This paper investigates a sample of 27 OECD countries to test whether national elections
induce higher stock market volatility. It is found that the country-specific component of index …

Observed by more than 1.5 billion Muslims, Ramadan is one of the most celebrated religious
traditions in the world. We investigate stock returns during Ramadan for 14 predominantly …

… Part of this research was conducted while Bialkowski was affiliated with Auckland University
of … Jędrzej Białkowski is grateful to BNZ bank for funding support, but none of the views …

In the last two decades the idea of socially responsible (or sustainable and responsible)
investing (SRI) has become increasingly popular, attracting growing amounts of investor money …

Motivated by the recent gold price boom, this paper examines whether an asset bubble exists
in the gold market. We approximate gold's fundamental value using several econometric …

Background— Left ventricular noncompaction (LVNC) is a genetically and phenotypically
heterogeneous disease and, although increasingly recognized in clinical practice, there is a …

Results The study population was sex-balanced with a small predominance of women, who
were older than men. We observed reduction of age between the first and third time interval (…

Recent literature shows that the holy month of Ramadan exerts a positive influence on
investor sentiment in predominantly Muslim countries. This anomaly has been found to be …

In this paper, we present a new methodology for modelling intraday volume, which allows
for a reduction of the execution risk in VWAP (Volume Weighted Average Price) orders. The …

Modification of the surface structure of solid materials by laser radiation involves a complex
chain of processes. The first step is the deposition of a certain amount of optical energy in the …