This paper analyzes the long-run dynamic relationship between black and official exchange rates for four Latin America namely, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico over the period 1971-1993. We apply Johansen's (1992a, 1995, 1997) recent methodology to the joint hypothesis of cointegration rank...

This paper constitutes a different approach concerning the time varying risk premium for the stocks traded on the Athens Stock Exchange. The research methodology utilises two well known empirical findings; the time varying beta risk (eg. Merton (1973), Ng (1991), Fama, French (1988)), and the...

In this paper we develop a comprehensive Vector Autoregression Model consisting of five variables; the stock market and price indices of pairs of countries, as well as their bilateral nominal exchange rate. Then, we show that under certain long-run restrictions, our approach encompasses a large...

This study examines whether the lowering interest-rate environment in CEE countries since the early 2000’s increased bank risk-taking behaviour. We employ 6,979 annual observations from the Bankscope database over the period 1997-2011 and find a positive relationship between bank risk-taking,...

This paper presents and critically discusses the origins and causes of the Greek fiscal crisis and its implications for the euro currency as well as the SEE economies. In the aftermath of the 2007-2009 financial crisis the enormous increase in sovereign debt has emerged as an important negative...

We conduct an international analysis of the cross-sectional risk premiums of uncertainty risk factors in addition to traditional risk factors. We consider the stock markets in five regions separately. Internationally, uncertainty has negative risk premiums which is similar to previous findings...

The purpose of this paper is to gain better understanding of the black market premium - the percentage differential between the black market and the official exchange rate. Tests are used to examine whether the black market premium responds to variations in expectations about the official...