We apply a new approach to a new panel data set on bilateral gross cross-border equity flows between 14 countries, 1989-96. The model integrates elements of the finance literature on portfolio composition and the international macroeconomics and asset trade literature. Gross asset flows depend...

EMU is a completely new policy regime which has significant economic implications and which, it is hoped, will ultimately enhance the role of Europe on the world stage. EMU and Economic Policy in Europe takes stock of the initial experiences of EMU and assesses the challenges which will have to...

We examine the evolution of the Icelandic banking sector in its macroeconomic environment. The story culminates in the crisis of October 2008, when all three major banks in Iceland collapsed in three successive days. The country is still struggling to cope with the consequences. The paper...

We examine Iceland’s capital controls, which were imposed in October 2008 in order to prevent massive capital flight and a complete collapse of the exchange rate. The controls have not been lifted yet, primarily because of the risk of outflows of domestic holdings of the failed cross-border...

As a result of the recent financial crisis, there has been significant public debate on the role of the financial sector in bringing about the ¡°Great Depression.¡± More generally, there has been debate about whether the current industry structure has enhanced social welfare or served a...

AbstractThe Eurozone crisis of autumn 2011 is a sequel to the financial crisis of 2008–2009. It would have been much easier to contain and resolve had there been no global financial crisis, no deep recession in the advanced countries. It is therefore too facile, indeed wrong, to say that the...

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