IJFEE will be a bi-annual peer-reviewed international journal dedicated to serve as a primary outlet for theoretical and empirical research in all areas of financial economics and econometrics. The purpose of the journal is to provide an international forum forapplied research on financial economic analysis. Submission of Manuscripts • Papers must be written in English. • You may send one copy in the form of an MS Word file attached to an E-mail to Dr. B. Charumathi serialsjournals@gmail.com The cover page of the manuscript should contain: (i) The title, (ii) the name(s) and institutional affiliation(s) of the author(s). (iii) Correspondence details i.e. address, phone and fax numbers and e-mail address of the author(s) should be provided at the bottom of the page. Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. All papers are refereed through a double blind process.