In this paper we analyze macroeconomic effects of inflation targeting policy in New Zealand using Markov switching model with one time permanent break. Our results show that the inflation targeting policy has significantly changed the inflation dynamics in the New Zealand economy. The Markov...

Many economics principles textbooks mention that stocks and bonds are substitutes, and some textbook authors state that stocks are riskier than bonds. Most people seem to believe this idea. Whenever the stock market is volatile, money flows from the stock market into the safe haven of the bond...

Many empirical studies find a negative correlation between the returns on the nominal spot exchange rate and the lagged forward discount. This forward discount anomaly implies that the current forward rate is a biased predictor of the future spot rate. A large number of studies in the existing...

We investigate interconnectedness and the contagion effect of default risk in Asian sovereign CDS markets since the global financial crisis. Using dynamic conditional correlation analysis, we find that there are significant co-movements in Asian sovereign CDS markets; that such co-movements tend...

An increasing number of investors are including futures-based commodity index funds in their portfolios. The argument is that these funds increase diversification, enhance returns and serve as an inflation hedge. Much of the recent literature served to reinforce these ideas. We update the...

The relationship between eleven emerging stock markets and the U.S. stock market is examined. The beta for each market is estimated under a GARCH model designed to account for time-varying and exchange rate volatility. Entire period as well as pre- and post-liberalization sub-period models are...

The relationship between eleven emerging stock markets and the U.S. stock market is examined. The beta for each market is estimated under a GARCH model designed to account for time-varying and exchange rate volatility. Entire period as well as pre- and post-liberalization sub-period models are...

Many empirical studies find a negative correlation between the returns on the nominal spot exchange rate and the lagged forward discount. This forward discount anomaly implies that the current forward rate is a biased predictor of the future spot rate. A large number of studies in the existing...

Korean Abstract: 환율 움직임은 수출가격 경쟁력 등에 영향을 미칠 수 있어 특정 국가가 의도하는 외환시장 오퍼레이션의 동기와 이를 둘러싼 이해관계 국가간 인식의 차가 있을 경우 상호 마찰의 원인이 될 수 있다. 이에...

We explore the possibility of structural breaks in the daily realized volatility of the Deutschemark/Dollar, Yen/Dollar and Yen/Deutschemark spot exchange rates with observed long-memory behavior. We find that structural breaks in the mean can partly explain the persistence of realized...