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Pricing of Sovereign Credit Risk; Evidence From Advanced Economies During the Financial Crisis
Alper, C. Emre; Forni, Lorenzo; Gerard, Marc - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
We investigate the pricing of sovereign credit risk over the period 2008-2010 for selected advanced economies by examining two widely-used indicators: sovereign credit default swap (CDS) and relative asset swap (RAS) spreads. Cointegration analysis suggests the existence of an imperfect market...
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When in Peril, Retrench; Testing the Portfolio Channel of Contagion
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004
One plausible mechanism through which financial market shocks may propagate across countries is through the effect of past gains and losses on investors' risk aversion. We first present a simple model on how heterogeneous changes in investors' risk aversion affect portfolio decisions and stock...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263916
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Timing of International Bailouts
Kim, Se-Jik - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
This paper proposes that international rescue financing should not be provided to a country where a crisis first occurs, but rather to any country that suffers a subsequent crisis. Such a timing-based lending facility can be Pareto-superior to both laissez-faire and existing international crisis...
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The Financial Crisis in Japan – Are There Similarities to the Current Situation?
Mayr, Johannes - In: CESifo Forum 9 (2008) 4, pp. 64-68
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Household consumption smoothing through equity investment in the USA and Japan: an empirical examination of the consumption-capital asset pricing model (C-CAPM)
Setiawan, Kusdhianto - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 7 (2014) 1, pp. 72-103
:12-2010:7 period for the USA and Japan. In contrast with previous empirical research, the findings show that the C-CAPM fits well for … both countries yet for different time periods (1987:12-1996:11 and 1987:12-2001:1 for the USA and Japan respectively …). However, during the sample period, the gamma coefficient estimated for the USA was high (above eight) compared with that for …
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Modelling volatility during the current financial crisis: an empirical analysis of the US and the UK stock markets
Tampakoudis, Ioannis A.; Subeniotis, Demetres N.; … - In: International Journal of Trade and Global Markets 5 (2012) 3/4, pp. 171-194
The overarching aim of the present paper is to investigate the pattern of returns and volatility in the US and the UK stock markets prior and subsequent to the current financial crisis. For that reason, the family of GARCH models is utilised; specifically, GARCH, GARCH in Mean, threshold GARCH and...
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Gouvernement d’entreprise:un modèle de répartition de la valeur créée entre dirigeant et actionnaire
Louvet, Pascal; Taramasco, Ollivier - In: Revue Finance Contrôle Stratégie 7 (2004) 1, pp. 81-116
(VF)L’article présente un modèle décrivant le partage de la valeur créée entre le dirigeant et l’actionnaire. Le modèle montre que le limogeage représente une menace très dissuasive pour le dirigeant qui suffit le plus souvent à réfréner son appétit pour les prélèvements...
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Does Dividend Policy Have a Political Dimension? The British Case
Bank, Steven; Cheffins, Brian; Goergen, Marc - In: CESifo DICE Report 5 (2007) 1, pp. 33-37
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Gouvernance familiale et politique de distribution aux actionnaires
Charlier, Patrice; Duboys, Céline - In: Revue Finance Contrôle Stratégie 14 (2011) 1, pp. 5-31
(VF)L’objectif de cette étude est d’analyser la relation entre les politiques de distribution des entreprises familiales cotées et deux grands types de conflits d’agence dans les entreprises familiales, entre actionnaires et dirigeant (type I), et entre actionnaires majoritaires et...
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Upgrading and restructuring in the global apparel value chain: why China and Asia are outperforming Mexico and Central America
Frederick, Stacey; Gereffi, Gary - In: International Journal of Technological Learning, … 4 (2011) 1/2/3, pp. 67-95
This article uses the global value chain approach to analyse the upgrading trajectories of leading apparel exporters adapting to the end of textile and apparel quotas and the economic recession. These events have been coupled by the consolidation and reconfiguration of global supply chains....
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