Written by Maurice Obstfeld and Alan Taylor, Global Capital Markets: Integration, Crisis, and Growth was a much-needed book that will be cited extensively by those with interests in the long run evolution of the world financial capital market. The book does not simply assess changes in the efficiency of global capital markets over the past 150 years, but rather adds significantly to debates abo...

How do financial frictions affect the optimal inflation rate? Can financial frictions alone annul the long-run super-neutrality of money? Should the inflation rate be higher in emerging market economies with less developed financial markets than in advanced economies, as is currently observed? To answer these questions we set up an incomplete markets model in which households choose portfolios ...

PurposeNowadays despite the increasing importance of intangible assets, especially intellectual capital in the companies; the majority of the traditional accounting systems are unable to calculate the intellectual capital properly. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between intellectual capital and financial performance. Design/methodology/approach – The empirical data wer...

As the global financial crisis has shown, reaping the benefits of financial development and international financial integration without incurring large risks remains a key challenge for many countries around the world. The financial system is inherently procyclical, that is, it tends to amplify the business cycle. Faced with a positive shock, financial institutions and markets can behave in the...

the purpose of this paper is to investigate the association between the intellectual capital of firms and their earnings quality. the research was conducted with 158 accepted companies and 948 firm-year observations from iran stock market. empirical studies were conducted based on hypothesis by value added intellectual coefficient as measures of intellectual capital and taking absolute value of...

The recent episodes of financial turmoil in Mexico, East Asia, Russia, Brazil, and Argentina are often dubbed financial crises. However, the severe downturns in equity markets, abrupt currency devaluations, and massive capital flight that characterize these events can still be deemed compatible with efficient and functioning financial markets. Thus, why is a financial crisis a “crisis?” To answ...

R ECENT studies (Borensztein and Ostry, 1996; Chow, 1993; and World Bank, 1997) document that the rapid growth in China since the early 1980s is accompanied by productivity increase in labour and capital. Evidence on the improvement in industrial productivity of state and collective sectors (Chen et al., 1988a and 1988b, Jefferson, 1989; and Jefferson, Rawski and Zheng, 1992 and 1994) was contr...

a r t i c l e i n f o JEL classification: F36 F44 F62 G15 Keywords: Financial integration International risk sharing Portfolio choice Market size Welfare analysis Does opening up capital markets facilitate risk diversification across borders? Are all countries gradually better off in the process of international financial integration? This paper explores welfare implications for various countri...

This paper outlines two major regulatory initiatives that are expected to have a substantial impact on the European banking industry and the supply and demand of financial services throughout the European Union. The first initiative is the EU's Financial Services Action Plan (FSAP), approved in 1999 with a calendar of actions to be finalised by 2005. The FSAP aims to review the existing regulat...

This paper examines the impact of the global financial crisis on the Nigerian financial system. The paper documents extensive evidence to show that the immediate past governor of Central Bank of Nigeria was puerile in preventing the global financial crisis from having adverse effect on the Nigerian economy. As a result, the Nigerian capital market was seriously hit by the crisis. The prices of ...