We develop a tractable time-varying parameter model that can be used to simultaneously study variation over time and nonlinearity in the link between stock returns and exchange rate returns (exchange rate exposure). We estimate our model using monthly data for the period 1970 to 2006 for three...

Stock price anomalies have been studied in detail; however, most studies use daily closing prices or volume-weighted average prices for identifying day-of-the week and holiday effects. In this article, I extend the day-of-the week and holiday analysis to intraday and interday trading. The...

This article considers potential impacts of the intended and unintended federal funds rates on the slope of the Treasury yield curve during 1987.M8 to 2006.M1. A third-order autoregressive model is employed in empirical work to correct for serial correlation. The positive significant sign of the...

This article investigates cointegration and causality across the common sectors of the Abu Dhabi Securities Market (ADSM) and the Dubai Financial Market (DFM). Cointegration and Granger causality tests yield evidence of a long-run equilibrium and one-way causality from the ADSM to the DFM across...

This article examines the change in the dependence between two emerging equity markets (Korean and Thai) returns due to July 1997-financial crisis. The nonparametric chi- and K-plots reveal that these two markets were largely independent before the crisis and became significantly dependent in...

For the past half century, European countries have moved to harmonize their economies. While there has been a push for a single banking market in Europe, the 25 European Union (EU) countries have still not achieved full harmonization. The purpose of this study is to explore similarities and...

Through a structural vector autoregression model the effect of the European and US stock exchanges on the Athens stock exchange (ASE) is examined. Consistent with other studies on the effect of large stock markets on smaller regional ones, we find that both the European and US stock exchanges...

The article explores the relationship between short-term interest rates and the equity returns of the UK financial services industry. Based on the arbitrage pricing theory, the present study seeks to answer the sensitivity and pricing questions. The former is tested with a linear two-index model...

Conditions under which private firms going public will voluntarily disclose earnings forecasts in initial public offerings prospectuses are explored. The analysis implies younger, riskier companies do not voluntarily forecast earnings because of the potential costs of not performing as well as...

Refunding efficiency, a measure of the optimality of a refunding decision, is widely used in the call exercise decision for agency, corporate and municipal bonds. The original definition of efficiency assumes that the refunding bond is optionless. However, in practice, the refunding bond is...