Special Issues: 2003
Globalization in the New Millenium: Evidence on Financial and Economic Integration
Over the recent decades there has been a number of developments that strengthen or weaken financial and economic linkages across borders. Some of these developments result from conscious long-term political and institutional efforts, some are responses to economic crisis, while others have evolved naturally in global markets. Examples of these developments include international trade agreements such as WTO and NAFTA, broader economic and political agreements like the EU, currency regimes such as the Euro zone and currency boards, as well as liberalization of national markets, cross listing of securities, and the advent of multinational firms. At the same time, crises in emerging market economics or in their financial sectors threaten the potential viability of the global economic systems.
Economic theory suggests that these phenomena can have significant financial and economic impacts. The Journal of Economics and Business will publish a special issue in 2003 and invites theoretical and empirical papers aimed at analyzing and estimating these various impacts. Examples of potential research topics include (but are not confined to):
- Patterns of international portfolio and direct investment flows in the integrated world
- Corporate exchange risk exposures and strategies in the Euro zone
- Coordination of monetary and fiscal policies in the Euro zone or currency board regimes
- Changes in economic policies and impacts through a regime change or crisis
- The impact of the Asian crisis on interest rates, asset prices and strategies
- Co-movement of stock prices of different countries but within the same industry
- Convergence of risk premia with liberalization or cross-listing
- International linkages of financial and real sectors
- The viability of international financial systems and infrastructure
The coeditors of the special issue are Warren Bailey of Cornell University and J. Jay Choi of Temple University. Authors should submit four copies of their paper to: Warren Bailey and J. Jay Choi, Special Issue Coeditors, Journal of Economics and Business, Fox School of Business and Management, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122. Papers may also be submitted electronically in either Adobe Acrobat or Word 2000 format to the Journal's e-mail address: jeconbus@sbm.temple.edu All papers will be refereed and there is no submission fee. The deadline for submission is June 1, 2002.