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Can Miracles Lead to Crises? : The Role of Optimism in Emerging Markets Crises
Boz, Emine - 2007
Emerging market financial crises are abrupt and dramatic, usually occurring after a period of high output growth, massive capital flows, and a boom in asset markets. This paper develops an equilibrium asset-pricing model with informational frictions in which vulnerability and the crisis itself...
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Statements of ECB officials and their effect on the level and volatility of the Euro-Dollar exchange rate
Jansen, David-Jan; Haan, Jakob de - 2003
This paper studies the reaction of the mean and volatility of the euro-dollar exchange rate to statements of ECB … officials during the first years of EMU. We focus on statements on monetary policy and the (potential) strength of the euro. We …. In some cases there are effects of statements on the level of the euro-dollar rate. Efforts to talk up the euro have not …
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The Euro/Dollar exchange rate : chaotic or non-chaotic?
Federici, Daniela; Gandolfo, Giancarlo - 2011
econometrically estimated in continuous time with Euro/Dollar data and examined for the possible presence of chaotic motion. Our …
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Commodity price effects on currencies
Cheung, Yin-Wong; Wang, Wenhao - 2022
Using quarterly data on four commodity exporting countries, we study the explanatory power of real commodity prices for predicting real effective exchange rates, with special attention to the separate roles of different sectoral commodity prices during alternative time periods. We find that the...
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Fundamentally wrong : market pricing of sovereigns and the Greek financial crisis
Gibson, Heather D.; Hall, Stephen G.; Tavlas, George S. - In: Journal of macroeconomics 39 (2014) 2, pp. 405-419
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Equity Returns in the Banking Sector in the Wake of the Great Recession and the European Sovereign Debt Crisis
Chan-Lau, Jorge A. - 2012
This study finds that equity returns in the banking sector in the wake of the Great Recession and the European sovereign debt crisis have been driven mainly by weak growth prospects and heightened sovereign risk and to a lesser extent, by deteriorating funding conditions and investor sentiment....
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Euro Area Sovereign Risk During the Crisis
Zoli, Edda - 2009
While the use of public resources is critical to cushion the impact of the financial crisis on the euro-area economy … perspective, to what extent do movements in euro area sovereign spreads reflect country-specific solvency concerns? In line with … previous studies, the paper suggests that euro area sovereign risk premium differentials tend to comove over time and are …
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Speculator-triggered crisis and interventions
Yi, Ming - In: Journal of macroeconomics 52 (2017), pp. 135-146
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Original Sin, Balance Sheet Crises, and the Roles of International Lending
Zettelmeyer, Jeromin - 2002
We present a stylized framework which encompasses a variety of ""balance sheet approaches"" to currency crises that have been suggested in the literature, and analyze their policy implications. The common theme is that currency and maturity mismatches in private sector balance sheets constrain...
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The East Asian Crisis : Macroeconomic Developments and Policy Lessons
Kochhar, Kalpana - 1998
This paper reviews macroeconomic developments during the first year of the crisis in east Asia and draws some preliminary policy lessons. The crisis is rooted in the interaction of large capital inflows and weak private and public sector governance. At the same time, macroeconomic adjustment in...
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