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India’s financial system compares favorably internationally, but rising credit risk and liquidity pressures are …
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This paper proposes an integrated and risk-based approach to the sequencing and coordination of reforms to develop … and risk-mitigation measures is proposed to minimize both macroeconomic and financial risks. Capital account opening can …. The paper also argues that domestic institutional investors are critical to market development and risk mitigation. …
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This paper analyzes the capital markets and financial intermediation in the Baltic States. It provides a comprehensive overview of the structure and level of development of the financial system, discussing some of the unique characteristics of the Baltics, such as leasing; and comparing the...
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Asian equity markets have grown significantly in size since the early 1990s, driven by strong international investor inflows, growing regional financial integration, capital account liberalization, and structural improvements to markets. The development of equity markets provides a more...
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In just over a decade after independence, the three Baltic countries, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, have transformed themselves into fully functioning, small open-market economies that will be joining the European Union. Capital Markets and Financial Intermediation in The Baltics analyzes the...
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The easing of controls on interest rates has led to higher interest rate volatility in India. Hence, there is a need to … assess the interest rate risk carried by a sample of Indian banks in March 2002. We find evidence of substantial exposure to …
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is the evolution of banks’ stock price exposure to country-level and global risk factors as approximated by equity … indices; second, which bank-specific characteristics explain these risk exposures; third, are there clusters of banks with … equity price linkages beyond market risk factors. The paper finds a rise in sensitivities to both country and global risk …
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This paper uses a novel variant of identification through hetroscedacity to estimate spillovers across U.S., Euro area, Japanese, and UK government bond and equity markets in a vector autoregression. The results suggest that U.S. financial shocks reverberate around the world much more strongly...
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We study the role of uncertainty shocks in explaining unemployment dynamics, separating out the role of aggregate and sectoral channels. Using S&P500 data from the first quarter of 1957 to third quarter of 2014, we construct separate indices to measure aggregate and sectoral uncertainty and...
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The causes of the global financial crisis were multi-faceted but revealed still unresolved weaknesses in national and international financial oversight and resolution frameworks. In particular, many governments in the crisis-hit countries had to provide unprecedented levels of support to contain...
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