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Regional Financial Spillovers Across Europe
Sgherri, Silvia - 2009
The recent financial crisis raises important issues about the transmission of financial shocks across borders. In this paper, a global vector autoregressive (GVAR) model is constructed to assess the relevance of international spillovers following a historical slowdown in U.S. equity prices. The...
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New Evidence on Spillovers Between Crypto Assets and Financial Markets
Iyer, Roshan - 2023
We analyze returns and volatility spillovers among a representative set of crypto and financial assets. The magnitude of spillovers increases during periods of heightened turbulence due to negative economic-financial news, crypto market events, or exogenous shocks. There is evidence of...
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Herd Behavior in Financial Markets
Cipriani, Marco - 2008
We study herd behavior in a laboratory financial market with financial market professionals. We compare two treatments, 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...
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An Index Number Formula Problem
Silver, Mick - 2009
Index number theory informs us that if data on matched prices and quantities are available, a superlative index number … formula is best to aggregate heterogeneous items, and a unit value index to aggregate homogeneous ones. The formulas can give … as to why such formulas differ and proposes a solution to this index number problem …
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Difference Between Hedonic Imputation Indexes and Time Dummy Hedonic Indexes.
Silver, Mick - 2006
Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. HEDONIC INDEXES -- III. WHY HEDONIC IMPUTATION AND DUMMY TIME HEDONIC INDEXES DIFFER -- IV. CHOICE BETWEEN HEDONIC INDEXES AND DUMMY TIME HEDONIC INDEXES -- V. CONCLUSIONS -- References.
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Policy Space Index: Short-Term Response to a Catastrophic Event
Ferrer, José - 2022
paper proposes a policy space index. The index combines a quantitative, albeit relatively limited and narrow, fiscal space … markets, debt distress level, and the exchange rate regime. The final policy space index is derived as a composite of the … three nominal policy space indicators, each adjusted for five institutional features. This index is different from the …
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Financial Market Risk and U.S. Money Demand
Cook, David; Choi, Woon Gyu - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
This paper examines empirically U.S. broad money demand emphasizing the role of financial market risk. We find that money demand rises with the liquidity risk of stock markets or the credit risk of corporate bond markets. After controlling for the effect of financial market risk, money demand...
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International Currencies and Endogenous Enforcement; An Empirical Analysis
Prem, Roohi - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 1997
This paper investigates the determinants of the international role of a currency. It argues that standard determinants such as monetary performance and financial openness are at best imperfect indicators of a currency’s stability prospects, because the issuer’s promise of stability is not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248276
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Financial Sector Evolution in the Central European Economies; Challenges in Supporting Macroeconomic Stability and Sustainable Growth
Wagner, Nancy L.; Iakova, Dora M. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
This paper takes stock of the current state of development of the financial systems in five Central European transition economies (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, the Slovak Republic, and Slovenia) that are also leading EU accession candidates. It presents both a progress report and an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248292
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Pension Reform and Macroeconomic Stability in Latin America
Roldos, Jorge - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
This paper reviews macroeconomic aspects of pension reforms in Latin America, focusing on financial market stability and fiscal sustainability. Concentration of pension fund portfolios in government bonds remains high, and the lack of new investment alternatives has distorted asset prices....
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