Following the 2008 global financial crisis, Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) gained visibility. Despite the regulation demands by host states, this new sovereign role in international markets can work as an important tool for developing countries. By cushioning imbalance periods and insulating from...

The study investigated the impact of sovereign credit ratings on foreign portfolio investment (FPI) flows to emerging markets through panel data for seven markets (Argentina, Brazil, Egypt, India, Nigeria, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates) during the period from 2015 to 2019 on a...

We explore the effect of foreign direct investment on economic growth in developing countries, distinguishing between mergers and acquisitions ("M&As") and "greenfield" investment. A simple model captures the key difference between the two types of FDI: unlike greenfield investment, M&As partly...

In the first era of financial globalization (1880-1914), global capital market integration led to substantial net capital movements from rich to poor economies. The historical experience stands in contrast to the contemporary globalization where gross capital mobility is equally high, but did...

The paper aims to investigate the economic relationship between inflation and domestic debt. In countries that experience high inflation, the inflationary process fed on increasing costs of domestic debt. As a result, the increasing debt to GDP ratios led these countries to borrow at higher...

The aim of this paper is to evaluate the economic consequences on the countries that on one hand protect themselves from future financial crises by accumulating international reserves (IR) while on the other hand expose themselves to severe financial crisis due to their excessive internal and/or...