Election Surprises and Exchange Rate Uncertainty
This papers shows that unexpected election results explain some of the unexpected variation in foreign exchange rates. The result is based on an event study which examines the behavior of the size of forecast errors implied by futures contracts for exchange rates around elections. Though elections can produce large unexpected effects on exchange rates, the effects on forecast errors are short-lived. [ JEL codes: D72, F31.] Copyright 1999 Blackwell Publishers Ltd..
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1999
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Authors: | Garfinkel, M. R. ; Glazer, A. ; Lee, J. |
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Economics and Politics. - Wiley Blackwell. - Vol. 11.1999, 3, p. 255-274
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Wiley Blackwell |
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