This study analyzes the spillover effects of economic and political uncertainty from advanced, emerging and low-income economies on stock returns in Vietnam based on a firm-level approach. After controlling for firm-level and country-level factors and addressing potential endogeneity issues, we...

We analyze the use of derivatives in Italian equity mutual funds from December 2002 to May 2007. We find that the average asset allocation in derivatives increased considerably during this time frame, roughly coinciding with the harmonization of Italian regulation of mutual funds to European...

The study investigates what causes non-performing loans (NPLs) in developed and developing countries. To identify the relationship between bank-specific, macroeconomic determinants, and institutional environment non-performing loans on country-level panel data of Developing nations for the...

In diesem Beitrag wird mit dem Strukturwandel zugunsten des Dienstleistungssektors und der wachsenden Polarisierung der Einkommensverteilung die Interaktion zweier ökonomischer "Megatrends" betrachtet. Im Mittelpunkt stehen dabei die sozialen Konsequenzen der "Baumol'schen Kostenkrankheit", von...

We examine the stock price reaction of rival firms to privatization announcements to infer information about industry effects of privatization. We find that the rival firms reacted negatively to privatization announcements, thus suggesting that the announcement effects reflect competitive...