This paper analyzes the link between political factors and sovereign bond holdings of US investors in 60 countries over the 2003-2013 period. We find that, in general, US investors hold more bonds in countries with few political constraints on the government. Moreover, US investors respond to...

This paper analyzes the link between political factors and sovereign bond holdings of US investors in 60 countries over the 2003-2013 period. We find that, in general, US investors hold more bonds in countries with few political constraints on the government. Moreover, US investors respond to...

This paper analyzes the link between political factors and sovereign bond holdings of US investors in 60 countries over the 2003-2013 period. We find that, in general, US investors hold more bonds in countries with few political constraints on the government. Moreover, US investors respond to...

This paper analyzes the link between political factors and sovereign bond holdings of US investors in 60 countries over the 2003-2013 period. We find that, in general, US investors hold more bonds in countries with few political constraints on the government. Moreover, US investors respond to...

This paper investigates how sovereign bond investors assess the performance of the government by investigating cumulative abnormal sovereign bond returns surrounding national elections. For a sample of 101 election events in 45 emerging markets, we find robust evidence for a positive market...

Dieses Papier analysiert die kurzfristigen Aktienkursreaktionen auf den Ausgang von 91 nationalen Parlamentswahlen innerhalb der EU. Die Bedeutung verschiedener unternehmensspezifischer Merkmale für die Kursreaktion hängt mitunter davon ab, ob die gewählten Parteien relativ proeuropäisch...

Dieses Papier analysiert die kurzfristigen Aktienkursreaktionen auf den Ausgang von 91 nationalen Parlamentswahlen innerhalb der EU. Die Bedeutung verschiedener unternehmensspezifischer Merkmale für die Kursreaktion hängt mitunter davon ab, ob die gewählten Parteien relativ proeuropäisch...

This paper uses information from political parties’ election programs to demonstrate how attitudes toward European integration affect domestic firms’ stock performance as indicated by abnormal returns surrounding 91 parliamentary elections in 20 EU countries. Interaction effects between...

We use a compound option-based structural credit risk model to infer a term structure of banking crisis risk from market data on bank stocks in daily frequency. Considering debt service payments with different maturities this term structure assigns a separate estimator for short- and long-term...