In this dissertation, three related issues of building empirical time series models forfinancial markets are investigated with respect to contemporaneous causality, dynamics,and structural change. In the first essay, nation-wide industry information transmissionamong stock returns of ten sectors...

An important goal of financial risk regulation is promoting coordination. Law's coordinating function minimizes costly conflict and encourages greater uniformity among market participants. Likewise, privately developed market standards, such as standard-form contracts and rules incorporated into...

Magistro baigiamajame darbe nagrinėjami pagrindiniai finansų, kuri peraugo į ekonominę, krizę nusakantys 2005–2009 metų Baltijos šalių ir Europos Sąjungos (ES-27) makroekonominiai ir finansiniai rodikliai ir pateikiamos krizės įveikimo priemonės, remiantis 1992 m. Švedijos...

Pastaraisiais metais yra ypač pakilęs susidomėjimas investicijomis vertybinių popierių biržoje. Žmonės vis dažniau prekiauja vertybinių popierių biržoje, vieni patys sudarydami ir valdydami savo investicinį portfelį, o kiti investicinio portfelio sudarymą patiki įvairioms...

Due to increasing globalization and its potential benefits, many emerging markets have introduced capital liberalization policies to attract much needed foreign direct investment. The objective of this article is to empirically investigate whether the conducted deregulation policies resulted in...

We discuss the strategic behavior of agents on a financial market in the presence of a central bank which is borrowing and lending money.

A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the University ofWolverhampton for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy

A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the University ofWolverhampton for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy

Price stability is widely recognised as the primary goal of modern monetary policy, and the management of private sector inflation expectations has become an essential channel through which this goal is achieved. This evaluation aims to improve the understanding of how the sensitivity of private...

The inflation expectations channel of the transmission mechanism is generally recognised as crucial for the implementation of modern monetary policy. This paper briefly reviews the practices commonly employed for measuring inflation expectations in South Africa, and offers an additional method,...