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In Search of Concepts: The Effects of Speculative Demand on Stock Returns

Owain ap Gwilym, Iftekhar Hasan, Qingwei Wang, Ru Xie
European Financial Management, Nr. 3, 2016
Abstract
Using a novel proxy of investors' speculative demand constructed from online search interest in investment concepts, we examine how speculative demand affects the returns of Chinese stocks. We find that speculative demand increases following high market returns and predicts subsequent return reversals. Moreover, the speculative demand explains more variation in subsequent returns of A shares (more populated by retail investors) than B shares (less populated by retail investors). Our findings support the recently developed attention theory.
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09.06.2016 • 22/2016

Konjunktur aktuell: Deutsche Binnenkonjunktur weiter im Aufwind

Die deutsche Wirtschaft befindet sich nach wie vor in einem moderaten Aufschwung. Der anhaltende Beschäftigungsaufbau führt zu spürbaren Einkommenssteigerungen, und der Fall der Energiepreise hat die Kaufkraft der privaten Haushalte deutlich erhöht. Beides treibt den privaten Konsum, aber auch die Wohnungsbauinvestitionen, welche überdies von den sehr niedrigen Zinsen beflügelt werden. Allerdings bleiben die Exporte angesichts der schwachen internationalen Dynamik in diesem und im nächsten Jahr eher verhalten. Alles in allem dürfte das deutsche Bruttoinlandsprodukt laut Einschätzung des IWH in diesem Jahr um 1,8% und im Jahr 2017 um 1,6% zunehmen.

Oliver Holtemöller
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The Political Determinants of Government Bond Holdings

Stefan Eichler, Timo Plaga
IWH Discussion Papers, Nr. 14, 2016
publiziert in: Journal of International Money and Finance
Abstract
This paper analyzes the link between political factors and sovereign bond holdings of US investors in 60 countries over the 2003-2013 period. We find that, in general, US investors hold more bonds in countries with few political constraints on the government. Moreover, US investors respond to increased uncertainty around major elections by reducing government bond holdings. These effects are particularly significant in democratic regimes and countries with sound institutions, which enable effective implementation of fiscal consolidation measures or economic reforms. In countries characterized by high current default risk or a sovereign default history, US investors show a tendency towards favoring higher political constraints as this makes sovereign default more difficult for the government. Political instability, characterized by the fluctuation in political veto players, reduces US investment in government bonds. This effect is more pronounced in countries with low sovereign solvency.
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17.03.2016 • 11/2016

IWH-Konjunkturbarometer Ostdeutschland: Inlandsnachfrage schiebt ostdeutsche Produktion an

Im vierten Quartal 2015 hat das Bruttoinlandsprodukt in den ostdeutschen Flächenländern – saisonbereinigt nach dem Berliner Verfahren – um 0,4% gegenüber dem schwachen dritten Vierteljahr zugenommen. Getrieben wurde die Aufwärtsbewegung vom Produzierenden Gewerbe. Der Dienstleistungssektor stagnierte. Obwohl sich der Produktionsanstieg beschleunigte und die Entwicklung in den Alten Bundesländern übertraf (0,2%), stieg das Bruttoinlandsprodukt im Durchschnitt des Jahres 2015 – wie bereits im vergangenen Dezember vom IWH geschätzt – nur um 1,3%. Damit expandierte die Produktion in den Neuen Bundesländern erneut langsamer als in den Alten (1,7%).

Udo Ludwig
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A Market-based Indicator of Currency Risk: Evidence from American Depositary Receipts

Stefan Eichler, Ingmar Roevekamp
IWH Discussion Papers, Nr. 4, 2016
Abstract
We introduce a novel currency risk measure based on American Depositary Receipts(ADRs). Using a multifactor pricing model, we exploit ADR investors’ exposure to potential devaluation losses to derive an indicator of currency risk. Using weekly data for a sample of 831 ADRs located in 23 emerging markets over the 1994-2014 period, we find that a deterioration in the fiscal and current account balance, as well as higher inflation, increases currency risk. Interaction models reveal that these macroeconomic fundamentals drive currency risk, particularly in countries with managed exchange rates, low levels of foreign exchange reserves and a poor sovereign credit rating.
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Foreign Direct Investment: The Role of Institutional and Cultural Determinants

Stefan Eichler, N. Lucke
Applied Economics, Nr. 11, 2016
Abstract
Using panel data for 29 source and 65 host countries in the period 1995–2009, we examine the determinants of bilateral FDI stocks, focusing on institutional and cultural factors. The results reveal that institutional and cultural distance is important and that FDI has a predominantly regional aspect. FDI to developing countries is positively affected by better institutions in the host country, while foreign investors prefer to invest in developed countries that are more corrupt and politically unstable compared to home. The results indicate that foreign investors prefer to invest in countries with less diverse societies than their own.
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10.08.2015 • 30/2015

