REVISITING CALENDAR ANOMALIES IN BRICS COUNTRIES

Revisiting Cross-Country Correlation Anomalies

A productivity shock leads to a large international transfer of capital in the typical two-country real business cycle model. Most recent models that attempt to reduce or remove this transfer produce unrealistically low investment volatility. We show that adding learning-by-doing to the technological environment of a relatively standard international business cycle model can ameliorate this pro...

The BRICS countries: a new force in global health?

Stock Return Volatility Effect: Study of BRICS Countries

The present study examines the stock return volatility relationship of emerging economies from 2007 to 2013 which also includes the financial crisis of 2008 and its impact on emerging economies of the world. For the methodology, GARCH model is used to examine the impact of news coming from US which is affecting the returns of global index S&P 500 as well as the returns generated by the indices ...

Tracking the flow of health aid from BRICS countries.

BRICS countries and the global movement for universal health coverage.

This article explores BRICS' engagement in the global movement for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and the implications for global health governance. It is based on primary data collected from 43 key informant interviews, complemented by a review of BRICS' global commitments supporting UHC. Interviews were conducted using a semi-structured questionnaire that included both closed- and open-ended...