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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
151

Dynamic efficiency, price volatility and margin policy: evidence from Hong Kong stock market and Hang Seng Index futures market.

January 1994 (has links)
Wong Hau Man, Ben. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 85-89). / Abstract / Acknowledgment / Chapter Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter 2. --- Introduction to the Hang Seng Index Futures Market --- p.9 / Chapter Chapter 3. --- Dynamic Efficiency --- p.17 / Chapter 3.1 --- The Potential Lead/Lag Relationship between the Stock Index Futures price and the Stock Index --- p.18 / Chapter 3.2 --- Empirical Evidence of the Lead/Lag Relationship -the US experience --- p.20 / Chapter 3.3 --- Granger and Engle's Error-Correction Model --- p.21 / Chapter 3.4 --- Error-Correction Model for the Hang Seng Index Futures Price and Hang Seng Index --- p.25 / Chapter 3.5 --- Simultaneous Error-Correction Model --- p.30 / Chapter Chapter 4. --- Price Volatility --- p.38 / Chapter 4.1 --- Why Volatility Matters --- p.38 / Chapter 4.2a --- Theoretical Foundation of the relationship between Futures Trading and Cash Market Volatility --- p.39 / Chapter 4.2b --- Empirical Evidence of Futures Trading and Cash Market Volatility - the US experience --- p.40 / Chapter 4.3 --- The Schwert Estimation Method --- p.42 / Chapter 4.4 --- Hang Seng Index Volatility and Cash Market Trading Volume --- p.47 / Chapter 4.5 --- Hang Seng Index Volatility and Futures Trading Activities --- p.48 / Chapter 4.6 --- Hang Seng Index Volatility and Contract Life Cycle --- p.50 / Chapter Chapter 5. --- Margin Policy --- p.56 / Chapter 5.1 --- The Economic Role of Futures Margin --- p.57 / Chapter 5.2a --- Theoretical Foundation of the relationship between Margin Requirement and Futures Volatility --- p.58 / Chapter 5.2b --- Empirical Evidence of Margin Requirement and Price Volatility --- p.59 / Chapter 5.3 --- HSI Futures Margin Requirement and Probability of Exhaustion --- p.61 / Chapter 5.4 --- HSI Futures Margin Requirement and HSI Futures Volatility --- p.64 / Chapter 5.4a --- Event-Study Approach --- p.64 / Chapter 5.4b --- Alternative Method --- p.66 / Chapter 5.5 --- HSI Futures Leverage and Price Volatility --- p.70 / Chapter Chapter 6. --- Conclusions --- p.81 / REFERENCES --- p.85 / APPENDIX 1. - Data Description --- p.90 / APPENDIX 2. - FIGURES --- p.92 / Chapter - --- Figure 1. Trend of HSI from May 86 to Dec93 --- p.93 / Chapter - --- Figure 2. Trend of HSI Futures Price from May 86 to Dec93 --- p.94 / Chapter - --- Figure 3. Volatility of HSI from May 86 to Dec93 --- p.95 / Chapter - --- Figure 4. HSI Futures Margin and Futures Volatility (Futures volatility is measured in daily change in contracts value) --- p.96
152

American depository receipt and impact of foreign listings of the risk and return for Hong Kong listed companies.

