Studies in Economics and Finance: Volume 31 Issue 3

Contagion effects on stock and FX markets: A DCC analysis among USA and EMU

Dimitrios I. Dimitriou, Theodore M. Simos

– This paper aims to investigate the contagion effects of stock and FX markets for the USA and european monetary union (EMU) during the US subprime crisis of 2007-2009.

Factors influencing on-market share repurchase decisions in Australia

Subba Reddy Yarram

The purpose of this study is to examine factors influencing decisions to repurchase shares on-market in Australia. The present study also examines the role of board size, board…

Information content of dividends: a case of an emerging financial market

Reza H. Chowdhury, Min Maung, Jenny Zhang

– The purpose of this paper is to examine the signaling and free cash flow hypotheses of dividends in the context of an emerging financial market.

Does hedging in futures market benefit Indian farmers?

Thiagu Ranganathan, Usha Ananthakumar

The purpose of this paper is to perform an analysis of potential benefits from usage of the futures markets for the farmers. The national commodity exchanges were established in…

Acquisition returns: does industry matter?

Reza Yaghoubi, Stuart Locke, Jenny Gibb

This paper aims to illuminate the issue of whether there is a significant difference between long-term abnormal return of acquirers across industries, and which industries achieve…

The Eurozone crisis and its contagion effects on the European stock markets

Wasim Ahmad, N.R. Bhanumurthy, Sanjay Sehgal

This paper aims to examine the contagion effects of Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Italy (GIPSI) and US stock markets on seven Eurozone and six non-Eurozone stock markets…