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Emerging European financial markets : independence and integration post-enlargement /

This volume is concerned with contributing to the growing body of literature that examines the extent of, and the implications of enhanced independence and integration that will result from the recent EU enlargement for the development of emerging European financial markets. The objective is to prov...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Batten, Jonathan, Kearney, Colm
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Oxford : Elsevier JAI, 2006.
Colección:International finance review ; v. 6.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Emerging European Financial Markets Independence and Integration Post-Enlargement
  • Contents
  • Interdependence and Integration in Emerging European Financial Markets
  • Notes
  • References
  • Part A: Fiscal Policy
  • Fiscal Policy Surveillance in the Enlarged European Union: Procedural Checks or Simple Arithmetic?
  • Introduction
  • Fiscal Discipline: Numerical Targets Versus Procedural Rules
  • Current Fiscal Surveillance Procedures in the EU
  • EDP and SGP Fiscal Surveillance
  • BEPGs Surveillance
  • Deficiencies
  • The Commission's Proposals for Reform
  • Fiscal Policy in the CEE-8
  • Centralisation at the Domestic Level Within the Larger EU Framework
  • EU Fiscal Surveillance
  • Special Rules for the CEE-8?
  • Summary and Conclusions
  • Notes
  • References
  • The Impact of Fiscal Variables on Risk Premiums in Central and Eastern European Countries
  • Introduction
  • Literature Review
  • Currency Risk
  • Default Risk
  • Fiscal Theory of Sovereign Risk
  • Default Rule
  • Empirical Analysis
  • Data Description
  • Empirical Results
  • Concluding Remarks
  • Notes
  • References
  • Further Reading
  • Part B: Monetary Policy and Banking
  • Monetary Policy Operational Frameworks Compared: Euro Area versus Some Non-Euro Area Countries
  • Introduction
  • On Minimum Reserve Systems and the Level of Reserve Requirements
  • Characteristics of the Minimum Reserve Systems
  • Minimum Reserve Systems in the Non-Euro Area Countries
  • Reserve Requirements in Non-Euro Area Countries
  • Open Market Operations
  • Open Market Operations in the Euro Area
  • Open Market Operations in Non-Euro Area Countries
  • Standing Facilities
  • Standing Facilities in the Euro Area
  • Standing Facilities in Non-Euro Area Countries that Recently Joined the EU
  • Counterparties
  • Counterparties in the Euro Area
  • Counterparties in Non-Euro Area Countries
  • Eligible Collateral for Credit Operations
  • Eligible Collateral in the Euro Area
  • Eligible Collateral in Non-Euro Area Countries
  • Risk Control Measures
  • Risk Control Measures for Eligible Assets in Non-Euro Area Countries
  • Overall Amounts of Eligible Collateral
  • Notes
  • What Accession Countries Need to Know about the ECB: A Comparative Analysis of the Independence of the ECB, the Bundesbank and the Reichsbank
  • Introduction
  • Central Bank Independence not a Requirement for Low Inflation
  • Other Definitions of Successful Central Bank Policy
  • Independence and Successful Central Bank Policies
  • The Institutional Feature Responsible for the Success of the Bundesbank
  • Resurrection of the Reichsbank
  • Conclusions
  • Notes
  • References
  • A Comparative Study of Bank Efficiency in Central and Eastern Europe: The Role of Foreign Ownership
  • Introduction
  • Literature Review
  • Theory
  • Estimation Techniques
  • Functional Forms
  • Stochastic Frontier Estimation Technique6
  • Hypothesis Testing in Models 1 and 2
  • Testing for the presence of inefficiency effects
  • Efficiency Estimation Results
  • The Dataset
  • Cost Efficiency: Model 1
  • Cost Efficiency: Model 2
  • Comments and Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • A Comparative Study of Banks' Balance Sheets in the European Union and European Transition Countries, 1995-2003
  • Introduction
  • Data
  • Ban.