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Since 1998, the staff of the International Monetary Fund has published a classification of countries' de facto exchange … rate arrangements. Experience in operating this classification system has highlighted a need for changes. The present paper … objectivity of classifications across countries, expedite the classification process, conserve resources, and improve transparency …
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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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In this paper potential financial linkages between liquidity and bank solvency measures in advanced economies and emerging market (EM) bond and stock markets are analyzedduring the latest crisis. A multivariate GARCH model is estimated in order to gauge the extent of co-movements of these...
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This paper shows that emerging market equity prices are influenced by growing global factors, and therefore global factors constitute a significant channel for spillovers when the international economic environment changes. Strengthening their resilience to equity price declines remains an...
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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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Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. PREVIOUS LITERATURE -- III. MODEL SPECIFICATION -- IV. ESTIMATION -- V. DATA AND PRELIMINARY STATISTICS -- VI. MAIN RESULTS -- VII. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES.
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Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS OF THE JORDANIAN CAPITAL MARKET -- III. LINKAGES OF THE ASE TO MAJOR ARAB, EMERGING, AND DEVELOPED STOCK MARKETS -- IV. STRENGTHS, VULNERABILITIES, AND MACROECONOMIC LINKAGES OF THE ASE -- V. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES.
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