We investigate the real effects of foreign exchange (FX) uncertainty on an important economic growth engine-technological innovation. In a sample consisting of 55 countries, we measure FX uncertainty using the unexpected FX volatility and then show that heightened FX uncertainty is associated...

We investigate the pricing of volatility risks in currency markets. First, we show that pricing ability of volatility risk is concentrated in some of its components. Diffusive volatility dominates jump volatility in pricing carry trade returns, while jump volatility is important in jointly...

This paper comprehensively investigates the role of realized jumps detected from high frequency data in predicting future volatility from both statistical and economic perspectives. Using seven major jump tests, we show that separating jumps from diffusion improves volatility forecasting both...