Researchers and practitioners in business and economics present empirical studies on macroeconomic and microeconomic issues regarding emerging financial markets and their interaction with the
global economy. They test economic and finance theories and apply current econometric methodologies. The topics include evidence from China’s banks in Hong Kong about the performance of
emerging markets banks, an econometric analysis of the impact of oil prices on stock markets in Gulf Cooperation countries, whether developing and emerging equity market tail risk is constant,
the impact of European Union enlargement on volatility and spillover effects of Central and Eastern Europe, evidence from stock and sovereign bond markets on whether emerging markets are
exposed to contagion from the US, stock market volatility and contagion effects on the financial crisis in southeastern Europe, and correlation and network structure of international financial
markets in times of crisis. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)