January 1994 (has links)
by Cheuk Kam-wa. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 43-45). / ABSTRACT --- p.iii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iv / LIST OF TABLES --- p.vi / ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.vii / INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / WHAT IS ADR? --- p.5 / The Trading Mechanism --- p.6 / Issuance --- p.6 / Transfer - intra-market trading --- p.7 / Cancellation --- p.7 / Trading - pricing --- p.8 / Equity offerings --- p.8 / OVERVIEW OF US SECURITIES REGULATIONS --- p.10 / The Securities Act of 1933 --- p.10 / The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 --- p.11 / TYPES OF ADR --- p.13 / Unsponsored ADR --- p.13 / Sponsored ADR --- p.14 / Level-I --- p.14 / Level- II --- p.15 / Level- III --- p.16 / Rule 144A --- p.16 / ADVANTAGES AND BARRIERS OF ADR ISSUANCE TO HONG KONG LISTED COMPANIES --- p.19 / Advantages --- p.19 / Barriers --- p.20 / Deferred taxation --- p.21 / Proposed final dividend --- p.21 / Retirement scheme costs --- p.21 / Property revaluation --- p.22 / OVERVIEW OF THE ADR MARKETS --- p.25 / Comparison Between The Regional Stock Markets In The US --- p.26 / Outlook --- p.28 / THE IMPACT OF ADR LISTINGS ON RISK AND RETURN FOR HONG KONG LISTED COMPANIES --- p.32 / Methodology --- p.32 / The effect of the listing of ADRs on underlying stock price --- p.34 / Interpretation of results on the effect on underlying stock price --- p.36 / The effect of the listing of ADRs on underlying stock volatility --- p.37 / Interpretation of results on the effect on underlying stock volatility --- p.38 / Conclusions --- p.40 / APPENDIX 1 : LIST OF HONG KONG LISTED COMPANIES WITH ADR PROGRAMMES --- p.41 / REFERENCES --- p.43
153

The impact of takeovers on the wealth of shareholders of bidding firms: the Hong Kong experience.

January 1994 (has links)
by Ko Shuk Yin, Yim Kok Man. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [39-41]). / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.i / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iii / Chapter / Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE --- p.1 / Introduction --- p.1 / Objective --- p.2 / Chapter II. --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.4 / Rationale for Takeovers --- p.4 / From the shareholders' standpoint --- p.4 / From the managers' standpoint --- p.7 / Empirical Literature Review --- p.9 / Overview --- p.9 / Target Firm Stockholder Returns --- p.12 / Bidding Firm Stockholder Returns --- p.13 / Chapter III. --- METHODOLOGY --- p.16 / Data --- p.16 / Hypothesis To Be Tested --- p.17 / Methodology --- p.17 / Chapter IV. --- EMPIRICAL RESULTS --- p.21 / An Overview --- p.21 / Interpretation --- p.24 / Stock price movement --- p.24 / Information leakage --- p.27 / Hubris hypothesis --- p.27 / Mode of payment --- p.28 / Number of bidders --- p.29 / Chapter V. --- LIMITATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS --- p.30 / Limitations --- p.30 / Recommendations --- p.31 / APPENDICES / BIBLIOGRAPHY
154

Intra-day study on backwardation and contango of Hang Seng index futures prices: a spreader approach.

January 1995 (has links)
by Lam Chi-keung, Wallace, Ng Kim-hung. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 41-44). / ABSTRACT --- p.iii / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.iv / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.v / LIST OF TABLES --- p.vi / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.vii / LIST OF APPENDICES --- p.viii / CHAPTER / INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / DEVELOPMENT OF METHODOLOGY --- p.7 / cost-of-carry model --- p.7 / Stock Index Futures --- p.9 / Borrowing and Lending Rates --- p.12 / Transaction Costs --- p.13 / Calendar Spread in Stock Index Futures --- p.15 / Discrete Dividend --- p.15 / Futures Spread --- p.16 / SCOPE OF STUDY --- p.18 / Spread and Discrepancy --- p.18 / Trading Rule --- p.18 / Predicting Market Price by Equilibrium Futures Price --- p.21 / DATA --- p.22 / RESULTS --- p.26 / Descriptive Statistics --- p.26 / Stimulated Trading Rule --- p.27 / Regression Analysis --- p.28 / CONCLUSION AND DISCUSSION --- p.29 / APPENDIX --- p.31 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.38
155

The Hong Kong stock market: characteristics and pricing of securities.

