La evolución de los ratings soberanos es profundamente asimétrica, ya que las fases de bajadas de la calificación crediticia suelen ser más bruscas y de mayor intensidad que las de subidas. Dicho de otro modo, una vez que un país pierde su calificación inicial, transcurre un período...

The banking and currency crises of the last two decades inflictedsubstantial financial, economic, and social damage on thecountries in which they originated. In this work, the efficiencyof early warning indicators for these disastrous economic eventsis evaluated. An analysis of the traditional...

Die lateinamerikanischen Währungskrisen lenkten erst kürzlich wieder das Augenmerk auf die Gefahren wechselkursbasierter Stabilisierungen (WKBS). Dies sind Inflationsstabilisierungsprogramme, die den nominalen Wechselkurs als vorrangiges geldpolitisches Instrument einsetzen. Die vorliegende...

Indian firms lead the pack of emerging market investors in Germany, with about 188 subsidiaries providing employment to close to 23,500 people. This article provides an update on trends in Indian investment in Germany and examines the performance of Indian subsidiaries.

This event study investigates the impact of sovereign credit ratings action onthe foreign exchange rate in South Africa. The study uses the mean adjustedreturn model to establish the impact sovereign credit rating announcements bythree rating agencies on the South African Rand against the...

The current discussion of Inflation Targeting (IT) in emerging economies deals with the effects that nominal exchange rate movements have on the overall inflation rate. The literature has focused in the analysis of the advantages and disadvantages that IT has with respect to other monetary...