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Rating Assignments : Lessons from International Banks

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria - 2013

This paper estimates ordered logit and probit regression models for bank ratings which also include a country index to … bank ratings assigned by Fitch Ratings are underpinned by fundamental quantitative financial analyses. Also, there is … strong evidence of a country effect. Our model is shown to provide accurate predictions of bank ratings for the period prior …

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The Performance of Banks in the MENA Region During the Global Financial Crisis

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria - 2016

This paper examines the impact of the global financial crisis on the banking sector in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, as well as the main determinants of the profitability of both domestic and foreign banks. The empirical findings suggest that during the crisis the former...

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On the Linkages between Stock Prices and Exchange Rates : Evidence from the Banking Crisis of 2007-2010

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria - 2013

This study examines the nature of the linkages between stock market prices and exchange rates in six advanced economies, namely the US, the UK, Canada, Japan, the euro area, and Switzerland, using data on the banking crisis between 2007 and 2010. Bivariate GARCH-BEKK models are estimated...

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Global and Regional Financial Integration in Emerging Asia : Evidence from Stock Markets

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria - 2017

This paper employs a price-based measure of integration, namely stock return differentials between ten emerging Asian economies and the US (as an indicator of global integration), as well as Japan and the Asian region (as two alternative indicators of regional integration), to test for mean...

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How Has the Global Financial Crisis Affected Syndicated Loan Terms in Emerging Markets? Evidence from China

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria - 2015

This paper examines the impact of the recent global financial crisis on the cost of debt capital (syndicated loans) in a leading emerging market, namely China, using difference-in-differences and GARCH approaches. Before the crisis China adopted banking reforms allowing entry of foreign banks...

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Equity Fund Flows and Stock Market Returns in the US Before and After the Global Financial Crisis : A VAR-GARCH-in-mean Analysis

Babalos, Vassilios - 2016

The 2008-2009 global financial crisis has raised new questions about the relationship between equity fund flows and stock market returns. This paper analyses it using US monthly data over the period 2000:1-2015:08. A VAR-GARCH(1,1)-in-mean model with a BEKK representation is estimated, and a...

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Exchange Rate Uncertainty and International Portfolio Flows

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria - 2013

This paper examines the impact of exchange rate uncertainty on different components of portfolio flows, namely equity and bond flows, as well as the dynamic linkages between exchange rate volatility and the variability of these two types of flows. Specifically, a bivariate GARCH-BEKK-in-mean...

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Employment Growth, Inflation and Output Growth : Was Phillips Right? Evidence from a Dynamic Panel

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria - 2013

In this paper we analyse the short- and long-run relationship between employment growth, inflation and output growth in Phillips' tradition. For this purpose we apply FMOLS, DOLS, PMGE, MGE, DFE, and VECM methods to a nonstationary heterogeneous dynamic panel including annual data for 119...

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International Portfolio Flows and Exchange Rate Volatility for Emerging Markets

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria - 2015

This paper investigates the effects of equity and bond portfolio inflows on exchange rate volatility, using monthly bilateral data for the US vis-a-vis eight Asian developing and emerging countries (India, Indonesia, South Korea, Pakistan, Hong Kong, Thailand, the Philippines, and Taiwan) over...

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Islamic Banking, Credit and Economic Growth : Some Empirical Evidence

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria - 2016

This paper examines the effects of Islamic banking on the causal linkages between credit and GDP by comparing two sets of seven emerging countries, the first without Islamic banks, and the second with a dual banking system including both Islamic and conventional banks. Unlike previous studies,...

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