This paper investigates the effect of the Asian financial crisis of 1997-98 on the long-run relationship(s) between the stock prices of Far East countries. Further tests are conducted to check the change in the dominance of the Japanese and the US stock markets in the Far East Region. Empirical...

The tragic events of September 11, 2001 in the United States is said to have adversely affected the global economy and the financial markets around the world. This paper empirically investigates the effects of the terrorist attacks and the period after on the time-varying beta (risk) of a few...

An arbitrage portfolio provides a cash flow that can never be negative at zero cost. We define the weaker concept of a 'desirable portfolio' delivering cash flows with negative risk at zero cost. Although these are not completely risk-free investments and subject to the risk measure used, they...

We integrate into a single optimization problem a risk measure, beyond the variance, and either arbitrage free real market quotations or financial pricing rules generated by an arbitrage free stochastic pricing model. A sequence of investment strategies such that the couple (expected-return,...

In this study, we investigate the relationship between efficient hedging and fair valuation. We find that efficient hedging does not always lead to fair valuation, and we present a method to measure the difference between the two valuations. This difference can indicate the cost of efficient...

An arbitrage portfolio provides a cash flow that can never be negative at zero cost. We define the weaker concept of a “desirable portfolio” delivering cash flows with negative risk at zero cost. Although these are not completely risk-free investments and subject to the risk measure used,...

One of the key decisions financial institutions have to make as part of their daily operations is to decide whether or not to grant a loan to an applicant. With the emergence of large-scale data-storing facilities, huge amounts of data have been stored regarding the repayment behavior of past...

Start-ups are crucial in the modern economy as they provide dynamism and growth. Research on the performance of new ventures increasingly investigates initial resources as determinants of success. Initial resources are said to be important because they imprint the firm at start-up, limit its...

An important objective of data mining is the development of predictive models. Based on a number of observations, a model is constructed that allows the analysts to provide classifications or predictions for new observations. Currently, most research focuses on improving the accuracy or...