Purpose: The present study aims to analyse the literature on capital structure theories for the last 21 years to identify the existing gaps and themes for prospective researchers in this domain. Design/methodology/approach: A sample of 183 articles published from 1999 to 2019 in the Scopus...

Purpose: The unique regulatory design of India provides us with the opportunity to disaggregate traditional initial public offering (IPO) underpricing into three categories: voluntary, pre-market and post-market. The presence of anchor investors in India makes it a compelling case to study....

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to ascertain the monthly seasonality in the Indian stock market after taking into consideration the market features of leptokurtosis, volatility clustering and the leverage effect. Design/methodology/approach: Augmented Dickey-Fuller, Phillips-Perron and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand current practices in capital budgeting (including real options) in Indian companies and provide a normative framework (guidelines) for practitioners (based on our findings and literature reviewed). Design/methodology/approach – A...