The yield curve should reflect the time value of the money to maintain the maturity transformation of the banking system. A tightened gap between the 3 month and 10 year yields on the bond market indicates liquidity shortage. This paper analyzes such liquidity shortages at the Euro area as well...

The 'irrational exuberance' in the financial markets has been blamed for the recent subprime crisis and the consequent collapse of the global economy in 2008. This study argues that the relationship between measures of stock market 'macro deepness' and 'macro liquidity' can indicate development...

Using the longest data set on foreign exchange (FX) order flow to date, along with the broadest coverage of currencies to date, we examine the effect of FX order flow on exchange rates across small and large currencies, currencies with floating or fixed regimes, and across both tranquil and...

In this article, I review the role of the IMF in the global crisis and argue that the Fund has emerged as a powerful institutional force, providing analysis and recommendations that have served as the basis of official action on several fronts. By contrast, the Fund was barking up the wrong tree...

This paper proposes a framework for modelling financial contagion that is based on SIR (Susceptible-Infected-Recovered) transmission models from epidemic theory. This class of models addresses two important features of contagion modelling, which are a common shortcoming of most existing...

Foreign portfolio investment is a major means by which emerging stock markets accumulate capital. However, the high mobility of foreign funds is a concern for local investors and policymakers in emerging countries because it may induce high stock price volatility. In this study, we utilized a...

Monetary authorities in Indonesia, as well as some academicians believe the absence of a long run relation between the Indonesian stock market and developed markets prevents this emerging market from being deeply affected by the US downturn. Nevertheless, this hypothesis may not apply to the...

The purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of the level of corporate transparency on a market-based measure of shareholder value creation (Fernandez, 2002) during periods of financial crisis. Our sample consists of Spain's IBEX35 stock index constituents during the ten year period of...

The existing international financial regulatory architecture is multifarious. Prevalent regulatory forums are numerous, with over-lapping spheres of activity, where all such forums share a lack of consolidated authority. Bodies like the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS), Group of 20,...

Will the world run out of 'safe assets' and what would be the consequences on global financial stability? We argue that in a world with competing private stores of value, the global economic system tends to favor the riskiest ones. Privately produced stores of value cannot provide sufficient...