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Financial Indicators and Financial Change in Africa and Asia
Pill, Huw - 1995
Deregulation of the financial system often proceeds in tandem with macroeconomic stabilization centered on monetary and other financial targets. This paper presents a model where there may be conflict between these processes. The indicator properties of some financial variables may be rendered...
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Flight Capital As a Portfolio Choice
Hoeffler, Anke - 1999
is held abroad. There are large regional differences in this proportion, ranging from 5 percent in South Asia to 40 … percent in Africa. We explain cross-country differences in portfolio choice by variables that proxy differences in the risk … (HIPC) on capital repatriation; and why so much of Africa’s private wealth is held outside the continent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400936
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Institutional Reform in Transition Economies : How Far Have they Come
Weder, Beatrice - 2001
Union but, when possible, transition countries, in Asia and Africa are also considered. The main findings are that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403596
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Asian financial integration : trends and interruptions
Borensztein, Eduardo; Loungani, Prakash - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009488691
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Determinants of Credit Growth and Interest Margins in the Philippines and Asia
Tan, Tatum Blaise Pua - 2012
Despite robust deposit growth, credit growth has been sluggish in the Philippines. We attribute this to legacy weaknesses in bank balance sheets, consumption-led economic growth, and relatively high net interest margins. Bank-level analysis suggests that interest margins in the Philippines rise...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396582
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Asian Equity Markets : Growth, Opportunities, and Challenges
Kramer, Charles Frederick - 2006
Asian equity markets have grown significantly in size since the early 1990s, driven by strong international investor inflows, growing regional financial integration, capital account liberalization, and structural improvements to markets. The development of equity markets provides a more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399773
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A Quantitative Assessment of Financial Conditions in Asia
Osorio, Carolina - 2011
used as a leading indicator. Based on the FCI, financial conditions in Asia tightened substantially earlier in the global … crisis, reflecting losses in the stock markets and tighter credit conditions. In early 2010, financial conditions in Asia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014398600
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Asian Financial Integration : Trends and Interruptions
Borensztein, Eduardo - 2011
The paper compares trends in financial integration within Asia with those in industrialized countries and other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403155
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Understanding the Growth of African Financial Markets
Andrianaivo, Mihasonirina - 2009
This paper examines empirically the determinants of financial market development in Africa with an emphasis on banking … risk are the main determinants of banking sector development in Africa, and that stock market liquidity, domestic savings …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014402464
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The development of local debt markets in Asia
Mangal Goswami; Sharma, Sunil - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009424778