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...

International capital flows expanded strongly before the global financial crisis, and current account imbalances accumulated in key economies. The crisis triggered a contraction in capital flows, which often forced a painful adjustment on countries running high external deficits. This special issue of the Journal of International Money and Finance consists of seven papers that offer novel empir...

In this paper we give an academic assessment of the financial crisis (crises) from our point of view and discuss where quantitative risk management went wrong. We formulate four mathematical theorems/research areas which have relevance for financial crises in general where the underlying theme is model uncertainty. Related to these theorems, key issues that will be discussed are: financial alch...

although capital inflows affect positively economies in long-run, it is possible to generate somehow destructive effects if there is no any control on financial markets. this study tries to explore main determinants of large capital inflows episodes to emerging markets. it is also investigated whether the large capital inflows episodes lead to financial crises in forms of sudden stop phenomenon...

OBJECTIVE  To systematically identify, critically appraise, and synthesise empirical studies about the impact of the 2008 financial crisis in Europe on health outcomes. DESIGN  Systematic literature review. DATA SOURCES  Structural searches of key databases, healthcare journals, and organisation based websites. REVIEW METHODS  Empirical studies reporting on the impact of the financial cri...

 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...

Cross-border bank lending dropped sharply during the financial crisis. This feature uses a panel regression framework to analyse the key drivers of cross-border bank lending to 21 emerging market economies between 1995 and 2009. The analysis suggests that both demand and supply factors contributed to the fall, but the impact of supply was stronger. The two factors seem to have had more balanced...