This doctoral thesis studies the spatial market efficiency of wheat markets in selected post-Soviet countries; particularly in Russia, the largest wheat exporting country in the world, and in the grain import-dependent countries of Central Asia and the South Caucasus. Increased grain production...

In den vergangenen Jahren haben sich Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) weltweit zu einem beliebten Anlageinstrument auf dem Kapitalmarkt entwickelt.1 Das weltweit in ETFs gebundene Vermögen betrug Ende des Jahres 2016 ca. 3.150,0 Milliarden US-Dollar und verteilte sich auf ca. 4.200 Fonds. In Europa...

This Study is based on the 8th SUERF Lecture given by Alexandre Lamfalussy. Professor Lamfalussy has a long association with SUERF since its creation in 1963. In July 2000 the ECOFIN established the Committee of Wise Men on the Regulation of European Securities Markets under the chairmanship of...

While there is a broad consensus in the literature that stock ownership is associated with individual characteristics, such as wealth, income, risk preferences, and financial literacy, less is known about the dynamics of stock market participation (SMP). Major fluctuations in SMP are oftentimes...

Much effort has been devoted by both academics and practitioners to understanding which factors drive share prices. Nevertheless, there are still sharp moves in stock markets that are difficult to explain. Obviously, factors that are hard or impossible to measure and subject to interpretation,...

A bursting asset bubble inevitably requires central bank action, usually when it is already too late and with adverse spillover effects. In this sense, the Federal Reserve and other central banks already target asset prices; yet, by taking aim at them only on the way down - as in the current...

In an asset and debt deflation, the process of reducing debt by saving and curtailing spending takes a long time, say authors Philip Arestis and Elias Karakitsos. Current imbalances and poor prospects for spending in the private sector affect the balance sheets of the commercial banks. The...