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The Costs of Sovereign Default
Borensztein, Eduardo - 2008
This paper evaluates empirically four types of cost that may result from an international sovereign default: reputational costs, international trade exclusion costs, costs to the domestic economy through the financial system, and political costs to the authorities. It finds that the economic...
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Is it (Still) Mostly Fiscal? Determinants of Sovereign Spreads in Emerging Markets
Gupta, Sanjeev - 2008
Using a panel of 30 emerging market economies from 1997 to 2007, this paper investigates the determinants of country risk premiums as measured by sovereign bond spreads. Unlike previous studies, the results indicate that both fiscal and political factors matter for credit risk in emerging...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012677688
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Policy Credibility and Sovereign Credit--The Case of New EU Member States
Kumar, Manmohan S. - 2007
References to policy credibility, particularly with regard to fiscal policy, are ubiquitous in both economic literature and financial markets, even though it is not directly observable. The case of the EU new member states (NMS)-emerging markets joining a supranational entity that is generally...
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Equity Returns in the Banking Sector in the Wake of the Great Recession and the European Sovereign Debt Crisis
Fund, International Monetary - 2012
This study finds that equity returns in the banking sector in the wake of the Great Recession and the European sovereign debt crisis have been driven mainly by weak growth prospects and heightened sovereign risk and to a lesser extent, by deteriorating funding conditions and investor sentiment....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012677547
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Euro Area Sovereign Risk During the Crisis
Zoli, Edda - 2009
While the use of public resources is critical to cushion the impact of the financial crisis on the euro-area economy … perspective, to what extent do movements in euro area sovereign spreads reflect country-specific solvency concerns? In line with … previous studies, the paper suggests that euro area sovereign risk premium differentials tend to comove over time and are …
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Systemic banking crises database : an update
Laeven, Luc; Valencia, Fabian - 2012
We update the widely used banking crises database by Laeven and Valencia (2008, 2010) with new information on recent and ongoing crises, including updated information on policy responses and outcomes (i.e. fiscal costs, output losses, and increases in public debt). We also update our dating of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009618518
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Systemic Banking Crises
Valencia, Fabian - 2008
This paper presents a new database on the timing of systemic banking crises and policy responses to resolve them. The database covers the universe of systemic banking crises for the period 1970-2007, with detailed data on crisis containment and resolution policies for 42 crisis episodes, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012677666
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Role of IMF Support in Crisis Prevention.
Zalduendo, Juan - 2006
. ESTIMATION AND RESULTS -- V. IMF SUPPORT AND CRISIS PREVENTION -- VI. CONCLUDING REMARKS -- References. …
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The Euro's Challenge to the Dollar; Different Views From Economists and Evidence From Cofer (Currency Composition of Foreign Exchange Reserves) and Other Data
Lim, Ewe-Ghee - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
This paper examines opposing views on the euro's challenge to the dollar as an international currency. One view … euro has significantly overtaken the legacy currencies as a reserve currency. Generally, large economic size alone is … insufficient to challenge the network externalities supporting vehicle currencies, but scope exists for the euro to advance as an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825711
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Monetization in low- and middle-income countries
McLoughlin, Cameron; Kinoshita, Noriaki - 2012
The degree of an economy's monetization, which has an important implication on economic growth, can be affected by the conduct of monetary policy, financial sector reform, and episodes of financial crises. The paper finds that monetization--measured by the ratio of broad money to nominal GDP--...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009618525