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Since 2002, spreads on emerging market sovereign debt have fallen to historical lows. Given the close links between sovereign spreads, capital flows to emerging markets, and economic growth, understanding the factors driving these spreads is very important. We address this issue in two stages....
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This study examines the determinants of bond yield spreads for 22 emerging markets in the period 1998-2009. Several determinants are considered. In addition, I consider the connection between volatility and bond yield spreads. Volatility and central bank transparency are two factors common to...
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Using a multi-country regime-switching vector autoregressive (VAR) model we document the existence of two regimes in the volatility of interest rates at which emerging economies borrow from international financial markets, and study the statistical relationship of such regimes with episodes of...
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This paper analyzes the dynamics of risk premia, real exchange rates and portfolio movements in a two-country, two … it is subject to trend shocks and it is more risk averse. We find that the trend shocks produce strong wealth effects for …, our model can endogenously generate large portfolio holdings. And differences in the risk aversion across countries lead …
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This paper analyzes the dynamics of risk premia, real exchange rates and portfolio movements in a two-country, two … it is subject to trend shocks and it is more risk averse. We find that the trend shocks produce strong wealth effects for …, our model can endogenously generate large portfolio holdings. And differences in the risk aversion across countries lead …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013036543
I study the constrained efficient allocations of a simple model of risk sharing and capital flows across countries … assuming that each country cannot commit to fully repay its contract obligations. In the model, the degree of risk sharing and …
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baseline model with alternative domestic and foreign variables, such as global financial risk, and considering alternative …
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This paper assesses the financial channel of exchange rate fluctuations for emerging countries and the link to the conventional trade channel. We analyze whether the effective exchange rate affects GDP growth, the domestic credit and the global liquidity measure as the credit in foreign...
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This paper assesses the financial channel of exchange rate fluctuations for emerging countries and the link to the conventional trade channel. We analyze whether the effective exchange rate affects GDP growth, the domestic credit and the global liquidity measure as the credit in foreign...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012607883
We examine the Exchange Rate Volatility (ERV) response to the Economic Policy Uncertainty (EPU) shocks from a panel VAR perspective used for the first time in this context. Focusing on Emerging Market Economies (EME), our noteworthy findings postulate that (a) both home and foreign EPU shocks...
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