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Hidden hostility: Donor attention and political violence
Anderson, Siwan; Francois, Patrick; Rohner, Dominic; … - 2022
surmises that oppositions will reduce agitations when shocks are anticipated (elections). In contrast, when unanticipated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014322628
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Hidden hostility : donor attention and political violence
Anderson, Siwan; Francois, Patrick; Rohner, Dominic; … - 2022
surmises that oppositions will reduce agitations when shocks are anticipated (elections). In contrast, when unanticipated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013461857
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CDS Pricing and Elections in Emerging Markets
Balding, Christopher - In: Journal of Emerging Market Finance 10 (2011) 2, pp. 121-173
To study the role of elections in financial market instability, we focus on the role of credit risk pricing during … elections from 2004 to 2007 in 13 emerging market economies. We use a unique dataset of daily credit default swap (CDS) pricing …, with standard macroeconomic controls, to study the role of elections in prompting financial market instability and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772762
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Contagion and Spillovers: New Insights from the Crisis
Backé, Peter; Feldkircher, Martin; Nieto-Parra, Sebastián - SUERF - The European Money and Finance Forum
On February 12, 2010, SUERF, the Oesterreichische Nationalbank and the Bankwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft continued their established tradition of jointly organised conferences. As evidenced also by the 115 conference participants, this year's subject of "Contagion and Spillovers – New...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008838228
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The effects of surprise political events on quoted firms: The March 2004 election in Spain
Castells, Pau; Trillas, Francesc - In: SERIEs - Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 4 (2013) 1, pp. 83-112
In the last days of the electoral campaign for the 2004 general election in Spain, on Thursday March 11th 2004, a series of simultaneous terror attacks caused the death of 191 persons in commuting trains in the capital Madrid. Four days later, the opposition party won the election, against all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010317066
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Contagion and Spillovers: New Insights from the Crisis
Backé, Peter; Feldkircher, Martin; Gnan, Ernest; … - 2010
On February 12, 2010, SUERF, the Oesterreichische Nationalbank and the Bankwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft continued their established tradition of jointly organised conferences. As evidenced also by the 115 conference participants, this year's subject of "Contagion and Spillovers – New...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011689946
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Political parties and the economy: Macro convergence, micro partisanship?
Castells, Pau; Trillas, Francesc - Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB), Facultat … - 2008
In the last days of the electoral campaign for the 2004 general election in Spain, on Thursday March 11th 2004, a series of simultaneous terror attacks caused the death of 191 persons in commuting trains in the capital Madrid. Four days later, the opposition party won the election, against all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004961449
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DEMOCRACY’S SPREAD: Elections and Sovereign Debt in Developing Countries
Block, Steven A.; Schrage, Burkhard N.; Vaaler, Paul M. - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2003
We use partisan and opportunistic political business cycle (“PBC”) considerations to develop and test a framework for explaining election-period changes in credit spreads for developing country sovereign bonds. Pre-election bond spread trends are significantly linked both to the partisan...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005784660
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Democratization’s Risk Premium: Partisan and Opportunistic Political Business Cycle Effects on Sovereign Ratings in Developing Countries
Block, Steven; Schrage, Burkhard N.; Vaaler, Paul M. - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2003
elections from 1987-2000. We find that ratings are linked to the partisan orientation of incumbents facing election and to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005784745
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Contagion and spillovers : new insights from the crisis : a joint publication with the Austrian Society for Bank Research
Backé, Peter (ed.); Gnan, Ernest (ed.);  … - Contagion and Spillovers – New Insights from the …; … - 2010
On February 12, 2010, SUERF, the Oesterreichische Nationalbank and the Bankwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft continued their established tradition of jointly organised conferences. As evidenced also by the 115 conference participants, this year's subject of "Contagion and Spillovers – New...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011706561