1st Edition

Empirical Evidence on the Efficiency of Forward and Futures Foreign Exchange Markets

By Robert J. Hodrick Copyright 1987
    174 Pages
    by CRC Press

    190 Pages
    by CRC Press

    This book presents a critical review of the empirical literature that studies the efficiency of the forward and futures markets for foreign exchange. It provides a useful foundation for research in developing quantitative measures of risk and expected return in international finance.

    1. Introduction 2. Asset Pricing Theory 3. Econometric Tests of the Efficiency Hypothesis: Autocorrelation and Unbiasedness 4. Alternative Interpretations of Rejections of the Unbiasedness Hypothesis 5. Econometric Models of Risk Premiums 6. Evaluation of Forecasts 7. Empirical Investigation of Foreign Currency Futures 8. Conclusions

    Biography

    Robert J. Hodrick