Democratic processes and financial markets : pricing politics

Introduction -- Democratic processes and political risk: evidence from foreign exchange markets -- When markets party: stocks, bonds, and cabinet formation -- The cross-national financial consequences of political predictability -- Cabinet dissolutions and interest rate behavior -- Bargaining and bonds: the process of coalition formation and the market for government debt in Austria and New Zealand -- Time, shares, and Florida: the 2000 presidential election and stock market volatility -- Polls and pounds: exchange rate behavior and public opinion in Britain -- Conclusion: political predictability and financial market behavior