English Abstract: The long-horizon event study methodology is used to document the severe impact of the US subprime mortgage crisis on the Colombian economy. The estimated parameter of a constant mean return model is used to derive the “abnormal return” on the market portfolios of Colombia...

In recent years, Brazilian economic performance has been influenced by increasingly volatile financial flows and episodes of capital flight, which have occurred mainly due to external events, out of control or influence of the domestic monetary authorities. This paper aims to measure the...

L'article tire un bilan de la crise financière asiatique et analyse les diverses propositions faites depuis lors en vue d'en éviter la répétition. Il ressort que la globalisation financière a destabilisé les effets potentiellement favorables de l'ouverture au commerce international et à...

This paper analyzes the under-investigated relationship uniting financial development and income distribution. We use a novel approach taking into account for the first time the specific channels linking banks, capital markets and income inequality, the time-varying nature of the relationship,...

More than eleven years after the end of hyperinflation in Brazil, domestic bond markets have been unable to lengthen the average maturity of both public and private bonds. This paper shows that the lengthening is theoretically and practically (we analyzed the experiences of Israel, Mexico and...