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Stock market contagion in the early stages of the global financial crisis: the experience of the GCC countries
Moosa, Imad - 2010
This study examines stock market contagion from the United States to the markets of the GCC countries during the period 2007-08. These countries (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates) were also experiencing accelerating debt levels, overheated real estate...
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Market microstructure factors in the determination of oil prices
González Pedraz, Carlos; González Pérez, María Teresa
negative for the first time in history. Other crude prices also posted very low values and their volatility soared, far more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012524978
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Exchange Rate Volatility and Regime Change:Visegrad Comparison
Kocenda, Evžen; Valachy, Juraj - 2006
We analyze exchange rate volatility in the Visegrad Four countries in the course of their abandoning tight regimes for … generalized error distribution. The overall findings are that volatility path dependence has a limited effect on exchange rate … developments and introduction of floating regimes tends to increase exchange rate volatility. During the period of flexible regimes …
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Workshop "The Impact of the Crisis on SMEs", Brussels, 1 February 2010
Saraiva, António; Braunerhjelm, Pontus; Nowak, Maria - 2010
A workshop on the "The Impact of the Crisis on SMEs" was held in the European Parliament in Brussels on 1 February 2010. This document contains the programme, presentations and proceedings of that workshop.
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Managing household debts : social service provision in the EU ; Workshop report - Brussels, 25 June 2010
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and … - 2010
Overall, household debt levels have risen sharply over the past decades in EU Member States. While certain levels of household debts can be beneficial, they can become problematic especially with a sudden, unexpected decrease of incomes or increase of expenditures. The current financial crisis...
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Off-balance sheet activity, market-determined and accounting-determined stock prices of commercial banks
Hassan, M. Kabir; Sackley, William H. - 1991
The rapid growth of OBSA in recent years has concerned bank regulators that such OBSA are risk-increasing and should be brought under control throughadditional capital requirements. Previous empirical literature tested the riskiness of certain OBSA by employing systematic or total risk as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468595
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How Did the Extension of the U.S. Dividend Tax Cuts in 2010 Affect Stock Prices?
Lim, Gayle - 2011
The efficacy of the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts was a major topic of discussion in the 2010 midterm elections. I investigate the effect of the possible expiration and eventual extension of the dividend tax cut on US stock market performance in 2010 based on the methodology used by Amronin,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468743
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Relationship between Fortune 500 companies with regulatory violations and/or criminal offenses and resulting stock values.
Bhagwat, Tanya A. - 2009
The purpose of this study was to determine whether publicly disclosed violations by U.S corporations, resulting in convictions or settlements, erode shareholder investment in the offending organizations. This study was designed to assess whether or not the shareholders' reactions to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475035
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A study of stock price reactions to the decisions of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) on changes in the federal funds rate.
Bushnell, Wesley - 2002
This paper analyzes stock index reactions to interest rate actions by the FOMC. Unlike previous analyses this study utilizes macro-economic indicators and accounts for pre-decision market expectations. Results indicate significant reaction of the stock market to the actions of the FOMC...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475045
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Off-balance sheet activity, market-determined and accounting-determined stock prices of commercial banks
Hassan, M. Kabir; Sackley, William H. - 1991
The rapid growth of OBSA in recent years has concerned bank regulators that such OBSA are risk-increasing and should be brought under control throughadditional capital requirements. Previous empirical literature tested the riskiness of certain OBSA by employing systematic or total risk as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009451089