The literature on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has advanced several explanations of the links between financial market developments and FDI inflows across developing as well as developed countries. Empirical literature show that financial market development reduces informational frictions and improves resource allocation more efficiently. Also, financial systems are important for both produc...

An integral financial stability index is constructed using Israel macroeconomic data. Approaches relying on the use of dependent variable as well as principal component method and its modifications are examined. Obtained indexes are compared in terms of their forecast quality. In the case of no dependent variable the influence of structural shift is analyzed. © 2014 The Authors. Published by El...

 Beijing’s industrial structure is service-oriented with a high degree of economic openness, and GDP has maintained rapid growth. This paper analyzes the international financial crisis and the impact of China’s anti-crisis policies on Beijing’s economic development as well as its transmission mechanism. Impact Index (excluding seasonal factors) and ARMA Model are employed in the empirical...

Interbank claims are a concern to regulators as they might facilitate the dissemination of defaults and generate spill-over effects. Building on a simple model, this paper introduces a measure of the spill-over effects that a bank generates when it defaults. The measure is based on an explicit criterion, the aggregate debt repayments, and is bank’s specific, affected by the bank’s characteristi...

The TAF and other lending facilities established during the crisis were an experiment that proved effective in addressing severe financial turbulence. In the second half of 2007, financial turmoil swept over the U.s. and other major economies. Triggered by a subprime mortgage meltdown, the crisis quickly spread to other major financial markets and precipitated the worst economic downturn since ...

The relationship between financial development and economic growth is the crucial issues which could grab economists and policy makers' attention to it. Financial market plays an essential role on each economy, because it conducts funds to those individuals or firms which have productive investment opportunities. If the financial system does not perform this role efficiently, the economic effic...