We study the period of the COVID-19 pandemic to assess the impact of foreign institutional investor (FII) flows on asset prices in an emerging market. Using a dataset of stock-level foreign fund flows of Indian equities, we show that stocks experiencing abnormally high innovations in foreign...

This paper examines the role of country-specific sources of output and interest rate or exchange rate volatility in driving FDI activities. Building on a dataset with bilateral FDI flows among 24 OECD economies over the period 1985-2007, we find that nominal and real volatility strongly deter...

The present study explored the dynamic effects of Exchange rates on BSE Sensex return over a period of April 2002 to March 2017. The study analyzes the long run relationship between exchange rates and BSE Sensex return, and examine short run effect of exchange rates on BSE Sensex return. The...

We empirically show across several broad asset classes that sectoral wealth shares do not positively correlate with their risk premia---a first-order prediction of canonical equilibrium models. We then analyze the roles mean-variance and hedging demand play in accounting for sectoral shifts...

I propose an investment-based asset pricing model augmented with intangible capital and transient volatility shock. Already-acquired intangible capital and new R&D investment are complementary inputs in knowledge production. The distinctive evolutionary dynamics of intangible capital as opposed...

Historically, value stocks earn higher average returns than growth stocks; however, the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) cannot explain this pattern, which is called the value premium puzzle. This study shows that uncertainty shocks can explain the puzzle. Intuitively, the value of growth...

This paper examines the changing correlations between the equity returns of Australia and the emerging equity markets and the tests the volatility, as a factor, that may cause the correlations to change over time. Linear regression estimates of Asymmetric Dynamic Conditional Correlation Model,...

This study evaluates the response stock market volatility to foreign equity investments. Specifically, the study examines how foreign portfolio investment and foreign direct equity investment influence stock market volatility in Nigeria using monthly data from January 2007 to July 2017. Results...

A recent research stream develops currency adjusted stock indices. The analysis in previous papers is limited to daily closing data. This paper extends the existing body of literature by examining tick data. We examine tick data from 2002 through 2013 for eight indices. In general, results show...

Policymakers fear the potentially destabilizing impact of fickle global investors on emerging markets. Euro area investors are significant participants in emerging bond markets and exhibit volatile flows, but their fickleness does not result in indiscriminate periods of surge and flight....