Essays about: "European equity markets"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 48 essays containing the words European equity markets.

  1. 1. Pursuit of Excess Returns: Deciphering Performance in European Buyout Funds A Detailed Exploration of Relative Returns and Their Determinants

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Gustav Blomdahl; Erik Hillestad Andréasson; [2023-06-29]
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    Abstract : This paper investigates the relative performance of European buyout funds compared to public markets. Using a sample of mature buyout funds, obtained from European limited partners, with vintages between 1995 and 2013, we find that a European buyout fund, on average, outperforms the STOXX Europe 600 index by 52% over its lifetime. READ MORE

  3. 2. Revisiting the Idiosyncratic Volatility Puzzle and MAX Effect in European Equity Markets

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : David Böckling; Jurgis Druktenis; [2023]
    Keywords : Idiosyncratic volatility; Fama-French three-factor model; MAX effect; European equity markets; Asset pricing anomalies;

    Abstract : In light of traditional financial theory's argument that firm-specific risk should not impact future returns, the findings of the Idiosyncratic Volatility (IVOL) puzzle, as well as the Maximum Daily Returns (MAX) effect, have sparked a vibrant academic debate. Using data from January, 1993, to December, 2022, this paper presents European aggregate and country-level evidence at the intersection between the two asset pricing anomalies. READ MORE

  4. 3. Quantifying the Impact of EU-US "Distressed" Financial Market Integration on European Credit Supply

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Ioannis Tzoumas; [2023]
    Keywords : ΔCoVaR; Loans; Credit; Risk; Integration; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper proposes a new method for quantifying financial integration by adapting Adrian & Brunnermeier (2016)’s ΔCoVaR to conform with standard asset pricing literature (Lewellen & Nagel 2006, Cochrane 2009). We reconcile ΔCoVaR with standard microeconomic theory (Waller & Lewarne 1994) and test for causal relationships with respect to the contagion of US acute financial shocks to the EU’s loan supply. READ MORE

  5. 4. Private Firms with Public Debt: Empirical Findings of First Time Bond Issuers

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Hannes Månsson Höglund; Elizabeth Zhmud; [2022]
    Keywords : Initial public debt offerings; information asymmetry; cost of debt; going public;

    Abstract : This paper studies inaugural bond issues made by private firms in relation to public equity firms on Western European bond markets. By combining data on security issues and company financial statements, we examine firm and bond characteristics of the respective type of firm. READ MORE

  6. 5. An Efficient Market Study of European CDS and Equity Markets

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Fredric Wållberg; Leo Lundberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Efficient Market Theory; Financial Crash; Price Discovery Process; CDS;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the price discovery process between the stock and the credit default swap market (CDS). We link the financial theory of efficient markets and the underlying models and conditions involved in CDSs, the stock market and financial crashes. READ MORE