The profitability of carry trade is investigated using six currency combinations and historical data covering the period December 1999-June 2006. Hypothesis testing and Monte Carlo simulations produce results that cast doubt on the profitability of carry trade, as there is mostly a fifty-fifty...

Two propositions are verified about the exchange rate regime of a basket peg, which is adopted by some developing countries. The first is that by pegging the domestic currency to an import-weighted basket, the economy can be insulated from the imported inflation resulting purely from change in...

A hedging approach is used to examine the effect of sectoral factors on the effectiveness of international diversification. By using data covering seven countries and various sectors, we find that international diversification is more effective when assets from developed markets only are used...

type="main" xml:lang="en" <p>This paper re-examines the Garbade and Silber (1983) model with the objective of finding out if the crude oil futures market performs the functions of price discovery and risk transfer. The model is estimated, using daily data, as a system of two seemingly unrelated...</p>

This article examines the relationship between the spot and futures prices of WTI crude oil using a sample of daily data. Linear causality testing reveals that futures prices lead spot prices, but nonlinear causality testing reveals a bidirectional effect. This result suggests that both spot and...