This thesis focuses on three interlinked topics. Chapter 2 studies the determinants of sovereign CDS spreads in Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain during the recent global financial crisis and European debt crisis. Chapter 3 introduces a model on the interactions between monetary policy...

We show that the cross-autocorrelation also exists in the global CDS markets and develop an econometric model to capture the global correlation structure. We study implications on the credit risk transmission and contagion risk. We find four main results: (i) credit risk transmission is through...

Two of the most important areas of inquiry in contemporary international relations theory and policy involve globalization and the utility of non-military instruments of statecraft such as sanctions. Debates have centered around whether, how, and how much increased globalization has undermined...