Deutschland hat finanziell stark von der Griechenlandkrise profitiert

Der ausgeglichene Haushalt in Deutschland ist zu einem großen Teil auf Zinseinsparungen aufgrund der Schuldenkrise zurückzuführen. Berechnungen des Leibniz-Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH) zeigen, dass sich aus der Krise zwischen 2010 und heute Einsparungen für den deutschen Haushalt von rund 100 Mrd. Euro (mehr als 3% des Bruttoinlandsprodukts) ergaben, die sich zumindest zum Teil direkt auf die Griechenlandkrise zurückführen lassen. Diese Einsparungen übertreffen die Kosten der Krise – selbst dann, wenn Griechenland seine Schulden komplett nicht bedienen würde. Deutschland hat also in jedem Fall von der Griechenlandkrise profitiert.

Reint E. Gropp
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Germany’s Benefit from the Greek Crisis

IWH Online, Nr. 7, 2015
Abstract
This note shows that the German public sector balance benefited significantly from the European/Greek debt crisis, because of lower interest payments on public sector debt. This is due to two effects: One, in crisis times investors disproportionately seek out safe investments (“flight to safety“), bidding down the returns on safe-haven assets. We show that German bunds strongly benefited from this effect during the Greek debt crisis. Second, while the European Central Bank (ECB) monetary policy stance was quite close to an “optimal“ monetary policy stance for Germany from 1999 to 2007, during the crisis monetary policy was too accommodating from a German perspective, due to the emerging disparities across the Euro area. As a result of these two effects, our calculations suggest that the German sovereign saved more than 100 billion Euros in interest expenses between 2010 and mid-2015. That is, Germany benefited from the Greek crisis even in case that Greece defaults on all its debt (a total of 90 billions) owed to the German government via diverse channels (European Stability Mechanism [ESM], International Monetary Fund [IMF], or directly).
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The Impact of Dark Trading and Visible Fragmentation on Market Quality

Hans Degryse, Frank de Jong, Vincent van Kervel
Review of Finance, Nr. 4, 2015
Abstract
Two important characteristics of current equity markets are the large number of competing trading venues with publicly displayed order books and the substantial fraction of dark trading, which takes place outside such visible order books. This article evaluates the impact on liquidity of dark trading and fragmentation in visible order books. Dark trading has a detrimental effect on liquidity. Visible fragmentation improves liquidity aggregated over all visible trading venues but lowers liquidity at the traditional market, meaning that the benefits of fragmentation are not enjoyed by investors who choose to send orders only to the traditional market.
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EFN Report Spring 2015: Economic Outlook for the Euro Area in 2015 and 2016

EFN Reports, Nr. 2, 2015
Abstract
Recent movements on world markets for commodities, currencies and capital stimulate the world economy, but they entail also considerable risks: income losses of energy exporting countries might trigger financial crises with worldwide repercussions; crises might also emerge from financial distress of emerging market debtors with liabilities denominated in US dollars. Extremely low interest rates might not only trigger stock and bond price booms, but also more volatility if investors become fearful of financial bubbles. Quite a few conditions are highly beneficial for a recovery of the euro area economy: governments and large corporations benefit from ultra-low bond yields, banks’ composite costs of debt financing have been converging during the past two years to very low levels, and borrowing costs for non-financial corporations have come down markedly. Prices for stocks, bonds and (on average) houses have gone up. Real disposable incomes of private households have risen due to oil prices. The real effective exchange rate is about 10% lower in March 2015 than it was a year ago, strengthening the price competitiveness of firms in the euro area. According to our forecasts, the euro area GDP will grow by 1.6% in 2015 and by 2.1% in 2016. Structural impediments, however, still limit the ability of the euro area economy to grow strongly: firms and, in particular, private households are only slowly reducing their heavy debt burdens, and confidence will not fully come back in France and Italy, as long as reform processes are inconclusive in both countries and as long as unemployment is not coming down markedly. Our inflation forecast for 2015 is 0.1%, with the possibility of a mild deflation not excluded. In 2016 inflation will increase up to 1.3%, still clearly below the 2% ECB’s target. This calls for continued monetary expansion, though its effects could be limited in the absence of a complementary fiscal stimulus, in particular in those countries where the implementation of structural reforms brings long term gains but short term losses.
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