This study examines whether firms' disclosure decisions are affected by the presence of activist hedge funds. Using a large sample of firms that experienced increases in ownership by activist hedge funds, we find that firms are more likely to cease providing financial guidance or reduce the...

We combine recent developments on extracting jumps from high frequency stock index data with the literature on option pricing with time varying volatility to model S&P 500 index returns from 2005. We compare the fit of several GARCH models, with and without jumps, from the historical return...

Eigenfunction and quadrature methods have been extensively used in asset pricing as a forecasting tool. In contrast, their application to systemic risk has been limited. With the advent of high frequency options panels we document a battery of measures that can be used to measure and forecast...

One of the most striking evidences of the failure in financial regulation is represented by the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR). Since May 2008, a huge scandal focusing on a possibility of criminal wrongdoing by a number of the most trusted international banks revealed manipulation of the...

We study the relationship between cross-sectional sovereign credit risk and currency spot prices. We find that past (up to 12-month average) sovereign credit risk, measured by sovereign credit default swap (CDS) spreads, predict future currency spot returns. In particular, we document a...

We investigate the link between sovereign credit default swaps (CDS) and currency carry trades. We demonstrate that the term structure of sovereign CDS exhibits a significant explanatory power for crash risk and currency risk. We show that global uncertainty shocks in developed economies have a...

We study the relationship between cross-sectional sovereign credit risk and currency spot prices. We find that past (up to 12-month average) sovereign credit risk, measured by sovereign credit default swap (CDS) spreads, predict future currency spot returns. In particular, we document a...