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While gold objects have existed for thousands of years, gold's role in diversified portfolios is not well understood. We critically examine popular stories such as 'gold is an inflation hedge'. We show that gold may be an effective hedge if the investment horizon is measured in centuries. Over...
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In this paper, we estimate the impact of increasing costs on foreign producers following a withdrawal of the United …. First, we assume that the United Kingdom unilaterally imposes tighter restrictions on foreign direct investment (FDI) from … fall in foreign investment and production by U.K. firms. The United Kingdom increases international lending, which finances …
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Although recent research shows that the euro has spurred cross-border financial integration, the exact mechanisms remain unknown. We investigate the underlying channels of the euro's effect on financial integration using data on bilateral banking linkages among twenty industrial countries in the...
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While economic theory highlights the usefulness of flexible exchange rates in promoting adjustment in international relative prices, flexible exchange rates also can be a source of destabilizing shocks. We find that when countries joining the euro currency union abandoned their national exchange...
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Do bond investors demand credit quality or liquidity? The answer is both, but at different times and for different reasons. Using data on the Euro-area government bond market, which features a unique negative correlation between credit quality and liquidity across countries, we show that the...
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under stress. In this paper I use the TAF micro-level loan data and find that about 60 percent of TAF loans went to foreign … that foreign - in particular, European - banks currently play in the U.S. financial system and the resultant currency … mismatch in their balance sheets. The data suggest that foreign banks had to borrow from the Federal Reserve Bank to meet their …
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collateral constraint on external debt and trading costs incurred by foreign investors. The probability of a financial crisis …
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We analyze the decisions of foreign-born PhD and postdoctoral trainees to come to the United States vs. go to another …
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We estimate and attempt to explain the evolution of the taxes paid by U.S. multinationals on their foreign profits … after-tax returns. Foreign taxes fell abruptly after the first Gulf War. In sectors other than oil, the effective foreign … havens. The low foreign taxes paid by U.S. multinationals can explain half of the U.S. cross-border return differential …
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The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) estimates the return on investments of foreign subsidiaries of U ….S. multinational companies over the period 1982--2006 averaged 9.4 percent annually after taxes; U.S. subsidiaries of foreign … foreign and domestic locations. Used abroad, it generates profits for foreign subsidiaries with no foreign direct investment …
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