We investigate the nexus between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and firms’ stock market liquidity. Using actual firm-level CSR expenditure data and a quasi-natural experiment setup of a mandated CSR regulation in India, we find that firms complying with the mandate and expending on CSR...

Evidence of the impact of foreign equity investment flows on the global linkages of the Asian emerging equity markets is provided. Findings confirm that there is a general trend towards greater integration and this process appears to be influenced by the increasing volumes of foreign equity...

This paper examines whether foreign country consumer sentiment influences the pricing of closed-end country funds. It links the literature on investor sentiment and stock returns to the literature on sentiment and closed-end fund pricing. Using foreign country consumer sentiment indices, we...