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Home bias in global bond and equity markets: the role of real exchange rate volatility
Fidora, Michael; Fratzscher, Marcel; Thimann, Christian - 2006
This paper focuses on the role of real exchange rate volatility as a driver of portfolio home bias, and in particular as an explanation for differences in home bias across financial assets. We present a Markowitz-type portfolio selection model in which real exchange rate volatility induces a...
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The transmission of emerging market shocks to global equity markets
Cuadro Sáez, Lucía; Fratzscher, Marcel; Thimann, Christian - 2007
The paper analyses whether, and to what extent, emerging market economies (EMEs) have systemic importance for global financial markets, above and beyond their influence during crises episodes. Using a novel database of exogenous economic and political shocks for 14 systematically relevant EMEs,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011604770
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Cross-border bank contagion in Europe
Gropp, Reint E.; Lo Duca, Marco; Vesala, Jukka - 2006
This paper analyses cross-border contagion in a sample of European banks from January 1994 to January 2003. We use a … bank. We find evidence in favour of significant cross-border contagion. We also find some evidence that since the … introduction of the euro cross-border contagion may have increased. The results seem to be very robust to changes in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011604708
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Financial market integration under EMU
Jappelli, Tullio; Pagano, Marco - 2008
The single most important policy-induced innovation in the international financial system since the collapse of the Bretton-Woods regime is the institution of the European Monetary Union. This paper provides an account of how the process of financial integration has promoted financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010303699
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The impact of the euro on equity markets: a country and sector decomposition
Cappiello, Lorenzo; Kadareja, Arjan; Manganelli, Simone - 2008
This paper investigates whether comovements between euro area equity returns at national and industry level have changed after the introduction of the euro. By adopting a regression quantile-based methodology, we find that after 1999 the degree of comovements among euro area national equity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011604952
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Comovements in volatility in the euro money market
Cassola, Nuno; Morana, Claudio - 2006
This paper assesses the sources of volatility persistence in Euro Area money market interest rates and the existence of linkages relating volatility dynamics. The main findings of the study are as follows. Firstly, there is evidence of stationary long memory, of similar degree, in all series....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011604749
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The uncovered return parity condition
Cappiello, Lorenzo; De Santis, Roberto A. - 2007
This paper proposes an equilibrium relationship between expected exchange rate changes and differentials in expected returns on risky assets. We show that when expected returns on a risky asset in a certain economy are higher than the returns that are expected from investing in a risky asset in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011604858
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Cross-Border Mergers and acquisitions: Financial and institutional forces
Coeurdacier, Nicolas; De Santis, Roberto A.; Aviat, Antonin - 2009
Cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As) sharply increased over the last two decades. It is often pointed out that cross-border capital reallocation is partly the result of financial liberalization policies, government policies and regional agreements. In this paper, we identify some of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011605064
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The political economy under monetary union: has the euro made a difference?
Fratzscher, Marcel; Stracca, Livio - 2008
Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) has transformed Europe and has created an integrated pan-European economy. Much research has focused on understanding this integration process and what benefits and costs it entails. This paper identifies a political economy channel of EMU as the monetary union...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011605002
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Geographic versus industry diversification: constraints matter
Ehling, Paul; Ramos, Sofia Brito - 2005
This research addresses whether geographic diversification provides benefits over industry diversification. In the absence of constraints, no empirical evidence is found to support the argument that country diversification is superior. With short-selling constraints, however, the geographic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011604471