The paper explores empirically the tight links between exchange rates and the global network of equity holdings. Exchange rates can be expressed in terms of “equity net currency supplies”, i.e. local ...

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Autocracy 2.0, exemplified by modern China, is economically robust, technologically advanced, globally engaged, and controlled through subtle and sophisticated methods. What defines China’s political ...

In contrast with the APT’s foundational assumption of a low dimensional factor structure in returns, the AIPT conjectures that returns are driven by a large number of factors. We first verify this ...

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