Conferences - Seminars
22FEB
10:30-12:00
Unil, Extranef building, room 126
Innovation and informed trading: Evidence from industry ETFs
We hypothesize that industry exchange traded funds (ETFs) encourage informed trading on underlying firms through facilitating hedging of industry-specific risks. We show that short interest on industry ETFs, reflecting part of the “long-the-stock/short-the-ETF” strategy, positively predicts returns on these ETFs and the percentage of positive earnings announcements of underlying stocks. We also show that hedge ...
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By Maureen O'HARA, Cornell University
05MAR
12:00-13:00
Extranef building, room 126
Dominant Currency Debt
Why is the dollar the dominant currency for debt contracts and what are its macroeconomic implications? We develop an international general equilibrium model where firms optimally choose the currency composition of their debt. We show that there always exists a dominant currency debt equilibrium, in which all firms borrow in a single dominant currency. It ...
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By Egemen EREN ( Bank for International Settlements (BIS) )
08MAR
By José-luis PEYDRÓ, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
15MAR
By Erwan QUINTIN, Wisconsin School of Business