This paper constitutes to our best knowledge the first econometric analysis on stock market effects of the EU Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS). Our results suggest that EU Emission Allowance (EUA) price developments matter to the stock performance of electricity firms: EUA price changes and...

This paper constitutes a first analysis on stock returns and stock return volatility of energy corporations from the Eurozone. According to our results, the gas market does not play a role for the pricing of Eurozone energy stocks. However, changes in the Euro to U.S. Dollar exchange rate as...

This paper models the links between financial fragility, asset markets and monetary policy. It is shown, that central bank's concern about the cost of financial disruption generates an asymmetric response, thus contributing to the creation of an asset price bubble in an economy with a highly...