This paper investigates exchange rate correlations between the euro (ECU) and other currencies against the US dollar across the EMS and EMU periods to compare the European Central Bank's ability with that of the Bundesbank to achieve internal stability of the euro (ECU). Our results show that...

Will China find its way out of the current predicament without resorting to expenditure-switching policies, and how? This paper attempts to approach the question from three perspectives: First, it discusses economic conditions that exist in China which are favourable to maintaining current...

This paper performs multiple-break unit root tests on the data of China's national and sectoral output and labour productivity, with finite-sample critical values bootstrapped through Monte Carlo simulations. We find strong evidence against the unit-root hypothesis in favour of the...

Contrary to the recently reported US evidence of a negative premium, this study shows that China's economic policy uncertainty (EPU) commands a positive equity risk premium. Motivated by the observation that Chinese stock traders have a strong risk appetite and a cognitive bias, we modify the...

Using the unique regulatory setting from the Hong Kong stock market with both shortable and no-short stocks, we document that no-short stocks on average earn significantly higher average returns than shortable stocks. Furthermore, stocks that comove more with the portfolio of no-short stocks...

Investigating the short-selling regulation of the Honk Kong market, we document that shortable stocks, on average, earn significantly higher returns than non-shortable stocks. However, loadings of stocks/portfolios on the shortable minus non-shortable misvaluation factor SMN predict a...

We investigate, for China's investable companies, the relation between stock returns and firm characteristics, and the impacts on the relation of the 2001-2003 financial reforms to further liberalize stock markets. For the first time in the literature, we document coexistence of a positive size...