The past two years have seen the worst post-war global recession on record, coupled with a dramatic dislocation in financial markets that is unprecedented. While governments around the world have stepped in to shore up their banking sectors, and central banks have cut interest rates to record...

Over the past half century, private equity has grown from a tiny part of the financial sector into a powerful industry, often controlling global brands. As the industry has grown, so too has academic interest in the sector. However, the vast majority of empirical research has focused on the...

Data on cultural differences between countries based on the definitions developed by Geert Hofstede are now available for more than 80 countries. Data on six structural economic indicators published by the World Bank - ease of doing business, enforcement of contracts, control of corruption,...

The choice and structure of a country's exchange rate regime has wide implications for the effectiveness and flexibility of monetary policy tools, as well as for economic and financial stability. We examine 21 instances where exchange rate pegs have been abandoned in the past, to gauge the...