This paper aims to investigate the profitability of two-day candlestick patterns by buying on
bullish (bearish) patterns and holding until bearish (bullish) patterns occur. Our data set …

The concept of internal marketing employed in the service sector is crucial to excellent
service provision and successful external marketing. This study conducts an empirical …

We set out in this study to examine (a) whether “socially responsible investment” (SRI) portfolios
can outperform less‐SRI portfolios in the emerging Asian stock markets and (b) whether …

Research summary: This study examines whether the stock and bond prices of firms engaging
in corporate social responsibility ( CSR ) can benefit from insurance‐like effects during …

A three-equation structural model is applied in this study to facilitate our examination of 1994–2011
regulatory returns data on UK non-life insurers, from which we find that those …

Using a data set consisting of statutory returns of UK non‐life insurers from 1985 to 2002, I
find that insurers with higher leverage tend to purchase more reinsurance, and insurers with …

Using firm-specific variables that proxy for the motivations of life insurers’ decision to participate
in derivative transactions, we examine existing theories of corporate hedging behaviour. …

Banks are active users of derivatives. Using banks listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange for
which there is detailed derivatives information for the period 1998 to 2005, we examine the …

Given the upward trend in incidences of road traffic accidents (RTAs) over recent years, in
order to mitigate the financial losses arising from such accidents, governments around the …

Using the Taiwan 50 Index component stocks for the period from January 2, 2002, to December
31, 2009, this study examines the predictive power of candlestick trading strategies. A …