In this paper, we study the effects of US target rate changes and related communications by members of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors on spreads for emerging market sovereign credit default swaps (CDS). Using GARCH models, we find that during the pre-financial crisis sub-sample (April...

We argue that criticism concerning the Chinese dollar peg is misplaced as no predictable link exists between the exchange rate and the trade balance of an international creditor economy. The stable nominal yuan/dollar rate is argued to have stabilized Chinese, East Asian and global growth....

Mit der Freigabe des Wechselkurses für den Peso hat Argentinien einen grundlegenden Kurswechsel in seiner Währungspolitik vollzogen. Die feste Bindung der Währung an den US-Dollar über ein "Currency Board" hatte das Land in eine tiefe Krise geführt. Zwar war es gelungen, die dramatischen...

Fünf Jahre nach der Asienkrise weisen Indonesien, Südkorea und Thailand wieder hohe Zuwachsraten für die gesamtwirtschaftliche Produktion aus. Sie haben eine Neuausrichtung ihrer Währungspolitik vorgenommen und die Reform des Bankensektors - wenngleich in unterschiedlichem Maße -...

This brief exposition suggests that the Federal Reserve System temporarily guarantee a lower bound on stock prices in order to escape the current combination of liquidity trap and credit crunch. It shortly discusses reasons for this measure, consequences, and some alternatives. It is meant as a...

We examine evidence for a systematic underperformance of Germany's state-owned banks in the current financial crisis and study if the bank losses can be traced to the quality of bank governance. For this purpose, we examine the biographical background of 593 supervisory board members in the 29...