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, one in which the price adjusts to the order flow so that herding should never occur, and one in which event uncertainty … makes herding possible. In the first treatment, subjects herd seldom, in accordance with both the theory and previous … by the theory. In the second treatment, the proportion of herding decisions increases, but not as much as theor …
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, one in which the price adjusts to the order flow so that herding should never occur, and one in which event uncertainty … makes herding possible. In the first treatment, subjects herd seldom, in accordance with both the theory and previous … by the theory. In the second treatment, the proportion of herding decisions increases, but not as much as theory suggests …
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This paper introduces a new dataset on the composition of the investor base for government securities in the G20 advanced economies and the euro area. During the last decades, investors from abroad have increased their presence in government bond markets. The financial crisis broke this trend....
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The IMF Working Papers series is designed to make IMF staff research available to a wide audience. Almost 300 Working Papers are released each year, covering a wide range of theoretical and analytical topics, including balance of payments, monetary and fiscal issues, global liquidity, and...
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This paper examines whether there is a threshold above which financial development no longer has a positive effect on economic growth. We use different empirical approaches to show that there can indeed be ""too much"" finance. In particular, our results suggest that finance starts having a...
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We present empirical evidence that the Thai baht's value is driven in part by investors' cross-border equity portfolio rebalancing decisions. Our results are based on comprehensive datasets of FX and stock market transactions undertaken by nonresident investors in Thailand in 2005 and 2006....
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Intro -- Contents -- I. THE EMERGENCE OF ASIAN STOCK MARKETS -- II. PERFORMANCE OF ASIAN EMERGING STOCK MARKETS -- III. ARE ASIAN MARKETS OVERHEATING? -- IV. EQUITY PRICES AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY -- V. POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- APPENDIX I: THE DEVELOPMENT OF EQUITY DERIVATIVES MARKETS IN ASIA --...
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Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. THEORIES OF CORPORATE FINANCE -- III. CORPORATE FINANCING PATTERNS AROUND THE WORLD -- IV. THE STOCK MARKET IN GHANA -- V. METHODOLOGY -- VI. EMPIRICAL RESULTS -- VII. THE RESULTS IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE -- VIII. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- APPENDIX...
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