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Distributional effects of crises : the role of financial transfers

Halac, Marina; Schmukler, Sergio - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2003

Financial crises affect income distribution by way of different channels. The authors argue that financial transfers are an important channel which has been overlooked by the literature. They study the role of financial transfers by analyzing some of the most severe Latin American crises during...

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Crisis and contagion in East Asia : nine lessons

Kawai, Masahiro; Newfarmer, Richard; Schmukler, Sergio - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2001

The authors investigate the origins of the East Asian crisis and its contagion, examine the channels of contagion, and discuss policy recommendationsThey make detailed recommendations in the context of nine general lessons learned from the East Asian crisis. 1) Preventing crises and contagion:...

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Predicting currency fluctuations and crises - do resident firms have an informational advantage?

Kaufmann, Daniel; Mehrez, Gil; Schmukler, Sergio - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 1999

The authors investigate whether resident enterprise managers have an informational advantage about the countries in which they work. They propose a method for extracting information available to resident managers but unknown to investors and forecasters. They rest their hypothesis of...

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Managers, investors, and crises : mutual fund strategies in emerging markets

Kaminsky, Graciela; Lyons, Richard; Schmukler, Sergio - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2000

The authors address the trading strategies of mutual funds in emerging markets. The data set they develop permits analyses of these strategies at the level of individual portfolios. A methodologically novel feature of their analysis: they disentangle the behavior of fund managers from that of...

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Banking systems around the globe : do regulation and ownership affect the performance and stability?

Barth, James R.; Caprio, Gerard; Levine, Ross - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2000

The authors report cross-country data on commercial bank regulation and ownership in more than 60 countries. They … mixing of banking and commerce be restricted by regulating commercial bank's ownership of non-financial firms and non …, insurance, and real estate transactions and how well-developed the banking sector, how well-developed securities markets and non-bank …

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Emerging markets instability: do sovereign ratings affect country risk and stock returns?

Kaminsky, Graciela; Schmukler, Sergio - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2001

Financial market instability has been the focus of attention of both academic and policy circles. Rating agencies have been under particular scrutiny lately as promoters of financial excesses, upgrading countries in good times and downgrading them in bad times. Using a panel of emerging...

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Policy uncertainty, information asymmetries, and financial intermediation

Caprio, Gerard - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 1992

Financial reform is often accompanied by other changes, including structural adjustment. Entrepreneurs'judgements about investing in a post-reform world are important but so are banks'considerations of the sunk costs of investments in both physical capital and information development. The...

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Mutual fund investment in emerging markets - an overview

Kaminsky, Graciela; Lyons, Richard; Schmukler, Sergio - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2001

International mutual funds are one of the main channels for capital flows to emerging economies. Although mutual funds have become important contributors to financial market integration, little is known about their investment allocation, and strategies. The authors provide an overview of mutual...

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Can the unsophisticated market provide discipline?

Caprio, Gerard; Honohan, Patrick - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2004

The authors question the widespread belief that market discipline on banks cannot be effective in less developed financial environments. There is no systematic tendency for low-income countries to lack the prerequisites for market discipline. Offsetting factors to the weaker market and formal...

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Globalization and firms'financing choices - evidence from emerging economies

Schmukler, Sergio; Versperoni, Esteban - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2000

The authors investigate whether integration with global markets affects the financing choices of firms from East Asia and Latin America. Using firm-level data for the 1980s and 1990s, they study how leverage ratios, the structure of debt maturity, and sources of financing change when economies...

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