Showing 1 - 10 of 15
Financial globalization has increased dramatically over the past three decades, particularly for advanced economies … principle, financial globalization should enhance international risk sharing, reduce macroeconomic volatility, and foster …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790496
the general equilibrium effects of capital flows (portfolio investments and loans, FDI) on the governance of domestic … banks. We find that liberalization of capital flows may deteriorate the governance of the domestic financial system by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248244
Using detailed information on lobbying and mortgage lending activities, we find that lenders lobbying more on issues related to mortgage lending (i) had higher loan-to-income ratios, (ii) securitized more intensively, and (iii) had faster growing portfolios. Ex-post, delinquency rates are higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008561076
This paper presents a simultaneous assessment of the relationship between economic performance and three groups of economic reforms: domestic finance, trade, and the capital account. Among these, domestic financial reforms, and trade reforms, are robustly associated with economic growth, but...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008561089
In theory, one of the main benefits of financial globalization is that it should allow for more efficient international … outcomes during the recent period of globalization. Developing countries have, by and large, been shut out of this benefit. The … why emerging markets have not been able to realize this presumed benefit of financial globalization. In particular, our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263747
The literature on the benefits and costs of financial globalization for developing countries has exploded in recent … macroeconomic effects of financial globalization, in terms of both growth and volatility. Overall, our critical reading of the … financial globalization, but with many nuances. On the other hand, there is little systematic evidence to support widely cited …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263828
This paper examines the impact of international financial integration on macroeconomic volatility in a large group of industrial and developing economies over the period 1960-99. We report two major results: First, while the volatility of output growth has, on average, declined in the 1990s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263967
This paper studies the changes in world business cycles during 1960-2003. We employ a Bayesian dynamic latent factor … globalization period (1986-2003). The results indicate that the common (G-7) factor explains a larger fraction of output …, consumption, and investment volatility in the globalization period than in the BW period. These findings suggest that the degree …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825664
globalization (1985-2005), there has been some convergence of business cycle fluctuations among the group of industrial economies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825794
context of globalization-a term typically used to describe the phenomenon of growing international trade and financial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825974