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Currency Crisis and Contagion; Evidence From Exchange Rates and Sectoral Stock Indices of the Philippines and Thailand
Nagayasu, Jun - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
This paper analyzes empirically the recent Asian financial crisis using high frequency data of exchange rates and stock indices of the Philippines and Thailand. Utilizing standard time-series techniques, this study confirms that there is evidence that developments in some sectoral...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263754
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Short-Term Wholesale Funding and Systemic Risk; A Global Covar Approach
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
In this paper we identify some of the main factors behind systemic risk in a set of international large-scale complex banks using the novel CoVaR approach. We find that short-term wholesale funding is a key determinant in triggering systemic risk episodes. In contrast, we find no evidence that a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009654153
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Risk Sharing and Financial Contagion in Asia; An Asset Price Perspective
Rungcharoenkitkul, Phurichai - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
This paper assesses financial integration in Asia in terms of risk-sharing benefit versus financial-contagion cost. We construct a new measure of risk sharing based on a term structure model, which allows identification of realized stochastic discount factors. Risk sharing is low in Asia, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009369441
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Unanticipated Shocks and Systemic Influences; The Impact of Contagion in Global Equity Markets in 1998
González-Hermosillo, Brenda; Martin, Vance; Fry, Renee; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
August to September 1998 has been characterized as one of the worst episodes of global financial distress in decades. This paper investigates the transmission of the Russian and the LTCM crises through global equity markets using a panel of 14 developing and industrial countries. The results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769188
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How Much Leverage is too Much, or Does Corporate Risk Determine the Severity of a Recession?
Ivaschenko, Iryna V. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
Economic theory suggests that vulnerable financial conditions of the corporate sector can trigger or worsen an economy-wide recession. This paper proposes a measure of corporate vulnerability, the Corporate Vulnerability Index (CVI) and analyses whether it can explain the probability and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599303
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Time-varying betas in Central and Eastern European markets: a bivariate BEKK GARCH approach
Anton, Sorin Gabriel; Ochem, Marie - In: International Journal of Economic Policy in Emerging … 6 (2013) 2, pp. 107-121
In this paper, we analyse country risk of eight Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries by calculating time-varying betas. We have used daily closing prices of indices from 3 June 2002 through 2 December 2011, resulting in 2021 observations. The time-varying betas where calculated by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010685427
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Is the global leadership of the US financial market over other financial markets shaken by 2007-2009 financial crisis? Evidence from Wavelet Analysis
Saiti, Buerhan; Bacha, Obiyathulla; Masih, Mansur - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
The issue of market linkages (and price discovery) between stock indices and the lead-lag relationship are topics of interest to financial economists, financial managers and analysts. The lead-lag relationship analysis should take into account both the short and long-run investor. From a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112304
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Was kostet die Krise? Mittelfristige Wachstumsperspektiven in Deutschland, 2010 - 2014
Buchen, Teresa; Carstensen, Kai; Henzel, Steffen; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
2009 ist eine Diskussion darüber entbrannt, inwieweit die derzeitige Finanzkrise Einfluss auf die mittelfristigen … Zeitreihenmodellen abgeschätzt. Die Ergebnisse deuten darauf hin, dass das Niveau des Produktionspotenzials aufgrund der Finanzkrise … durch eine Stagnation des technischen Fortschritts verursacht wird. Die Auswirkungen der Finanzkrise auf die mittelfristige …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008472806
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Makroökonomische Rahmenbedingungen und die Einkommensverteilung: Welchen Einfluss hat die Finanzkrise?
Berthold, Norbert; Brunner, Alexander; Zenzen, Jupp - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Bayerische … - 2010
Finanzkrise auf die Ungleichheit. Unter der Annahme, dass sich diese als (negativer) exogener Wachstumsschock manifestiert, ist zu … erwarten, dass die Finanzkrise eine dämpfende Wirkung auf die Einkommensungleichheit in Deutschland haben wird. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008531793
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Task Force: Chinas Rolle in den internationalen Beziehungen; globale Herausforderungen und die chinesische Außenpolitik
Heberer, Thomas; Senz, Anja-Désirée - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität … - 2010
Chinas Außenpolitik und internationale Beziehungen haben sich seit den 1980er Jahren stark verändert. Eine Vielzahl unterschiedlicher Akteure nimmt inzwischen Einfluss auf die Gestaltung der chinesischen Außenbeziehungen. Außerdem ist parallel zur erfolgreichen ökonomischen Entwicklung auch...
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