Abstract We exploit detailed transaction and position data for a sample of long-short equity hedge funds to study the trading activity fundamental investors. find that exhibit skill in opening positions, but they close their positions too early, thereby forgoing about one-third trades’ potential profitability. explain this behavior with limits arbitrage: early order reallocate capital more prof...

This paper represents a new approach in the exchange rate determination by using microstructural and macroeconomic variables. We test combination of fundamentals microstructure variables cointegrated relationship USD/JPY USD/GBP currencies' pairs. The ‘twofold' model includes interest rate, money supply net foreign assets as fundamentals, spread high-low variable. Then we compare different mode...

هدف: طی سال‌های اخیر دولت کارآفرین با تأکید بر بازآفرینی به‌‌عنوان یکی از رویکردهای مدیریت دولتی نوین در بسیاری کشورهای جهان مطرح شده است که این موضوع نیاز به شناسایی عوامل مؤثر ایجاد و توسعه شکل دارد. بنابراین، پژوهش حاضر هدف پیشران‌های انجام است.طراحی/ روش‌شناسی/ رویکرد: راهبرد تحلیل محتوای کیفی رویکرد قیاسی چارچوب پژوهشی اسنادی استفاده همچنین، تدوین کدگذاری مناسب برای اجرای روش فراترکیب است....

We examine herding behavior of domestic and foreign investors in the Indonesian stock market. We document that both domestic and foreign investors from a particular brokerage firm tend to herd. The foreign investors exhibit a greater propensity to herd than domestic investors. However, when examining investor trading across brokerage firms, we find only weak evidence of herding by domestic inve...

This paper presents a simultaneous model of exchange rates between the US dollar, German mark and Japanese yen. In addition to incorporating long-run equilibria and short-run dynamics, the model is designed to capture complex interaction between currencies not normally considered in exchange rate models. The model is demonstrated to be an economically and statistically superior forecasting tool...

We investigate the effect of a stock market liberalization on industry growth in emerging markets. Consistent with the view that liberalization reduces financing constraints, we find that industries that are more externally dependent and face better growth opportunities grew faster following liberalization. However, this growth increase appears to come from an expansion in the size of existing ...

Article history: Received 9 March 2007 Accepted 9 July 2008 Available online 12 October 2008 We examine four European stock indices and the prices of eight major German stocks for indications of psychological barriers. The frequency, (expected) returns, intraday volatility and trading volume of these assets are studied contingent on whether the prices lie within a certain range around round num...

The finance literature documents the relation between labor income and the crosssection of stock returns. A possible explanation is the hedging of investors with relative wealth concerns who pay a premium for securities that help them to keep up with their peers. Relative wealth concerns imply a local effect and a negative risk premium associated with the risk factor, since investors are willin...

In this analysis the interdependence between foreign exchange markets and stock markets for selected accession and cohesion countries is discussed. This includes basic theoretical approaches. Monthly data for the nominal stock market indices and nominal exchange rates are used, where Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Greece, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovenia, and Hungary are included in the analysis. Fr...

We introduce habit formation in a model that studies the link between international trade in financial assets, economic growth, and welfare. As with time separable preferences asset trade increases the mean growth rate, but it also increases growth-volatility. We demonstrate that the welfare gain from asset trade is lower with habit persistence in consumption. This reflects that the habit-formi...