Zentrales Merkmal des weißrussischen Wirtschaftsprozesses war im Jahr 1995 die zunehmende Anbindung an die russische Wirtschaft. Dazu hat nicht nur die Umsetzung der Vereinbarungen zur Zollunion beigetragen, sondern auch der russische Forderungsverzicht in Höhe von über 1 Mrd. US-Dollar. Die...

The paper studies the link between the integration of European financial markets and corporate governance in Europe. The focus of the paper is on how integration affects the interplay of ownership structures, capital structures, and monitoring, all of which can be used to govern agency problems...

Zur russischen Finanz- und Währungskrise haben zwar weltwirtschaftliche Umstände wie der Verfall der Preise für Energieträger und die Asienkrise beigetragen. Zu einem großen Teil wurde sie jedoch von wirtschaftspolitischen Fehlern der Regierung verursacht. Im Gefolge der Krise hat der...

After years of high growth, low unemployment and low inflation, the Czech economy has suffered a sudden setback. Speculative attacks on the currency have forced the Central Bank to abandon its fixed exchange rate. The government has now announced austerity measures to reduce the massive current...

The integration of the central and eastern European countries into the international capital markets has been and will be determined by the process of European Union (EU) integration. Our analysis shows that southern and eastern European countries already appear to be surprisingly similar...

This paper surveys the theoretical and empirical evidence on capital account convertibility and assesses its relevance for the reform states of Central and Eastern Europe. Its major findings are that domestic investment conditions matter and that domestic policies can reduce the risk of an...

Banking and balance of payments crises often happen quite simultaneously. We show that the impact of an expected devaluation on the net worth of commercial banks with a short open foreign exchange position speeds up the timing of a balance of payments crisis. We employ an asymmetric information...