Recent event study literature has highlighted abnormal stock returns, particularly in short event windows. A common explanation is the cross-correlation of stock returns that are often enhanced during periods of sharp market movements. This suggests the misspecification of the underlying factor...

Chapter 1. The Emergence of a New Asset Class: Digital Assets -- Chapter 2. An Asset Pricer’s Toolkit -- Chapter 3. Investment Styles in General -- Chapter 4. Related Literature -- Chapter 5. Digital Assets -- Chapter 6. Digital Assets in a Multi-asset Context -- Chapter 7. On the...

In contrast to Robert Mundell‘s Optimum Currency Area theory and his recommendation of forming monetary union, the economic fundamentals of Euro area member countries have not harmonized. The opposite holds: the Euro core countries – most of all Germany, but also the Netherlands and Finland...