This paper examines financial linkages among Asia-Pacific stock markets and those between these markets and other global markets. By studying the mean and tail dependences of the 37 stock market indices, we find that while Asia-Pacific stock markets is mainly driven by shocks within the...

The study conducts an empirical test on dollar-denominated sovereign credit spreads in emerging markets, including Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, the Philippines, the Russian Federation, and Turkey to examine their relationship with each country's exchange rate and the United States (US) Treasury...