period, these two Chinese stock markets went through the limit period and nonlimit period and then again through a...

The enactment of Riegle-Neal IBBEA in 1994 encouraged bank mergers and acquisitions. Empirical evidence indicates that large banks beneÞted from IBBEA enactment. However, there is little, if any, evidence of the impact of the act on small banksÕ proÞtability relative to large banks. This...