concentration, dominated by government pension funds, plays a significant role in impeding the growth of higher-yield bond market …

would be in addition to the increase in the benchmark U.S. 10 year Treasury rate. "--World Bank web site …

competition and innovation, or that they are more sensitive to foreign presence. "--World Bank web site …

's accounts in relation to the rest of the world. Problems in the balance sheet either cause a financial crisis that develops into … yield differential moves against domestic assets. Estimations of crisis likelihoods based on several specifications of … probability of a crisis are of the expected sign. The panel data set covers the time period 1973 through 2003 for 90 countries …

panel data models with country-specific fixed effects. The empirical results show that the most robust growth determinants … are the price of investment goods, distance to major world cities, and political rights. This suggests that growth … different prior assumptions on expected model size. "--World Bank web site …

-market premium and putting more downward pressure on domestic prices. "--World Bank web site …