Ambrocio, Gene; Hasan, Iftekhar; Li, Xiang - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle - 2023
We study the implications of forging stronger political ties with the US on the sensitivities of stock returns around the world to a global common factor - the global financial cycle. Using voting patterns at the United Nations as a measure of political ties with the US along with various...