In this paper we study systemic risk for North America and Europe. We show that banks' exposures to common risk factors are crucial for systemic risk. We come to this conclusion by first showing that relations between North American and European banks are smaller than within each region. We then...

This paper evaluates the impact of Brexit-related uncertainty on the economies of the UK, EU, and the US. We propose a measure of Brexit uncertainty that has not been employed before in the literature. We first construct a binary variable by listing and selecting Brexit-related events according...

This paper focuses on the empirics and strategies of anti-dumping investigations by national authorities. It will examine the United States of America (US), India, China, and Canada and their increasing reliance on this controversial policy instrument, as governments are faced with new global...

This paper examines whether multinational banks have a stabilising or a destabilising role during times of financial distress. With a focus on Europe, it looks at how these banks' foreign affiliates have been faring during the recent financial crisis. It finds that retail and corporate lending...

Relations between China and the USA began with the best of intentions: the USA would sponsor the normalization of China's status in the international community through trade in exchange for China's commitment to peaceful co-existence with the west. As an emerging economy, China has relied upon...

Based on a novel dataset of venture capital (VC) funds and startups in China, we study the role of government-funded VCs (GVCs) in supporting entrepreneurship during the U.S.-China trade war. Employing a difference-in-differences strategy, While the trade war resulted in a substantial reduction...

We study the role of bilateral political relations in explaining variations in the equity portfolio allocation of foreign institutional investors. Using a large micro sample at the fund-firm-year level, we find that when the relations between two countries become more distant, institutional...