Using a new survey data set of matched exchange rate and interest rate expectations for eight currencies relative to the German mark, we examine empirically the relationship between exchange rate returns, "news" and risk premia. "News" on interest differentials enters significantly in equations...

In this paper we investigate purchasing power parity (PPP) in a panel with 17 countries for the period 1972 through 1996. The novel feature of our panel methodology is that results are invariant to the choice of a benchmark on numeraire currency. In the panel we allow individual country effects...

This study aims to test empirically how contingent convertible (CoCo) bond prices are affected by the main theoretical determinants and design features. The theoretical framework used in this paper is the Equity Derivatives Model suggested by De Spiegeleer and Schoutens [2012]. We test for the...

This study aims to test empirically how contingent convertible (CoCo) bond prices are affected by the main theoretical determinants and design features. The theoretical framework used in this paper is the Equity Derivatives Model suggested by De Spiegeleer and Schoutens [2012]. We test for the...