Using a new dataset which contains monthly data on 1,015 stocks traded on the London Stock Exchange between 1825 and 1870, we investigate the cross section of stock returns in this early capital market. Unique features of this market allow us to evaluate the veracity of several popular...

The intention of the present work is to evaluate long-run relations in the stock markets of six Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru) and the United States stock market, by means of a model in which a cointegration relation exists between the principals...

We exploit emerging market sovereign CDS spreads to examine the reaction of sovereign credit risk to changes in country-specific and global financial factors. Utilizing a VAR model fitted with DCC GARCH, we find that comovements of spreads generally exhibit significant time-varying correlations,...

Because implied volatility is essential for pricing options, analyzing derivative strategies and measuring risk in investment portfolios containing derivatives, understanding variations in implied volatility also becomes vital. Aside from a secular trend, volatility clustering and calendar...

We document that institutional trading and short selling around earnings announcements are 15%-20% lower during school holidays than other times. This reduced trading cannot be explained by liquidity or short sale constraints. Prices react to negative news released during school holidays with a...

We examine whether country fundamentals help explain the cross-section of currency excess returns. For this purpose, we consider fundamental variables such as default risk, foreign exchange rate regime, capital control as well as interest rate in the multi-factor model framework. Our empirical...

Empirical reports of priced foreign exchange (FX) risk raise the question of whether managers should adjust their cost of equity estimates for FX risk. To study this question, we empirically compare the cost of equity estimates of several risk-return models, including some that have explicit FX...

Long histories of returns are needed but often lacking when estimating the equity premium. This paper studies stock return predictability from the perspective of a Bayesian investor who has access to international data. Learning across countries arises whenever this investor believes that...

The present paper endeavours to study the trading behaviour of foreign institutional investors (FIIs) and domestic institutional investors (DIIs) in Indian stock market. The study ascertains whether the purchase trade and sale trade behaviour of foreign institutional investors is different from...