The aim of this paper is to investigate the stock returns predictability in a multi-variate context. Johansen’s multivariate cointegration analysis is applied to weekly data on the Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Indonesia and Singapore indices in 1997-2008. The results indicate that markets are...

The aim of this paper is to investigate non-synchronous trading effect in terms of predictability. This analysis is applied to daily and one-minute interval data on the KOREA stock market. The results indicate evidence of predictability between indices with different degrees of non-synchronous...

The aim of this paper is to investigate non-synchronous trading effect in terms of predictability. This analysis is applied to daily and one-minute interval data on the KOREA stock market. The results indicate evidence of predictability between indices with different degrees of non-synchronous...

This paper empirically examines the relationship between trading volume and conditional volatility of returns in the Tunisian stock market within the framework of the mixture of distribution hypothesis (MDH) and the sequential information arrival hypothesis (SIAH). Through this study, we...

This research is a feedback to the call from Richardson et al. (2010) for more structure in researchers’ forecasting frameworks. The purpose is to study the ability of three technical earnings forecasting methods (smoothing, random walk and cross-section) to reflect Tunisian stock market...

The banking sector in Tunisia has undergone, in the past decades, numerous structural changes which have affected the banking industry in particular and the economy as whole. This paper studies the internal and external determinants of bank performance in Tunisia during the period after...

This study examines the effect of country-level governance quality on equity risk premium using a panel dataset of 122 developed, emerging and developing economies over the period 2000-2012. Governance quality is measured by worldwide governance indicators. We use other determinants of equity...

In this paper, we analyze the effect of international financial integration on financial soundness in emerging and developing economies. To measure financial soundness, we use Financial Soundness Indicators (FSIs) developed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) with aim of assessing strengths...