Bitcoin is a major virtual currency. Using weekly data over the 2010-2013 period, we analyze a Bitcoin investment from the standpoint of a U.S. investor with a diversified portfolio including both traditional assets (worldwide stocks, bonds, hard currencies) and alternative investments...

“La negociación en curso para suscribir un Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) entre Colombia y Estados Unidos incluye la estructuración de un capítulo sobre Servicios Financieros, que definirá las disciplinas que gobernarán el intercambio de esos servicios entre las partes. Con el objeto de...

Cet article fournit une évaluation empirique de la relation entre le développement financier et la croissance économique, en prenant en compte l’instabilité financière. L’analyse porte sur un échantillon de 71 pays et couvre la période 1960-2004. Les résultats obtenus à l'aide d'une...

El presente artículo examina las relaciones de causalidad entre el crédito privado, el crédito bancario y el producto interno bruto en 4 economías suramericanas: Argentina, Brasil, Colombia y Perú. Se emplea el test de descomposición de Geweke para estimar el grado de causalidad entre las...

This article explores the behavior of the stock market in Colombia with the information given by the Bolsa de Bogotá Index (Indice de la Bolsa de Bogotá, IBB). The index is analyzed from January, 1930 to December, 1998. The inflation rate covers the same period; the inflation rate as measured...

This article aims to investigate the implication of financial deepening dynamics for financial policy coordination in the WAEMU sub-region. For this purpose we adopted a hypothetical-deductive theoretical approach and an empirical investigation in bothstatic and dynamic panel data econometrics...

This paper qualitatively and quantitatively assesses the degree of resilience in the financial intermediary sector of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central African States (CEMAC) to macroeconomic shocks and discusses the relevant policy implications. Using GMM and a battery of...

This study develops proxies for each of Levine's (1997) five functions of the financial sector, and models the relationship between these functions and economic growth using methods that more accurately conform to theory, and which broaden our understanding of the mechanisms through which the...

This study examines the causal relationship between economic growth and financial development in Poland on the basis of quarterly data for the period 2000 Q1–2011 Q4. In order to examine the impact of the 2008 financial crisis on the structure of financial sector-GDP links in Poland we...

The economic literature suggests that the efficient allocation of resources by the financial system speeds up economic development and reduces poverty. However, there are economists who find financial development to be the result of economic growth. This study examines causal relationship...