This paper studies the effect of implementing fiscal rules on sovereign default risk and on the probability of large capital ow reversals for a large sample of countries including both developed and emerging market economies. Results indicate that fiscal rules are beneficial for macroeconomic...

In this study I explore the role of corruption in the cross-market time-varying linkage between sovereign bonds of emerging markets and the US stock market. It shows that corruption plays a prominent role in the behaviour of comovement under different market conditions. The sensitivity of...