We employ an intertemporal CAPM (Merton, 1973) framework to examine how exposure to currency risk is priced in foreign equity returns. We identify the fundamental determinants of foreign equity return and foreign currency loadings with respect to the world equity factor and global currency risk...

Using proprietary survey data of investor relations (IR) officers from 59 countries, we uncover new stylized facts on a wide variety of IR functions, such as the firm's interactions with brokers and investors, the formulation of its disclosure policies, and its global outreach efforts. We find...

Despite the fact that one-third of worldwide mergers involve firms from different countries, the vast majority of the academic literature on mergers studies domestic mergers. What little has been written about cross-border mergers has focused on public firms, usually from the United States. Yet,...

Despite the fact that one-third of worldwide mergers involve firms from different countries, the vast majority of the academic literature on mergers studies domestic mergers. What little has been written about cross-border mergers has focused on public firms, usually from the United States. Yet,...