We use the cost-of-carry model to investigate the extent of market efficiency in the EU futures market for carbon dioxide allowances over the period of June 2005 to December 2007. We reject the cost-of-carry hypothesis for the entire data sample, but find some evidence of improvement in market...

We conduct an empirical investigation into the financial contagion hypothesis in the context of 12 US industry portfolios. Using a four-factor asset pricing model we measure contagion as the excess co-movement between idiosyncratic portfolio shocks, and test for an increase in the frequency of...