In this paper, we investigate the relationship between stock returns and short-term interest rates. Identification of the stock return-interest rate relation is solved by using a newtechnique that relies on the heteroskedasticity of shocks to stock market returns. We suggest some improvements to...

In this paper, we contribute to the literature on institutional herding and positive feedback trading by analysing the investment behavior of pension funds on the Polish stock market. Since pension funds in Poland operate under more stringent investment regulation than their counterparts in...

Relying on a present value model with time-varying expected returns, and incorporating a quite general class of processes to model bubble like stock price deviations from the long-run equilibrium, we provide empirical evidence on the US log dividend-price ratio over the 1871:1 - 2001:9 period,...

In this paper we analyse the influence of the Bundesbank's inflation targeting policy on the behavior of the spread between long-term and short-term German interest rates. The term spread is considered to be a key indicator of future inflation and economic activity. The application of a momentum...

Contrary to previous findings stressing the agency problem of UK conglomerates, we provide evidence that corporate diversification in the UK is beneficial for shareholders. We show that previous results relying on the standard pooled OLS technique are bias caused by the endogenous...

In this paper, we investigate financial spillovers between capital markets during calm and turbulent times. We explicitly define financial spillovers and financial contagion in accordance to the economic literature and construct statistical models corresponding to these definitions in the Markov...

This paper provides an empirical investigation of cross-listing's implications for companies and stock exchanges in the newly-established capital markets in Central Europe. We find that companies experience a permanent value enhancement, and cumulative abnormal returns reach a strongly...

In this paper, we investigate the effect of institutional investors on the January stock market anomaly. The Polish and Hungarian pension system reforms and the associated increase in investment activities of pension funds are used as a unique institutional characteristic to provide evidence on...

In this paper we analyse the influence of the Bundesbank's inflation targeting policy on the behavior of the spread between long-term and short-term German interest rates. The term spread is considered to be a key indicator of future inflation and economic activity. The application of a momentum...

Relying on a present value model with time-varying expected returns, and incorporating a quite general class of processes to model bubble like stock price deviations from the long-run equilibrium, we provide empirical evidence on the US log dividend-price ratio over the 1871:1 - 2001:9 period,...