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This paper investigates the effects of equity and bond portfolio inflows on exchange rate volatility, using monthly … probability Markov-switching model. We find that net equity (bond) inflows drive the exchange rate to a high (low) volatility … state. In particular, net bond inflows increase the probability of remaining in the low volatility state in the case of …
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, volatility, and cross-market GARCH-in-mean effects. Hypotheses about the importance of different channels are tested. The results …
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describe the most typical features of capital markets like volatility clustering, excess kurtosis and fat tails. As empirical … evidence shows asymmetry is also a prominent feature of stock market returns volatility. The reaction of risk if stock returns …
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Credit booms have globally fuelled hikes in stock, raw material and real estate markets which have culminated in the recent US subprime market crisis. We explain the global asset market booms since the mid 1980s based on the overinvestment theories of Hayek, Wicksell and Schumpeter. We argue...
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This paper uses micro-data from the World Bank Investment Climate Surveys 2002-2006 to investigate how foreign …
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Current literature shows a significant negative impact of terrorism on countries economies. We explore this relationship in more detail. Using an unbalanced panel of over 160 countries for up to 25 years and the Global Terrorism Database (GTD) we show a decrease in FDI as a consequence of...
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across countries with lower average stock market volatility, crises are more frequent in countries with poor creditor …
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return correlations using weekly returns on futures markets and investigate the extent to which multivariate volatility …
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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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The paper investigates the impact of exchange rate volatility on growth in Emerging Europe and East Asia. Exchange … panel estimations provide evidence for a negative impact of exchange rate volatility on growth both in Emerging Europe and …
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