The growth prospects of new and old emerging markets -- Are emerging stock markets less efficient? : a survey of empirical literature -- How "normal" are emerging market returns? -- Emerging markets exposure : equities or hedge funds? -- Equity returns in emerging markets : prospects for the...

Lustig and Verdelhan (2007) argue that the excess returns to borrowing US dollars and lending in foreign currency "compensate US investors for taking on more US consumption growth risk," yet these excess returns are all approximately uncorrelated with the consumption risk factors they study....

"FDI investors control the management of the firms, whereas FPI investors delegate decisions to managers. Therefore, direct investors are more informed than portfolio investors about the prospects of projects. This information enables them to manage their projects more efficiently. However, if...