A Study of Saving and Investment Behaviour of Individual Households – An Empirical Evidence from Orissa

Investment is one of the foremost concerns of every individual investor as their small savings of today are to meet the expenses of tomorrow. Taking 200 respond

October 30, 2012 · 1 min · thequant.space

Crowdfunding: The New Frontier for Financing Entrepreneurship?

This paper aims to take stock of the extant knowledge on an emerging practice in the entrepreneurial finance landscape: crowdfunding, which seems to play

October 6, 2012 · 1 min · thequant.space

The Impact of Dividend Policy on Share Price Volatility in the Malaysian Stock Market

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between dividend policy and share price volatility with a focus on consumer product companies listed i

September 16, 2012 · 1 min · thequant.space

Dynamic Models and Structural Estimation in CorporateFinance

We review the last two decades of research in dynamic corporate finance, focusing on capital structure and the financing of investment. We first cover continuo

June 25, 2012 · 1 min · thequant.space

Low Risk Stocks Outperform within All Observable Markets of the World

This article provides global evidence supporting the Low Volatility Anomaly: that low risk stocks consistently provide higher returns than high risk stocks. T

May 10, 2012 · 1 min · thequant.space

The Link Between Job Satisfaction and Firm Value, with Implications for Corporate Social Responsibility

How are job satisfaction and firm value linked? I tackle this long-standing management question using a new methodology from finance. I study the effect on firm

May 8, 2012 · 1 min · thequant.space

Putting Integrity intoFinance: A Purely Positive Approach

The seemingly never ending scandals in the world of finance with their damaging effects on value and human welfare argue strongly for an addition to the current

April 5, 2012 · 1 min · thequant.space

Keynes the Stock Market Investor: A Quantitative Analysis

The consensus view of the influential economist John Maynard Keynes is that he was a stellar investor. We provide an extensive quantitative appraisal of his per

March 17, 2012 · 1 min · thequant.space

71 problemas sencillos de finanzas resueltos y 1.481 respuestas erróneas (71 BasicFinanceProblems and 1.481 Wrong Answers)

Spanish Abstract: Este documento contiene 71 preguntas sencillas de exámenes de finanzas. También contiene sus respuestas y 1481 respuestas erróneas. Los

March 15, 2012 · 1 min · thequant.space

Fraud Detection and Expected Returns

An accounting-based model has strong out-of-sample power not only to detect fraud, but also to predict cross-sectional returns. Firms with a higher probabilit

February 5, 2012 · 1 min · thequant.space

My Life in Finance

I was invited by the editors to contribute a professional autobiography to the Annual Review of Financial Economics. I focus on what I think is my best stuff. R

January 10, 2012 · 1 min · thequant.space

The New Role of the Corporate Treasurer: Emerging Trends in Response to the Financial Crisis

This paper discusses the role of the modern corporate treasurer in a multinational company and its transformation in response to current challenges companies an

December 12, 2011 · 1 min · thequant.space

Econometric Measures of Connectedness and Systemic Risk in theFinanceand Insurance Sectors

We propose several econometric measures of connectedness based on principal-components analysis and Granger-causality networks, and apply them to the monthly re

November 23, 2011 · 1 min · thequant.space

Financial Literacy - The Demand Side of Financial Inclusion

Financial literacy has assumed greater importance in recent years especially from 2002 as financial markets have become increasingly complex and the common man

November 13, 2011 · 1 min · thequant.space

Corporate Social Responsibility and Access toFinance

In this paper, we investigate whether superior performance on corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies leads to better access to finance. We hypothesize

May 25, 2011 · 1 min · thequant.space

Prima de riesgo del mercado utilizada para España: encuesta 2011 (The Equity Premium in Spain: Survey 2011)

Spanish Abstract: Este documento resume 1.502 respuestas a una encuesta por realizada a directivos de empresas, a analistas y a profesores de universidad

April 26, 2011 · 1 min · thequant.space

Implications of Globalization on Education

The term “globalization” means integration of economies and societies through cross country flows of information, ideas, technologies, goods, services

April 2, 2011 · 1 min · thequant.space

Markets are Efficient if and Only if P = NP

I prove that if markets are efficient, meaning current prices fully reflect all information available in past prices, then P = NP, meaning every computational p

March 1, 2011 · 1 min · thequant.space

Financial Management Practices and Their Impact on Organizational Performance

This study measures the relationship between organizational performance and financial management practices like capital structure decision, dividend policy, inv

January 28, 2011 · 1 min · thequant.space

Statistical Modeling of High Frequency Financial Data: Facts, Models and Challenges

The availability of high-frequency data on transactions, quotes and order flow in electronic order-driven markets has revolutionized data processing and statist

January 26, 2011 · 1 min · thequant.space