This paper examines the determinants of returns and of volatility of the Chinese ADRs as listed at NYSE. Using an autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity (ARCH) model and data from 16 April 1998 through 30 September 2004, we find that Hong Kong stock market (underlying market), US stock...

We examine the relation between firms’ prior acquisition experience and subsequent acquisition performance. Based on our sample firms’ complete acquisition histories, we find that acquirers with prior experience in the target industry perform better in subsequent diversifying acquisitions,...

Jump dynamics vary greatly across stocks. However, little is known about the causes of such variations and their associations to various firm characteristics. Controlling for information shocks from quarterly earnings announcements, we examine cross-sectional determinants of jumps in stock...

We employ a novel framework to measure the asymmetric nexus between the cryptocurrency market and the carbon futures market based on different market conditions. Initially, we use Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Ripple to embody the cryptocurrency market and the European Union Allowance (EUA) futures to...

Applying the modulated power law process, a generalized model which is a compromise between a renewal process and a nonhomogeneous Poisson process, we find the presence of positive duration dependence in all samples, although the magnitudes vary from sample to sample. A goodness-of-fit test...