This study empirically examines the nature of volatility in BSE Realty Index using daily closing price of BSE Realty Index for five and half years period from January 2011 to June 2016. The study employs both conditional heteroscedasticity models, both symmetric and asymmetric, for the analysis....

This study forecasts the return and volatility dynamics of S&P BSE Sensex and S&P BSE IT indices of the Bombay Stock Exchange. To achieve the objectives, the study uses descriptive statistics; tests including variance ratio, Augmented Dickey-Fuller, Phillips-Perron, and Kwiatkowski Phillips...

The sizes of the board and its impact on the performance have received much attention in corporate governance. Among the several factors that account for firm's performance, board related issues are one of the most important ones. Human beings work preeminent in groups of a certain size. A board...

As per the Central Statistics Organization and International Monetary Fund, India has emerged as the fastest growing major economy in the world and by its strong democracy and partnerships the Indian economy is expected to be one of the top three economic powers of the world over the next 10 –...

Stock market is accumulating to the liquidity of the financial sector by providing a substitute for risk or alternative through diversifying the risk of investor. When the stock market is internationally compete, only if risk is more diversify and its equip the saving, source of information...

n India, Finance sector act as a booster to boost up the Indian economy. The main purpose of the analytical work is to scrutinize the mobility of stock price in BSE Indices and the selected Finance companies. The current work has made by observing the data from the period of 2nd April 2014 to 30...

The major objectives focused in the study are as follows:1. Introduction to the BSE GREENEX Index2. Measuring the Volatility of GREENEX Index ( February 2012 to April 2013)3. Measuring the Volatility of BSE Sensex, BSE 100,BSE 500 and NIFTY4. Comparing the Volatility of (2) and (3).5....

In determining relationship between level of debt and profitability, the earlier empirical studies mostly considered the level of debt or leverage ratio as dependant variable and profitability as one of the independent variables without conducting any test of exogeneity among variables. The...

The Indian stock market has a significant place in the global market. It is known that performances of Indian stock market affect the nearby share markets as well as the far away markets. The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) is the first Indian stock market exchange. As such predictions on BSE were...

The study tries to practically use the widely taught Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) model for making investment decisions on Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) –500 Index. Using CAPM, the study tries to investigate whether securities on BSE 500 are over-valued, properly valued or under-valued....

"The purpose of the book will provide an update on African Animal Trypanosomiasis and tick-borne diseases and provide the latest empirical research findings in the area of African Animal Trypanosomiasis (Nagana) and tick-borne diseases affecting Livestock"--

Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART ONE -- PART TWO -- PART THREE -- PART FOUR -- PART FIVE -- PART SIX -- PART SEVEN -- Notes -- Index -- The Great Bird Flu Blame Game -- The NAFTA Flu -- The Hog Industry Strikes Back -- The Political Virology of Offshore Farming -- Do Pathogens Time...

This report explores how countries can strengthen the resilience of their agricultural sectors to multiple risks. A shifting risk landscape in agriculture – due to increasing weather variability, natural hazards, pests and diseases, and market shocks – will require public and private actors...

The study attempts to examine whether financial performance really boosts up the environmental disclosure practices in India by taking a sample of 30 companies from BSE. For measuring the environmental accounting disclosure practices, the data was collected for the period of five years from 2011...

Even with the presence of numerous institutional players in the market, there exist a noticeable number of cash group shares which are hardly transacted. To sustain the growth of investors in the market, there is need for assuring easy and quick liquidity to the securities. To serve the same...

Characteristic Regression Line (CRL) is a simple linear regression model estimated for a particular stock against the market index return to measure its diversifiable and non-diversifiable risks. It is a representation of the Capital Asset Pricing Model and is central to Modern Portfolio Theory....

The study attempted to explore the role of discretionary accrual to conceal the actual earnings as a part of misapplication of flexible area in financial estimate in Indian BSE listed companies. As accruals have always provided a common opportunity to deceive financial statements users where the...

Understanding why some human populations remain persistently poor remains a significant challenge for both the social and natural sciences. The extremely poor are generally reliant on their immediate natural resource base for subsistence and suffer high rates of mortality due to parasitic and...

With the implementation of IFRS in Indian companies and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, audit committee forms an important element of corporate governance mechanisms interfacing both with the internal and external stakeholders. Accordingly it has a critical role to play in monitoring and...

Dividend policy is widely researched topic in finance but still it remains a debatable issue to decide what factors determine equity dividend. This study is an attempt to empirically analyze the determinants of equity dividend of Indian Information Technology Sector. For this purpose, various...

Volatility is plays a vital role in stock market's bull and bear phases. Although existence of volatility is the symbol of inefficient market, high volatility will also complements high return. Hence volatility modeling is vital for investment decisions and construction of portfolio. Several...

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) are considered as a straightway gate pass for quick expansion. Companies have a tendency to adopt the path of M&A for availing economies of scale, economies of scope, enormous size and expansion of domestic and foreign market. With the rise in disposable income of...

Farmer and public roles in livestock disease management -- Economic determinants of farmer decision-making related to animal disease -- Insights from behavioural economics into farmer livestock disease management -- Issues of livestock disease management beyond the farm: Collective action, the...