The credit view asserts that there is a positive relationship between credit availability and economic growth. This paper applies recent advances in time series analysis to investigate the role of credit availability on the Finnish economy in the 1980-1996 period. During this period the Finnish...

This study empirically examines how exchange rate shocks affect firms' competitiveness in the small, export-oriented country of Finland. Specifically, using Sweden as a benchmark and controlling for cross-country sector and industry effects, the Forex competition hypothesis is tested using the...

This study empirically examines how exchange rates affect firms' stock returns in small, export-oriented countries that compete closely with one another. Specifically, controlling for cross-country sector and industry effects between Finland and Sweden, we test the impact of exchange rate shocks...