We examine the composition and drivers of cross-border bank lending between 1995 and 2012, distinguishing between syndicated and non-syndicated loans. We show that on-balance sheet syndicated loan exposures, which account for almost one third of total cross-border loan exposures, increased...

In this article we investigate whether technical analysis tools are useful in periods of financial crisis. For the four major Latin American indices: —Bovespa (Brazil), IGBLV (Peru), IPC (Mexico) and IPSA (Chile)— we did not find evidence to support the use of Technical Analysis in periods...

The present crisis in the Euro is one of the most serious crises reported in history. The fact that different countries that adopted the Euro have different conditions to support asymmetric shocks in their economies could explain some of the consequences currently affecting the Eurozone. In this...

This paper investigates the relative role of price discovery between two long-term swap contracts that exchange between the U.S. dollar and the Japanese yen: cross-currency basis swap and FX (foreign exchange) swap. First, we show that these two swaps should be in a no-arbitrage relationship by...

This paper analyzes developments in the Japan premium in three markets - the dollar market, the yen market, and the dollar/yen swap market - in the autumn of both 1997 and 1998, when concern increased with respect to the creditworthiness of Japanese banks. Among the three Japan premiums, the...

This paper examines herding behavior in investors in world stock markets including developed stock markets (United States (US), United Kingdom (UK), Germany, France, Netherlands, Austria and Hong Kong) and emerging stock markets (Brazil, Malaysia, Mexico, Argentina and Turkey). Using the...

The aim of this paper is to investigate the impact of oil prices on Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE) using cointegration and causality analyses in two sub-samples: 1990:M1-2001:M2 and 2001:M3-2011:M12. Findings indicate that there is no long term and causal relationship in the first period while...

Bu çalışmada 1990 yılından itibaren kredi notu “yatırım yapılabilir” seviyeye yükseltilen ülkelerde finansal ve makroekonomik göstergelerin not artırımının öncesi ve sonrasındaki eğilimleri incelenmektedir. Analiz sonuçları, kredi notu yatırım yapılabilir seviyeye...

This is an analysis of the mutual funds in Turkey with respect to their risk-altering behavior. Using the monthly returns and volatilities of 133 funds from 2002 to 2007, we divide each year in two parts and check whether or not the funds’ performance in the first part affects the behavior of...

The extent of interaction between international capital flows and macro-financial stability is an important and unsettled topic of debate. We contribute to this discussion by providing empirical evidence on the relationship between capital flows and domestic credit growth using a large...