Abstract Die internationale Portefeuille-Diversifikation gilt seit langer Zeit als Möglichkeit für einen Investor; das Risiko seines Aktienportefeuilles zu reduzieren. Die zunehmende Globalisierung und Abhängigkeit der einzelnen nationalen Märkte untereinander läßt jedoch befürchten, daß...

This paper attempts to identify forms of traditional medicine which have the greatest potential for advancing primary health care goals. It begins by differentiating traditional medical systems into types. according to the kinds of medical knowledge which they depend on for preventing,...

This paper investigates calendar anomalies in the Turkish foreign exchange markets during 1986-1994 period. Changes in the free market and official daily exchange rates between the Turkish lira (TL) and US dollar (USD) and the German mark (DM) are examined for empirical regularities on different...

Several studies report that even after accounting earnings are announced, estimated cumulative unexpected returns continue to drift up for firms that report unexpectedly good earnings and down for firms that report unexpectedly bad earnings. This paper shows that because Finnish companies tend...