Charakteristisch für Emerging Markets sind hohe Aktienrenditen und eine geringe Korrelation mit den Aktienrenditen der entwickelten Märkte, so dass durch Diversifikation der Investmentanlagen eine Verringerung des Portfoliorisikos erreicht werden kann. Die zunehmende Integration...

Emerging markets have received a particular attention of academic researchers and practitioners since they decided to open their domestic capital markets to foreign participants about three decades ago. At the same time, we remark that theoretical and empirical research in emerging stock markets...

Gaston Michel investigates whether shocks to real estate markets constitute an important source of the risk that is priced in the cross section of equity returns. His results document that real estate risk explains a large part of the cross-sectional variation in equity returns. He shows that an...

Literature Review -- Return Predictability and the Real Economy -- Study Design and Data -- Empirical Part I - Testing for Predictability -- Forecasting Models -- Empirical Part II - Investment Strategies -- Conclusion

This Palgrave Pivot empirically analyzes the role of conventional and interest-free Islamic banking in the growth process of developing Islamic nations. After explaining the theoretical background of this dual banking system structure, the book then empirically analyzes growth in a variety of...

Stock market integration between developing and emerging markets has numerous benefits for creating a global - yet stable - world economy. It increases competition and the efficiency of local markets, in turn reducing price volatility and the cost of capital among integrated markets. It also...

The emphasis of this book is on understanding special characteristics of the financial systems of emerging markets, where the existence of market imperfections such as asymmetric information, adverse selection and moral hazard can cause financial market failures. Considering the Thai stock...

Interest in the Latin American emerging markets (LAEM) has increased considerably in recent years. It is often claimed that they have to pay a price for being too different from developed markets, i.e. for having weak institutions, failed macroeconomic programs, political instability, poor...

Analysten wurde immer wieder vorgeworfen, Aktienkursprognosen systematisch verzerrt zu haben, um den Aktienhandel und das Investmentbankinggeschäft ihres Arbeit gebenden Kreditinstituts zu stimulieren und das Management der analysierten Unternehmen durch gefärbte Berichterstattung zufrieden zu...

Mit dem Ende des Börsenbooms im Jahr 2000 sind Aktienanalysten zunehmend in die öffentliche Kritik geraten. Ihnen wird unter anderem vorgeworfen, sie würden zu optimistisch berichten, selten Verkaufsempfehlungen abgeben und sich lediglich der Meinung anderer Marktteilnehmer anschließen. Aber...