Using the framework of the International Capital Asset Pricing Model (ICAPM), we explore two central topics associated with equity foreign exchange (FX) risk premia. First, we estimate FX risk premia for a large cross-section of firms. Second, we study the diversifiability of FX risk. Using...

The paper provides a comprehensive assessment of the latest German corporate income and capital tax reform, which entails a major shift of the capital tax burden from the firm to the household level. Using a dynamic two-country computable general equilibrium model with integrated capital...

We propose an international asset pricing model in a two-country framework where trading in the foreign market encounters barriers to portfolio flows and short-sale constraints. Under ownership restrictions, free assets are priced with a global risk premium whereas the restricted assets command...

We propose an international asset pricing model in a two-country framework where trading in the foreign market encounters barriers to portfolio flows and short-sale constraints. Under ownership restrictions, free assets are priced with a global risk premium whereas the restricted assets command...

Using panel data from 23 developed countries over the 2001-2011 period and employing the Arellano-Bover/Blundell-Bond dynamic panel estimation technique, we show that the source country capital gains tax has a negative and statistically significant impact on foreign portfolio equity holdings. On...

This paper assesses the extent to which the disaggregated book-tax differences (BTDs) detailed in the tax footnote are associated with earnings persistence and growth, and the extent to which these associations matter to investors. Using hand-collected data from the schedule of deferred tax...

For several years, a debate has swirled around the taxation of hedge fund managers' compensation. Because it is structured as a type of partnership interest in the hedge fund, hedge fund managers may be eligible to pay taxes at lower capital gains rates on a large percentage of their income from...