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The 2011 Japanese Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Crisis : Evidence of Contagion from International Financial Markets

Asongu, Simplice - 2015

Purpose – Natural disasters may inflict significant damage upon international financial markets. The purpose of this study is to investigate if any contagion effect occurred in the immediate aftermath of the Japanese earthquake, tsunami and subsequent nuclear crisis....

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Globalization, Financial Crisis and Contagion : Time-Dynamic Evidence from Financial Markets of Developing Countries

Asongu, Simplice - 2015

about the merits of financial globalization and its implications for growth especially in developing countries. This paper …

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International Financial Integration

Lane, Philip R.; Milesi-Ferretti, Gian Maria - 2005

In recent decades, foreign assets and liabilities in advanced countries have grown rapidly relative to GDP, with the increase in gross cross-holdings far exceeding the size of net positions. Moreover, the portfolio equity and FDI categories have grown in importance relative to international debt...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014073613

International Investment Patterns

Lane, Philip R.; Milesi-Ferretti, Gian Maria - 2005

We provide a systematic analysis of bilateral, source and host factors driving portfolio equity investment across countries, using newly-released data on international equity holdings at the end of 2001. We develop a model that links bilateral equity holdings to bilateral trade in goods and...

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The Cross-Country Incidence of the Global Crisis

Milesi-Ferretti, Gian Maria - 2011

We examine whether the cross-country incidence and severity of the 2008-2009 global recession is systematically related to pre-crisis macroeconomic and financial factors. We find that the pre-crisis level of development, increases in the ratio of private credit to GDP, current account deficits,...

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Cross-Border Investment in Small International Financial Centers

Milesi-Ferretti, Gian Maria - 2010

This note documents and assesses the role of small financial centers in the international financial system using a newly-assembled dataset. It presents estimates of the foreign asset and liability positions for a number of the most important small financial centers, and places these into context...

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International Financial Integration

Lane, Philip R.; Milesi-Ferretti, Gian Maria - 2021

In recent decades, the foreign assets and liabilities of advanced economies have grown rapidly relative to GDP, with the increase in gross cross-holdings far exceeding changes in the size of net positions. Moreover, the portfolio equity and FDI categories have grown in importance relative to...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318016

Long-term capital movements

Lane, Philip R. - 2001

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International investment patterns

Lane, Philip R. - 2004

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013424451

An empirical analysis of human trafficking in an era of globalization

Malah, Yselle F.; Asongu, Simplice - 2021

The paper explores the dark side of economic openness by examining empirically the nexus between the globalization … and exploitation of human beings. After discussing some transmission channels through which globalization could increase … specificities and controlling for social, cultural and historical factors, suggest that globalization, particularly financial and …

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