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Four factor model in Indian equities market
(2013-11-26)
We compute the Fama-French and momentum factor returns for the Indian equity market
or the 1993-2012 period using data from CMIE Prowess. We di er from the previous studies
n several signi cant ways. First, we cover a ...
Mandatory IPO Grading: Does It Help Pricing E ciency?
(2013-11-25)
The paper examines the market impact of a unique IPO certi cation
recently introduced in India mandatory grading of IPOs by a credit
rating agency. The grading was expected to improve the IPO pricing
e ciency by providing ...
Impact of the Introduction of Call Auction on price discovery: Evidence from the Indian Stock Market Using High-Frequency Data
(2010)
Call markets are claimed to aggregate information and facilitate price discovery
where continuous markets may fail. Its advantage, however, comes at the cost of imme-
diacy. Possibly due to faulty design or due to \thick ...
Financial literacy among working young in urban India
(2013-11-26)
The paper reports investigation of a study on the influence of various socio-demographic factors on
different dimensions of financial literacy among the working young in urban India. While the influence of
several factors ...
Market overreaction to poor long-run performance? a case of repurchase firms in India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)
We find significant positive abnormal returns around the announcement of both tender and open market repurchases in India. This suggests that the equity markets in India regard repurchase announcements as positive information ...
Betting against beta in the Indian market
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)
Recent empirical evidence from diff erent markets suggests that the security market line is flatter than posited by CAPM. This flatness implies that a portfolio long in low-beta assets and short in high-beta assets would ...
Are big 4 audit fee premiums always related to superior audit quality? evidence from India’s unique audit market
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)
In this study we examine the fee premiums earned by Big 4 auditors (B4As) in India. We then try to determine the primary cause of the fee premiums in an Indian context. The B4As charge fee premiums for two primary reasons. ...
Market timing ability of Indian firms in open market repurchases
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2013)
The paper examines the market timing ability of Indian firms engaged in open market repur-
chases. The study is primarily motivated by the unique disclosure feature of repurchases in
India, where the disclosures are far ...
High frequency manipulation at futures Expiry: the case of cash settled Indian single stock futures
(Indian Institute of Management , Ahmedabad, 2014)
Futures markets are known to be vulnerable to manipulation, and despite the presence of a variety of mechanisms to prevent such manipulation, instances of market manipulation have been found in some of the largest and most ...