The volatility of financial markets has been a relevant topic for transition economies, as the countries of Central and … Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union have seemingly endured high levels of volatility in their financial sectors during … the transition process. But what have been the determinants of this financial volatility? This paper posits that …

affected by ‘volatility contagion’ coming from emerging markets. I find also some partial support for the ‘volatility contagion …

This paper uses multivariate GARCH techniques to study volatility spillovers between the Chinese non …-variability of conditional correlation, a dynamic correlation structure is included in the volatility model specification. The … integration, in particular, that exerts the largest influence on volatility transmission. …

There have been profound changes in both political and economic institutions in China over the last twenty years …

a search for common global and regional driving-forces in stock market returns and volatility. We focus particularly on … two emerging stock markets - Russia and China, because of their unique characteristics and performance in the past years …

We present a new composite leading indicator of economic activity in mainland China, es-timated using a dynamic factor …

features of China's extensive processing trade cause both the identification of imported intermediate goods, and their … intermediate goods imported into China. Vertical specialization is then estimated using two methods. The first method uses the … strong evidence of an Asian network of intermediate suppliers to China, and the two methods provide a range of estimates for …

stability in mainland China. We examine whether excess money relative to rulebased values provides information that improves the …

In January 2008, China adopted a new labour contract law. This new law represents the most significant reform to the … legislation on employment relations in mainland China in more than a decade. The paper provides a theoretical framework on the …