The Effect of the Iraq War on Foreign Bank Lending to the MENA Region
H. Evren Damar
Emerging Markets Finance and Trade,
No. 5,
2007
Abstract
This paper examines whether a large geopolitical event, such as the war in Iraq, can affect foreign bank lending from developed countries to emerging markets. Using country-level data, the paper analyzes the effects of economic shocks and the Iraq war on the availability of foreign bank credit to five countries in the Middle East and North Africa. The war has had a nonuniform effect on foreign banks: Although the war has led to higher U.S. lending, it has also discouraged British and Italian banks from lending to the region. Implications concerning the stability and reliability of foreign bank credit in the face of increased geopolitical risks are identified and discussed.
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Financial Openness and Business Cycle Volatility
Claudia M. Buch, Jörg Döpke, C. Pierdzioch
Journal of International Money and Finance,
No. 5,
2005
Abstract
This paper discusses whether the integration of international financial markets affects business cycle volatility. In the framework of a new open economy macro-model, we show that the link between financial openness and business cycle volatility depends on the nature of the underlying shock. Empirical evidence supports this conclusion. Our results also show that the link between business cycle volatility and financial openness has not been stable over time.
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Regional effects of shocks on the Euro countries: How exports react to international crises
Michael Seifert
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 12,
1999
Abstract
Die Eintrübung der weltwirtschaftlichen Rahmenbedingungen infolge der Währungs- und Finanzkrisen in Asien und in Russland hatte im Verlauf von 1998 bis in das Jahr 1999 hinein zu einem merklichen Rückgang der Ausfuhren der Euro-Länder in diese Regionen geführt, wovon Italien neben Finnland besonders stark betroffen war. Eine regressionsanalytische Untersuchung verdeutlicht hier, dass für die italienischen Ausfuhren in die Krisenregionen eine höhere Exportnachfrageelastizität charakteristisch ist, als beispielsweise für Deutschland oder für Frankreich. Die Ursachen dafür sind vor allem in der Exportgüterangebotsstruktur zu suchen.
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