This research provides insights on puzzling exchange rate phenomena. Empirical support is supplied for forward rates incorporating a small probability of a large spot decline when a current account deficit exists. Investors are found to expect countries to be more likely to choose devaluation...

This research finds empirical evidence that naked short sales contribute to the ability of investors to manipulatively short down the value of firms in need of external capital. The findings are also consistent with a hypothesis that the announcement effect of a new stock issue is merely a proxy...