"More than a decade after the 2008 financial crisis, African Americans and other individuals are still struggling to hold on to their homes. In this book, we examine the inequitable treatment of African Americans under the United States' current financial system. From 2008 to the third quarter...

The author theoretically and empirically explores the ethnic identity of descendants of the Indian traveler/Gipsies/Sinti in Slovenia who still represent a "tabula rasa" for the researchers. The author investigates the extent to which the Sinti ethnic particular identities sacralize the Sinti...

We present evidence on the changing dynamics of the yield curve from 1998 to 2011. We identify four different phases. As expected, the financial crisis represents a period of elevated yield volatility, but it can be split into two distinct periods. The split occurs when the Federal Reserve...

In the paper we test for the different reactions of stock markets to the current financial crisis. We focus on Central European stock markets, namely the Czech, Polish and Hungarian ones, and compare them to the German and U.S. benchmark stock markets. Using wavelet analysis, we decompose a time...

In the paper we research statistical properties of the Central European stock markets. We focus mainly on the tail behavior of the Czech, Polish, and Hungarian stock markets and compare them to the benchmark U.S. and German stock markets. We fit the data of the 4-year period from March 2005 to...

This paper provides an overview of the antecedents, main drivers and spillover mechanisms of the turbulence emanating from the US sub-prime credit market in the summer of 2007. Its primary goal is to discuss the facts and interrelationships featured in the various analyses and statistics in a...