This paper aims to identify the main determinants of sovereign bond spreads in seven Latin American countries and verify the existence of contagion effect over these markets during the last financial crisis. We apply a panel data framework and find that the inflation, terms of trade ratio and...

El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar la relación que existe entre el desarrollo del sistema financiero y el crecimiento en los países de Latinoamérica. En primer lugar, pudimos evidenciar la elevada correlación que existe entre los distintos indicadores del sistema financiero y el PIB. En...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to carry out a literature review to determine which variables have the greatest impact on the survival capacity of mutual funds, and if these variables also have an influence on the various ways in which mutual funds disappear. Design/methodology/approach The...

This paper analyses which variables influence the disappearance of mutual funds in the Spanish market and whether these variables vary depending on the investment objectives. The following variables are tested: age, size, investment flows, return, volatility, Sharpe ratio, Morningstar rating,...