We use the Johansen cointegration approach to assess the empirical validity of the purchasing power parity (PPP) between the UK and Germany since the introduction of the euro. We conduct the empirical analysis in the context of the global financial crisis that began in 2007 and find that it...

This paper employs time-series analysis to investigate the price dynamics of the house price indices included in the S&P/Case–Shiller Composite10 index and the validity of the ‘ripple effect’, following the approach outlined by Meen (1999). More specifically, the paper first considers the...

Purpose -This paper aims to examine the relation between executive compensation, firm size and firm performance on a panel of the so-called “new economy” firms in the USA over the period 1996-2002. Design/methodology/approach -The authors use two measures of performance, total shareholder...

We analyze the stochastic properties of three measures of profitability, return on assets (ROA), return on equity (ROE), and return on investment (ROI), using a balanced panel of US firms during the period 2001–2010. We employ a panel unit-root approach, which assists in identifying...