In this paper, we examine how emerging market economies have gained the ability to borrow abroad in local currency, as opposed to the 'original sin' hypothesis. We empirically analyze various economic variables in relation to the association with local currency debt and identify three crucial...

Korean Abstract: 본 연구는 국제경제학계에서 정설로 받아들여지고 있는 ’원죄 가설’과 달리 최근 신흥시장국이 자국 통화로 해외에서 자본을 조달할 수 있게 된( ‘원죄 소멸’ ) 원인을 분석하였다. 이를 위해 신흥국 통화...

In this paper, we examine how, contrary to the 'original sin' hypothesis, emerging market economies have gained the ability to borrow abroad in their local currency. We empirically analyze the relationship of various economic variables with local currency debt and identify three crucial...

In this paper, I study channels through which risk-appetite shocks to global investors, i.e., global financial shocks, are transmitted to emerging market economies(EMEs). I focus on how transmission channels have changed as EMEs have become able to borrow abroad in the form of equity and local...

In this dissertation, I study the changes in external liabilities and assets of emerging market economies since the early-2000s and the following implications of the changes for the financial stability and the optimal policies of the economies. In chapter 1, I construct a dataset, which measures...

This paper reviews the patterns of sectoral debts and growth and the mechanisms explaining the adverse effects of debt burdens on growth rates. The empirical analysis covers a sample of 55 emerging and frontier market economies. Future economic growth is more sensitive to rising household debt...

We explore the role of sectoral debt dynamics in shaping business cycles in a sample of 52 Emerging Market Economies (EMEs) and Frontier Market Economies (FMEs) from 2005 to 2021. Higher household debt levels and growth are associated with significantly slower GDP growth in more developed EMEs...