"The paper analyzes aggregate idiosyncratic volatility (IV) in G7 countries using recent data up to 2003. Consistent …

"The paper documents a new empirical result that a high level of aggregate U.S. idiosyncratic stock return volatility … currencies. For example, idiosyncratic volatility accounts for over 20 percent variations of the subsequent change in the … between a country's aggregate idiosyncratic volatility and the future U.S. dollar price of its currency--in France, Germany …