This paper explores how much of the movements in the sovereign spreads of Asian economies over the course of the global financial crisis has reflected shifts in (i) global risk aversion; (ii) country-specific risks, directly from worsening fundamentals, and indirectly from spillovers originating...

The resumption of capital flows to emerging market economies since mid 2009 has posed two sets of interrelated challenges for policymakers: (i) to prevent capital flows from exacerbating overheating pressures and consequent inflation, and (ii) to minimize the risk that prolonged periods of easy...

This study investigates whether the response of Turkey to the common shocks during financial crises has changed or not (i.e. tests for shift-contagion) relative to a wide group of other emerging countries for the period 2002:01-2011:10. The shift contagion tests indicate that the adverse effects...