January 1993 (has links)
by Chan Chi-man, Simon. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [5]-[8] (2nd group)). / ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --- p.i / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iv / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.vii / LIST OF TABLES --- p.viii / Chapter CHAPTER I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Background --- p.1 / Objectives --- p.3 / Scope --- p.5 / Organization of the Paper --- p.6 / Chapter CHAPTER II. --- THE HONG KONG STOCK MARKET - QUANTIFYING ITS CHARACTERISTICS --- p.7 / Introduction --- p.7 / Choice of Proxy for the Market --- p.9 / Hong Kong in the Asian Pacific Region --- p.11 / Choice of Benchmarks for Comparisons --- p.12 / Comparative Returns and Standard Deviations --- p.13 / Correlations Amongst Different Markets --- p.16 / Comparative Price to Earnings (P/E) Ratios --- p.18 / Market Liquidity --- p.19 / Market Concentration --- p.20 / Summary --- p.21 / Chapter CHAPTER III. --- PRICING OF RISKY ASSETS IN HONG KONG --- p.23 / Introduction --- p.23 / Applicability of Pricing Models in the Hong Kong Stock Market --- p.23 / Literature Review --- p.23 / CAPM --- p.28 / The model --- p.28 / Hypotheses to be tested --- p.29 / Data --- p.30 / Methodology --- p.30 / Portfolio construction --- p.30 / Variable estimation --- p.31 / Cross-sectional regressions --- p.31 / Results and discussions --- p.32 / Stability of Beta --- p.34 / APT --- p.37 / Introduction --- p.37 / Analysis --- p.38 / Chapter CHAPTER IV. --- THE EFFICIENCY AND ANOMALIES OF THE HONG KONG STOCK / MARKET --- p.51 / Market Efficiency --- p.51 / Introduction --- p.51 / Informational Efficiency --- p.51 / Forms of market efficiency --- p.52 / Empirical evidence in Hong Kong --- p.53 / Historical prices --- p.53 / Investment advisory --- p.54 / Government budget speeches --- p.55 / Takeover --- p.55 / Conclusions --- p.55 / Anomalies --- p.56 / Introduction --- p.56 / An Exercise on PBV --- p.57 / Summary --- p.58 / Chapter CHAPTER V. --- POLITICAL INFLUENCE AND THE STOCK MARKET --- p.59 / Introduction --- p.59 / Literature Review --- p.60 / Political Risk in Hong Kong --- p.61 / Conclusion --- p.64 / Chapter CHAPTER VI. --- DIVERSIFICATION --- p.65 / Introduction --- p.65 / Literature Review --- p.65 / Does International Diversification Work --- p.67 / Conclusion --- p.72 / Chapter CHAPTER VII. --- CONCLUSIONS --- p.73 / What Moves Stock Prices? --- p.74 / Is the Stock Market Overreacting? --- p.75 / Some Suggestions --- p.76 / APPENDICES / BIBLIOGRAPHY
156

A Study on the size anomaly in the Hong Kong stock market and its relation to seasonality.

