Author/Editor: Torsten Sloek, Hali J Edison, Luca Antonio Ricci, Ross Levine.

Release Date:August, 2002

This paper uses new data and new econometric techniques to investigate the impact of international financial integration on economic growth and also to assess whether this relationship depends on the more...

Author/Editor: Torsten Sloek, Michael Klein, Luca Antonio Ricci, Hali J Edison.

Release Date:July, 2002

This paper reviews and discusses issues involved in assessing the relationship between capital account liberalization and economic performance. First, it discusses the different measures of more...

Author/Editor: Alexander Ludwig, Torsten Sloek.

Release Date:January, 2002

This paper quantifies the different impact of stock and house prices on consumption using data for 16 OECD countries. The analysis finds that the long-run impact of an increase in stock prices and more...

Author/Editor: Robin Brooks, Torsten Sloek, Manmohan S Kumar, Hali J Edison.

Release Date:December, 2001

This paper explores the ability of portfolio and foreign direct investment flows to track movements in the euro and the yen against the dollar. Net portfolio flows from the euro area into U.S. more...

Author/Editor: Torsten Sloek, Hali J Edison.

Release Date:May, 2001

This paper investigates if there is a different impact from changes in new and old economy stock valuations on private consumption. Estimating a reduced-form VAR for seven OECD countries for the more...

Author/Editor: Torsten Sloek, Hali J Edison.

Release Date:May, 2001

This paper investigates whether there is a different impact from changes in new and old economy stock valuations on private investment for seven OECD economies. A vector autoregressive model is more...

Author/Editor: Ramana Ramaswamy, Torsten Sloek.

Release Date:December, 1997

The main finding of this paper is that the European Union (EU) countries fall into two broad groups according to the effects of monetary policy adjustments on economic activity. Estimates based on a more...