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Co‐movement of Bangladesh stock market with other markets
Al Asad Bin Hoque, Hafiz - In: Managerial Finance 33 (2007) 10, pp. 810-820
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore dynamics of stock price movements of an emerging market, Bangladesh … common stochastic trend. Impulse response analysis shows that shocks to the US market do have an impact on the Bangladesh … market. The evidence of Bangladesh stock market responding to shocks in the Indian market is weak. Shocks to the Japanese …
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Capital Markets and Financial Intermediation in The Baltics
Sheridan, Niamh; Schipke, Alfred; George, Susan Mary; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
In just over a decade after independence, the three Baltic countries, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, have transformed themselves into fully functioning, small open-market economies that will be joining the European Union. Capital Markets and Financial Intermediation in The Baltics analyzes the...
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Malaysian Capital Controls; Macroeconomics and Institutions
Tamirisa, Natalia T.; Johnson, Simon; Kochhar, Kalpana; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
We analyze the capital controls imposed in Malaysia in September 1998. In macroeconomic terms, these controls neither yielded major benefits nor were costly. At the same time, the stock market interpreted the capital controls (and associated events) as favoring firms with stronger political...
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The Determinants of Stock Market Development in Emerging Economies; Is South Africa Different?
Yartey, Charles Amo - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
This paper examines the institutional and macroeconomic determinants of stock market development using a panel data of 42 emerging economies for the period 1990 to 2004. The paper finds that macroeconomic factors such as income level, gross domestic investment, banking sector development,...
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Stock Market Development in Sub-Saharan Africa; Critical Issues and Challenges
Adjasi, Charles Komla; Yartey, Charles Amo - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
This paper examines the economic importance of stock markets in Africa. It discusses policy options for promoting the development of the stock market in Africa. The results of the paper show that the stock markets have contributed to the financing of the growth of large corporations in certain...
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The Capital Markets of Emerging Europe; Institutions, Instruments and Investors
Ong, Li L.; Iorgova, Silvia - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
Emerging European countries have made large strides in developing their local capital markets since the early-1990s. However, the rate of development has been widely disparate across countries and market segments, underpinned by the varying degrees of progress made in key areas such as...
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Capital Market Integration; Progress Ahead of the East African Community Monetary Union
Yabara, Masafumi - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
Capital markets in the East African Community (EAC) face common challenges of low capitalization and liquidity, but to different degrees. EAC member countries have made noticeable progress in developing domestic capital markets through a regional approach, removing constraints on capital...
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Environmental news and stock markets: the need for further evidence in developing countries
Grand, Mariana Conte; D'Elia, Vanesa - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 15 (2012) 4, pp. 374-398
Firms' environmental behaviour depends mostly on how their revenues and costs are affected by consumers and investors' valuation of their specific sector and, at the same time, by the established regulatory framework and its enforcement. There is an empirical literature, which supports the...
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From Crisis to Recovery in Korea; Strategy, Achievements, and Lessons
Kang, Kenneth; Liang, Hong; Ma, Henry; Richards, Anthony J. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
This paper reviews and draws lessons from the stabilization and reform program that Korea implemented in response to the 1997-98 crisis. The economy recovered quickly from the deep recession in 1998 and its vulnerability to a balance of payments crisis has been reduced sharply. Significant...
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Short-Run Pain, Long-Run Gain; The Effects of Financial Liberalization
Schmukler, Sergio L.; Kaminsky, Graciela Laura - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
We examine the short- and long-run effects of financial liberalization on capital markets. To do so, we construct a new comprehensive chronology of financial liberalization in 28 mature and emerging market economies since 1973. We also construct an algorithm to identify booms and busts in stock...
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