January 1992 (has links)
by Mok, Wai Man Ronald. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1992. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 59-63). / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.iii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iv / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.vi / LIST OF TABLES --- p.vii / Chapter / Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Firm Size Effect --- p.2 / Chapter 1.2 --- Hong Kong Situation --- p.3 / Chapter 1.3 --- Outline of the Research Report --- p.4 / Chapter II. --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.5 / Chapter 2.1 --- The Size Effect as a Statistical Artifact --- p.6 / Chapter 2.2 --- Further Characterization of the Size Effect --- p.11 / Chapter 2.3 --- Economic Explanations for the Size Effect --- p.12 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Tax Effects --- p.12 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- International Evidence on Tax Effects --- p.13 / Chapter 2.3.3 --- Transaction Costs --- p.16 / Chapter 2.3.4 --- Ownership Structure --- p.17 / Chapter 2.3.5 --- Other modifications of the CAPM --- p.18 / Chapter III. --- OVERVIEW OF THE HONG KONG STOCK MARKET --- p.19 / Chapter IV. --- RESEARCH OBJECTIVES AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK --- p.21 / Chapter 4.1 --- Research Objectives --- p.21 / Chapter 4.2 --- Theoretical Framework --- p.22 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) --- p.22 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Assumptions of CAPM --- p.23 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- Suitability of the Model --- p.23 / Chapter V. --- SAMPLE DATA AND METHODOLOGY --- p.25 / Chapter 5.1 --- Sample Data --- p.25 / Chapter 5.1.1 --- Data Sources --- p.25 / Chapter 5.1.2 --- Sample Period --- p.25 / Chapter 5.1.3 --- Sample Selection --- p.26 / Chapter 5.1.4 --- Market Index --- p.26 / Chapter 5.2 --- Methodology --- p.27 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Portfolio Construction --- p.27 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Raw Return --- p.28 / Chapter 5.2.3 --- Excess Return --- p.30 / Chapter 5.2.4 --- Excess Return Adjusted for Infrequent Trading --- p.31 / Chapter 5.2.5 --- Seasonality --- p.32 / Chapter VI. --- EMPIRICAL RESULTS & ANALYSIS --- p.34 / Chapter 6.1 --- Raw Returns --- p.34 / Chapter 6.2 --- Excess Returns --- p.36 / Chapter 6.3 --- Excess Returns Adjusted for Infrequent Trading --- p.42 / Chapter 6.4 --- Seasonality --- p.46 / Chapter 6.4.1 --- Raw Returns --- p.46 / Chapter 6.4.2 --- Excess Returns --- p.48 / Chapter 6.4.3 --- Excess Returns Adjusted for Infrequent Trading --- p.51 / Chapter VII. --- IMPLICATION OF FINDINGS AND CONCLUSION --- p.54 / APPENDIX 1 List of Companies of the Five Portfolios --- p.57 / APPENDIX 2 Average Market Value of Companies of the Five Portfolios --- p.58 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.59
157

The Relationship between PE ratios & firm sizes and abnormal returns of Hong Kong stocks, 1990-1991.

January 1992 (has links)
by Chu Yee-Mon & Ku Wan-Shim. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1992. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 40-41). / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iii / LIST OF TABLES --- p.v / Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter II. --- BACKGROUND AND LITERATURE SEARCH / Price earnings ratio anomaly --- p.3 / Over-reaction to earnings effect --- p.4 / January effect --- p.5 / Firm size effect --- p.6 / Chapter III. --- STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVES --- p.8 / Chapter IV. --- RESEARCH HYPOTHESES --- p.9 / Chapter V. --- METHODOLOGY / Research design --- p.10 / Data collection method --- p.13 / "Sampling (method, size, frame)" --- p.13 / Data collection process --- p.15 / Additional sample screening --- p.15 / Chapter VI. --- ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION / Sample size --- p.16 / Monthly returns & adjustment for capitalization changes --- p.16 / The market model linear regression analysis --- p.17 / Additional screening for data --- p.19 / Comparison of betas with published results --- p.21 / Monthly abnormal returns --- p.23 / PE ratios and quartiles --- p.23 / PE quartiles and firm sizes --- p.24 / PE ratios and abnormal returns --- p.26 / PE ratios and returns --- p.31 / "PE ratios, firm sizes and abnormal returns" --- p.33 / Chapter VII. --- LIMITATIONS / Limitation of methodology --- p.37 / The applicability of the market model --- p.38 / Chapter VIII. --- SUMMARY OF FINDINGS --- p.39 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.40 / APPENDICES / Chapter A --- Market Model Regression Analysis and Abnormal Returns of individual stocks / Chapter B --- Monthly Abnormal (Market-Model Adjusted) Returns for 1990: Portfolio ranked on the magnitude of the firm's Actual Price on Dec 18 1989/1988 Earning (PE) Ratio Monthly Abnormal (Market-Model Adjusted) Returns for 1991: Portfolio ranked on the magnitude of the firm's Actual Price on Dec 18 1990/1989 Earning (PE) Ratio / Chapter C --- Average Monthly Abnormal (Market-Model Adjusted) Returns for 1990 and 1991: Portfolio ranked on the magnitude of the firm's Actual Price/Last Year Earnings (PE) Ratio / Chapter D --- Average Monthly Returns for 1990 and 1991: Portfolio ranked on the magnitude of the firm's Actual Price/Last Year Earnings (PE) Ratio / Chapter E --- Average Monthly Abnormal (Market-Model Adjusted) Returns for 1990 and 1991: Portfolio ranked on the magnitude of the firm's Actual Price/Last Year Earnings (PE) Ratio and then Firm Size
158

Rights issues and investor returns in Hong Kong.

