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countries and their subsidiaries overseas during 1995-2004, and studies the extent of diversification gains from their local … of a mean-variance portfolio optimization model. Overall, international diversification gains in banking appear to be … diversification gains could usefully be considered in the second pillar of Basel II as the first pillar is based only on the …
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in imposing standards for risk diversification in the credit portfolio. The issues reviewed for each country are the …
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story that many ignore or claim it cannot be replicated. Using a theory and empirical evidence, we argue that one can learn …
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The paper examines the implications of lower trade barriers for sectoral diversification and macroeconomic stability in … macroeconomic stability. It shows also that diversification, in the form of equal distribution of resources between nonprimary …
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The paper develops a simple three-sector model of a developing country with nominal wage rigidity, in which one sector is thought of as the primary sector and the other two are sectors in which the country can diversify. The paper then analyzes the relationship between the market structure of...
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Country practices towards managing financial risks on a sovereign balance sheet continue to evolve. Each crisis period, and its legacy on sovereign balance sheets, reaffirms the need for strengthening financial risk management. This paper discusses some salient features embedded in in the...
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An approach for minimizing risk through diversification of foreign exchange reserves and sovereign borrowings is …
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This paper examines the effects of capital controls on asset prices. A closed-form valuation model by Eun and Janakirimanan (1986) is extended to analyze the impact of three restrictions on international portfolio investment: a percentage quantity constraint on the amount of foreign securities a...
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International macroeconomic policy coordination is generally considered to be made less likely—and less profitable—by the presence of uncertainty about how the economy works. The present paper provides a counter-example, in which increased uncertainty about portfolio preference of investors...
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What is global liquidity and how does it affect an economy? The paper addresses that question by looking at liquidity from two different perspectives: global liquidity as availability of funds in safe and risky asset markets. This distinction between safe and risky asset markets is important due...
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