Vol. 1 No. 1 (2009): Banking and Finance Review

Competition in Chinese Commercial Banking

Xiaoqing Fu

IPO Valuation of European Pyramidal Groups

Michele Meoli, Stefano Paleari, Silvio Vismara

Intraday Serial Correlation and the Predictability of Returns in the U.S. Treasury Note Futures Market

Patrick Cusatis, Mukund Kulkarni, Martin Thomas

Use of Derivatives and Bank Holding Companies’ Interest-Rate Risk

Fang Zhao, Jim Moser

The Impact of a Firm’s Payout Policy on Stock Prices and Shareholders’ Wealth in an Inefficient Market

Peter Nippel, Kai Nekat

Stock Market Reaction to Sell-Offs Announcements: Canadian Evidence

Claude Francoeur, Alain Niyubahwe

The Nonlinearity and Jumps in Stochastic Volatility: Evidence from Returns and Options Data

Karim Mimouni

Accounting for Skewness in Performance Evaluation of Brazilian Mutual Funds

Aquiles Farias, José Ornelas, Antônio Silva Júnior