January 1992 (has links)
by Lau Yiu Fai, Lawrence. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1992. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 44-45). / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iii / ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.iv / Chapter / Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Background --- p.2 / Mechanism of Rights Issue --- p.6 / Underwriting --- p.10 / Intrinsic Value of Rights --- p.14 / Advantages of Rights Issues for Fund Raising --- p.15 / Trading Strategies for Shareholders --- p.16 / Chapter II. --- METHODOLOGY OF ANALYSIS --- p.17 / Introduction and Literature Review --- p.17 / Performing the Event Study (Announcement of Rights Issue) of the Hong Kong Stocks. --- p.22 / Results Analysis --- p.27 / Correlations Between Rates of Change in Stock Price During the Announcement Period and the Size of the Proceeds --- p.28 / Results Analysis --- p.33 / The Price effect of Rights Issues and the Total Net Assets of the Company --- p.34 / Results Analysis --- p.35 / Chapter III. --- CONCLUSION --- p.37 / EXHIBITS --- p.40 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.44
159

Real estate and stock returns are indeed correlated: evidence from Hong Kong micro data.

January 1999 (has links)
by Chan Tsun Kit. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 64-67). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / Acknowledgments --- p.iii / Table of Contents --- p.iv / List of Tables --- p.vi / List of Figures --- p.vii / List of Appendices --- p.viii / Chapter Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter 2. --- Background --- p.4 / Chapter 2.1 --- The Importance of Real Estate Sector --- p.4 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Employment Sector --- p.5 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Investment Sector --- p.5 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- Banking Sector --- p.6 / Chapter 2.1.4 --- Government Sector --- p.6 / Chapter 2.2 --- Characteristics of the Real Estate Market --- p.7 / Chapter 2.3 --- Price Movement --- p.10 / Chapter 2.4 --- Major Developer --- p.13 / Chapter 2.4.1 --- Sun Hung Kai Properties --- p.15 / Chapter 2.5 --- Contribution of Real Estate Sector on Stock Market --- p.16 / Chapter 2.6 --- Connection between Real Estate and Stock Market --- p.17 / Chapter Chapter 3. --- Literature Review --- p.19 / Chapter Chapter 4. --- Methodology --- p.24 / Chapter 4.1 --- The Model --- p.24 / Chapter 4.2 --- Variables Used --- p.27 / Chapter 4.3 --- Sources of Data --- p.29 / Chapter Chapter 5. --- Empirical Findings --- p.30 / Chapter Chapter 6. --- Implication --- p.33 / Chapter Chapter 7. --- Limitation --- p.35 / Chapter Chapter 8. --- Conclusion --- p.37 / Tables --- p.39 / Figures --- p.48 / Appendices --- p.50 / Bibliography --- p.64
160

An empirical study of the post-listing performance of IPO firms in Hong Kong: 1990-1998.

January 2002 (has links)
Wong Yu-kwan. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 74-77). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 2 --- Literature Review --- p.8 / Chapter 3 --- Data and Methodology --- p.25 / Chapter 3.1 --- Data description --- p.25 / Chapter 3.2 --- Data sources --- p.27 / Chapter 3.3 --- Methodology --- p.28 / Chapter 4 --- Results --- p.40 / Chapter 4.1 --- Results of correlations --- p.40 / Chapter 4.2 --- Results of holding rates of returns- MAAMRORsubIPos --- p.44 / Chapter 4.3 --- The post-listing price performance of the IPO firms --- p.51 / Chapter 4.4 --- Regression results --- p.59 / Chapter 5 --- Discussion --- p.65 / Chapter 6 --- Conclusion --- p.70 / References --- p.74 / Tables --- p.78 / Appendix --- p.99

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