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Capital Markets, COVID-19 and Policy Measures
ElFayoumi, Khalid; Hengge, Martina - 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic and associated policy responses triggered a historically large wave of capital reallocation between markets and asset classes. Using high-frequency country-level data, this paper examines if and how the number of COVID cases, the stringency of the lockdown, and the fiscal...
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COVID-19 and Inequality in Asia : Breaking the Vicious Cycle
Jurzik, Emilia; Nair, Medha Madhu; Pouokam, Nathalie; … - 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic risks exacerbating inequality in Asia. High frequency labor surveys show that the pandemic is … to increase inequalities. As a result, income inequality, which was already high and rising in Asia before the pandemic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013314837
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Who Doesn't Want to Be Vaccinated? Determinants of Vaccine Hesitancy During COVID-19
Dabla-Norris, Era; Khan, Hibah; Lima, Frederico; … - 2022
Quick vaccine rollouts are crucial for a strong economic recovery, but vaccine hesitancy could prolong the pandemic and the need for social distancing and lockdowns. We use individual-level data from nationally representative surveys developed by YouGov and Imperial College London to empirically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013305609
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The Effectiveness of Monetary Policy Transmission Under Capital Inflows : Evidence from Asia
Jain-Chandra, Sonali - 2012
paper is to assess whether this is true for emerging Asia's economies. Using a dynamic factor model and a structural vector … auto-regression model, we show that long-term interest rates in Asia are indeed predominantly driven by global factors …-term interest rates. Nevertheless, the monetary transmission mechanism, though effective, is somewhat weaker in Asia during the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013097282
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Leaning Against the Wind : Macroprudential Policy in Asia
Zhang, Longmei - 2014
In recent years, macroprudential policy has become an increasingly active policy area. Many countries have adopted it as a tool to safeguard financial stability, in particular to deal with the credit and asset price cycles driven by global capital flows. This paper reviews the use of key...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013057738
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Corporate Vulnerabilities in Vietnam and Implications of COVID-19
Kroeger, Thilo; Nguyen, Anh Thi Ngoc; Zhang, Y. Sophia; … - 2021
The paper uses firm-level data to assess the financial health of the Vietnamese non-financial corporate sector on the eve of pandemic. Our analysis finds that smaller domestic firms were particularly vulnerable even by regional comparison. A sensitivity analysis suggests that the COVID-19 shock...
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Contagion of Fear : Is the Impact of COVID-19 on Sovereign Risk Really Indiscriminate?
Cevik, Serhan; Ozturkkal, Belma - 2021
This paper investigates the impact of infectious diseases on the evolution of sovereign credit default swap (CDS) spreads for a panel of 77 advanced and developing countries. Using annual data over the 2004-2020 period, we find that infectious-disease outbreaks have no discernible effect on CDS...
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Effects of Emerging Market Asset Purchase Program Announcements on Financial Markets During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Sever, Can; Goel, Rohit; Drakopoulos, Dimitrios; … - 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic led many emerging market central banks to adopt, for the first time, unconventional policies in the form of asset purchase programs. In this study, we analyze the effects of these announcements on domestic financial markets using both event studies and local projections...
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Hang in There : Stock Market Reactions to Withdrawals of COVID-19 Stimulus Measures
Chan-Lau, Jorge A.; Zhao, Yunhui - 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic prompted unprecedented economic stimulus worldwide. We empirically examine the impact of a withdrawal of fiscal stimulus policies on the stock markets. After constructing a database of withdrawal events, we use event study analysis and cross-country regressions to assess...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013250077
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Mobility Under the COVID-19 Pandemic : Asymmetric Effects Across Gender and Age
Caselli, Francesca; Grigoli, Francesco; Sandri, Damiano; … - 2021
Lockdowns and voluntary social distancing led to significant reduction in people's mobility. Yet, there is scant evidence on the heterogeneous effects across segments of the population. Using unique mobility indicators based on anonymized and aggregate data provided by Vodafone for Italy,...
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