In the empirical literature, not much support is found for the uncovered interest parity. Especially with free floating exchange rates, the forward rate is a biased predictor of the future exchange rate. This phenomenon can both be explained by an absence of rational expectations or by risk...

An IPO is one of the highlights in the history of a company. This thesis talks about one of the most important decisions at the time of the IPO: which investment bank should we choose? First of all, an analyses is given of the pros and cons of an IPO and why a company should work with an...