Assessing the value of information technology (IT) security is challenging because of the difficulty of measuring the cost of security breaches. An event-study analysis, using market valuations, was used to assess the impact of security breaches on the market value of breached firms. The information-transfer effect of security breaches (i.e., their effect on the market value of firms that devel...

This paper extends existing research on regional quality of life in Germany by newly estimating the role of region-specific (dis-)amenities in the determination of regional housing rents and wages. Different from previous studies, the empirical analysis draws on functional labor market areas recently delineated by Kosfeld and Werner [Raumf Raumordn (2012) 70: 49-64] rather than administrative j...

Article history: Received 8 August 2012 Received in revised form 18 June 2014 Accepted 1 July 2014 Available online 9 July 2014 This paper examines how stock market liquidity and commonality in liquidity are impacted by real-time output gap and inflation, as these macroeconomic variables have been shown to be the main drivers of monetary policy according to the Taylor rule. We show that an incr...

This paper investigates the competitive aspects of multi-product banking operations. Extending Panzar and Rosse’s (1987) model to the case of a multi-product banking firm, we show that higher economies of scope in multi-product banking are associated with lower Panzar–Rosse measures of competition in the banking sector. To test this empirical implication and determine the impact of multi-produc...

Submitted: Jun 24, 2013; Accepted: Jul 19, 2013; Published: Jul 25, 2013 Abstract: The article presents an empirical study of institutional maturity as a determinant of companies’ value and well-being of countries as a whole. Regression models of value multiples with inclusion of institutional factors are developed. Value of companies is studied in terms of the following multipliers: Price-Earn...

We study how a stock index can affect corporate behavior by serving as a source of prestige. After decades of low corporate profitability in Japan, the JPX-Nikkei400 index was introduced in 2014. The index selected 400 large and liquid firms deemed to be best-performing in terms of profitability annually; membership was considered highly prestigious. We document that index-inclusion incentives ...

This study examines the impact between Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) score firm value described by market capitalization from perspective of legitimacy theory. focuses on ESG disclosures 608 companies in Southeast Asia for 5 years. tested three dimensions Score (environmental, social, governance pillar score) that most affect company. is measured Thomson Reuters Eikon Refinitiv ma...

This research is an event study that evaluates the performance of large market capitalization shares using a model adjusted to risks due COVID-19 outbreak. The measured stocks which represented each tick size on Indonesian Stock Exchange during pandemic Sharpe Index, Treynor Ratio, and Jensen’s Alpha. sample selection used purposive sampling technique 24 were selected as samples in study. We da...

The growth of an emerging capital market is necessary and requires all available resources inputs from various sources to realize this objective. Several debates on government bonds’ contribution Nigeria’s developmental have ensued but not triggered comprehensive studies in area. present research work seeks close the breach by probing impact bonds developing Nigeria 2003–2019. We employ total c...