Focusing on five major emerging markets (EM), I investigate the interactions between credit default swap (CDS) premiums, foreign exchange (FX) parities, local currency government bond (LCB) spreads, and national stock market indices over the period 4/2/2007 to 8/27/2009. Empirical analysis...

This paper proposes a new double-question survey method that elicits information about how individuals.subjective belief valuations are compared and related to their price expectations. An individual respondent is presented with two sets of questions, one that asks about his/her belief regarding...

Introduction -- Money, Bonds and Economic Activity: Money, Bonds and Interest Rates -- Term Structure of Interest Rates -- The Credit Market and Economic Activity: Theories on Credit Market, Credit Risk and Economic Activity -- Empirical Tests on Credit Market and Economic Activity -- The Stock...