The letter examines herding in the most liquid cryptocurrency markets relative to traditional financial markets of 10 emerging economies within the G20. Our results reference significant symmetric crowd and imitation trading, which are dependent on time. Additionally, we report asymmetric herd...

"This book focuses on the impact of monetary policy and food price volatility and inflation in emerging and developing economies. The tendency for food price volatility to blot inflation forecasting accuracy, engender tail dynamics in the overall inflation trajectory and derail economic welfare...

This study investigates how issues around insecurity and corruption may affect citizen/investor mood during political elections, the impact this may have on the chances of an incumbent (opposition) candidate getting re-elected (elected), and how markets perceive the actual election outcomes. To...