This paper studies whether capital controls affect the link between domestic and foreign stock market prices and interest rates. To examine the characteristics of international market integration and the effects of capital controls in the short- and long-run, we use band-pass filter techniques....

Using daily returns from 1988 to 1998, we investigate to what degree twelve equity markets in Asia are integrated with Japan's equity market and examine the factors that affect the level of economic integration. We find that the equity markets of Australia, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, New...

Russian Abstract: В статье изучены вопросы налоговой интеграции стран – членов Евразийского эконо-мического союза (ЕАЭС). Актуальность исследования обусловлена...

Russian Abstract: В статье рассмотрены вопросы налоговой интеграции стран – членов ЕАЭС, выражающейся в синхронности принятия правовых актов в области налогов и...

The Brexit issue has caused much concern regarding the future economic scenario of Europe in particular and the world in general. There are several reasons for Brexit. One of them is that the very nature of Monetary Unions is its rigidity. The 'one size fits all' yardstick won't apply to many...

The concept of political and economic integration has not progressed beyond the concept of a Nation-state. The primary reason is the trust deficit among citizens in a supra-national entity. We can use Blockchain systems-which are trustless networks-to resolve this issue. We can float a Regional...

The euro crisis is not due to excessive sovereign debt. It is rather due to the European leadership that is loath to recognize the euro's flawed architecture and take the steps in the direction of a federal European state, which are needed to complete its unfinished construction. It is...

This policy paper complements an academic paper which has been published as a working paper in the Charles University (Prague) Institute of Economics Working Paper Series (“Is Panama really your tax haven? Secrecy jurisdictions and the countries they harm”). This policy paper uses the...

Multiple shocks have led regulators and policy makers to put increasing faith in the diagnostic and prophylactic powers of international financial standards, but the nature, appropriateness and normative force of such standards varies. As a standard setter, the International Organization of...

As a response to multiple financial shocks, international standards have disappointed. Consensus-seeking has stifled innovation, perpetuating outdated regulatory concepts at a time of rapid market change. Different forces are at work now. Markets are complex and idiosyncratic; they may not be...