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261	Informational Efficiency and the Reaction to Terrorism: A Financial Perspective Roland, Nicholas 01 January 2016 (has links) The purpose of this study is to measure the message terror organizations hope to convey using the financial markets as a proxy of measurement to determine patterns within the marketplace and the effects on the terrorists’ ability to deliver a desired message due to the increased use of digital devices and access to instantaneous news, seen over the past decade. Using death count, geographic location, and event type, this study identified 109 attacks between 1985 and 2015 to be analyzed against 5 market indices and 5 securities. Measuring the effects within a 10-day sample window from the time of the attack (+ or - 5 days) using average abnormal returns, standard deviation, Sharpe Ratio and the initial reactions in the market place as a percentage of total attacks, the effects on average abnormal returns on the market proxies were measured on three levels; The entire sample period from 1985 to 2015; the first half of the sample period 1985-1999; and the second half of the sample period 2000-2015. Analyzing trends in abnormal returns and standard deviation, the results of the study were inconclusive. Communications Terrorism Communications Event Study Financial Perspective Financial Market Proxies Financial Implications Measuring Terrorist Communications Behavioral Economics Business and Corporate Communications Business Intelligence Communication Technology and New Media Corporate Finance Critical and Cultural Studies Economic Theory Experimental Analysis of Behavior Finance and Financial Management Journalism Studies Macroeconomics Mass Communication Organizational Behavior and Theory Organizational Communication Other Communication Political Economy Portfolio and Security Analysis Social Media
262	Dohledová činnost České národní banky / On Supervision of Financial Markets by Czech National Bank Skácelík, David January 2014 (has links) 1 Abstract This work deals with the performance of supervision over the financial market and the entities operating in the financial market. Part of the work is devoted to consumer protection in the financial market and compensation systems. Because of the fact that the Czech Republic became a member of the European Union in 2004, this work includes also legislation of regulation and supervision of this level, as this treatment significantly predetermines Czech adjustment. Following questions were examined as an example of protecting the interests of clients of supervised entities: - whether there are any tools to protect the client's interests at the level of supervised entities, - what kind of role the supervisory authority has or may have in relation between a supervised entity and its client, - how are the client's financial interests protected in the event of failure of the supervised entity and whether this protection is de lege lata sufficient. The theoretical part of the work briefly describes the institute of supervision, its assorting and forms. The authority of supervisor is discussed in the next part together with the regulations under which the supervision is conducted. Owing to the fact that the scope of supervisory activity of the Czech National Bank is quite extensive, and the objective of...

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Informational Efficiency and the Reaction to Terrorism: A Financial Perspective

Dohledová činnost České národní banky / On Supervision of Financial Markets by Czech National Bank