Efficient estimation of the equity cost of public corporations is an essential component of computing the required rate of return of real investment projects, and therefore the basis for a rational investment policy. The accepted methodology relies on the CAPM model to define the return risk...

The accuracy of the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) monthly estimates of the nation’s quarterly nominal and real gross domestic product (GDP) growth rates are examined using a novel analytical framework based on the flexible two-piece generalized distribution. An analysis of the...

This article investigates the impact of the introduction of the euro on the interactions across the New York, London, Frankfurt and Paris stock markets. After controlling for possible returns and volatility spillovers, we focus on the correlations of shocks using the framework of Dynamic...