Asset Pricing, Real Estate and Public Finance over the Crisis

1. Introduction
Alessandro Carretta, Gianluca Mattarocci

Part I. Asset Pricing during the Crisis

2. Does Investor Attention Influence Stock Market Activity? The Case of Spin-Off Deals
Alessandro Carretta, Vincenzo Farina, Elvira Anna Graziano, Marco Reale

3. The Effects of Derivatives Trading on Stock Market Volatility and Market Efficiency: Some Evidence from European Markets
Giovanni Liccardo

4. How Much Globalization Is There in the World Stock Markets and Where Is It?
Gianni Nicolini, Ekaterina Dorodnykh

5. Financial Analyst Recommendation Driven Funds: A Risk Adjusted Measure Analysis
Giuseppe Galloppo

6. Alternative Neural Network Approaches for Enhancing Stock Picking Using Earnings Forecasts
Giuseppe Galloppo, Mauro Aliano

7. Market Timing with the Black-Litterman Model
Ugo Pomante

8. Performance and Governance in Investment Management Companies
Maria Cristina Arcuri

Part II. Real Estate Investment Vehicles and Markets during the Crisis

9. The Quality of Real Estate Data: The Italian Case
Francesca Battaglia, Claudio Porzio, Gabriele Sampagnaro

10. Real Estate Trends and Portfolio Rebalancing: Evidence from Main European Markets
Gianluca Mattarocci, Georgios Siligardos

11. The Role of Risk Measures Choices in Ranking Real Estate Funds: Evidence from the Italian Market
Claudio Giannotti, Gianluca Mattarocci

Part III. Public Sector Issues in a Crisis Scenario

12. Economic and Financial Determinants of the Italian Local Government Ratings: An Empirical Analysis
Anna Valeria Venneri

13. Evolution of the Finance Function in the Italian Local Public Bodies
Fabrizio Quarta, Pasquale Stefanizzi

14. Project Finance Exposures in the Supervisory Slotting Criteria Approach: Pricing and Judgemental Analysis
Pietro Marchetti, Anna Valeria Venneri

Keywords: Business and Management, Project Management, Business Strategy/Leadership, Real Estate Management, Popular Science in Economics / Management, Public Finance, Investments and Securities