in this paper we investigate the effect of oil price shocks on stock market index in iran, by using of a structural var (svar) approach. we used four variables in the model namely kilian index, global oil supply, real oil price and real stock market index. the data are monthly and spanning the period 1997m10-2014m12. we identify the effect of four different shocks on stock market including oil ...

Investors’ previous experiences with a stock affect their willingness to repurchase that stock. Using detailed trade data from two brokers, the authors document that investors are reluctant to repurchase stocks previously sold for a loss and stocks that have risen in price subsequent to a prior sale. The authors propose that this behavior reflects investors’ emotional reactions to trading and t...

We examine the correlation of the limit price with the order book, when a limit order comes. We analyzed the Rebuild Order Book of Stock Exchange Electronic Trading Service, which is the centralized order book market of London Stock Exchange. As a result, the limit price is broadly distributed around the best price according to a power-law, and it isn’t randomly drawn from the distribution, but...

Previous studies have examined the manipulation of executive stock option awards and exercises, focusing on information timing by managers. In this paper, we investigate potential managerial manipulation of stock-price performance motivated by executive stock options. To distinguish performance manipulation from information timing, we examine stock-price performance surrounding the departure of...

the goal of this research is to predict total stock market index of tehran stock exchange, using the compound method of arima and neural network in order for the active participations of finance market as well as macro decision makers to be able to predict trend of the market. first, the series of price index was decomposed by wavelet transform, then the smooth's series  predicted by using...

We study the stock price reaction to news about tax aggressiveness. We find that, on average, a company’s stock price declines when there is news about its involvement in tax shelters. The stock price decline is smaller for companies with relatively high effective tax rates, possibly because news about tax aggressiveness is more favorably viewed for those firms where public information would su...

We show that firm liability structure and associated cash flows matter for behavior financial market participants price stocks accordingly. Stock reactions to monetary policy announcements depend on the type maturity of debt issued by firms forward guidance provided Fed, both at away from zero lower bound. Further, marginal stock participant knows current structures does not rely rules thumb. T...

Confluence occurs when different trading filters generate signals that point to the same directional move. Using regression analysis, this paper investigates confluence trading signals associated with number preference and price exhaustion, for a sample of Australian stocks. The results show that certain price levels tend to act as psychological barriers, and that price exhaustion signals are a...