To clarify the causal links between financial activity and economic growth, three theoretical models are analyzed and a structural equation path models is estimated. In the modeling part, poverty traps result from large fixed costs or high proportions of real investment to run a financial...

Several developing economies witnessed a large number of systemic financial and currency crises since the 1980s which resulted in severe economic, social, and political problems. The devastating impact of the 1982 and 1994-95 Mexican crises, the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis, the 1998 Russian...

This paper looks at the issue of reforming financial regulatory structures from the New Institutional Economics perspective. In particular, it examines how the broader institutional environment prevailing in developing countries like the Philippines may affect the institutional arrangements for...

While macroprudential policy has mostly focused on the role of banks, we argue that pension funds are also important for financial stability. Drawing on previous research on pension funds, we explain how their actions can have a vital impact on other financial institutions as well as on...

This paper examines the role of the financial sector in renewable energy (RE) development. Although RE can bring socio-economic and environ- mental benefits, its implementation faces a number of obstacles, especially in non-OECD countries. One of these obstacles is financing: underdevel- oped...

Aufgrund einer zunehmenden Elektrifizierung des Börsenhandels und der internationalen Vernetzung sehen sich die europäischen Börsen einem scharfen Wettbewerb ausgesetzt. Wie stellen oder entziehen sich die Börsen diesem Wettbewerb? Welche Auswirkungen sind auf die gesamtwirtschaftliche...

An der Londoner Wertpapierbörse wurden am 27. Oktober 1986 eine Reihe von Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen aufgehoben. Dies wird als "Big Bang" bezeichnet. Seither dürfen die Wertpapierhändler gleichzeitig als Vermittler für Anleger wie auch als Händler auf eigene Rechnung tätig werden. Die...