Essays about: "BRIC countries"

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  1. 6. BRICs – their impact on global environment

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Mats Nilsson; [2014]
    Keywords : BRICs; scenario; carbon dioxide; emissions; environment; climate change; Business and Economics; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The BRIC countries have been in a process of fast economic growth for more than a decade and the growth seems to continue. Economic growth is often linked to the use of fossil fuels and the release of greenhouse gases. The accumulation in the atmosphere of greenhouse gases contribute to global warming and the risk for climate change. READ MORE

  2. 7. Stock Market Impact of Sovereign Credit Rating Announcements: The Case of GIIPS and BRIC countries during the European Sovereign Debt Crisis of 2009-2013

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Alexander Paterson; Delphine Gauthier; [2013]
    Keywords : Sovereign Credit Rating; Cumulative Abnormal Return; GIIPS; BRIC; Credit Rating Agency;

    Abstract : In this study, we analyse the effects of sovereign credit rating reviews on national stock market performances in GIIPS and BRIC countries during the European Sovereign Debt Crisis of 2009-2013. Through an event study, we test the Null Hypothesis that cumulative abnormal returns on national stock market indices are zero and find that sovereign debt downgrades produce negative cumulative abnormal returns for GIIPS countries, the effect being larger for small economies compared to big economies. READ MORE

  3. 8. Performance of passive long term investments : A longitudinal study over the relative performance of emerging- and developed markets

    University essay from Företagsekonomi

    Author : Haseeb Zaman Babar; Johan Norberg; [2013]
    Keywords : Terminal growth; Sharpe ratio; Currency effect; Skewness and Kurtosis; BRIC; CIVETS; Emerging Markets;

    Abstract : The concept of emerging markets came to surface in early 1980 and constituted of only eight countries from the two continents of South America and Asia. The globalization of financial markets has since raised the importance of emerging capital markets. READ MORE

  4. 9. The impact of the political environment on FDI attractiveness of BRIC countries

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Andrii Piliugin; [2013]
    Keywords : BRIC; FDI; Economical growth;

    Abstract : As we have seen in the last century the world has become smaller and globalization plays an important role in the economy nowadays. One of the most important goals of the government is to commit the economic growth, and as it can be seen on the example of BRIC countries one of the ways in order to do so is to attract Foreign Direct Investments. READ MORE

  5. 10. Money Supply Behavior in ‘BRICS’ Economies : - A Time Series Analysis on Money Supply Endogeneity and Exogeneity

    University essay from IHH, Economics, Finance and Statistics

    Author : PENGCHENG LUO; [2013]
    Keywords : Money Supply; Monetary Policy; BRIC; BRICS; Emerging Economy; Endogeneity; Exogeneity; Monetary Targeting; Time Series; VAR; VECM; Granger Causality; Monetary Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis investigated money supply behaviors in the ‘BRICS’ group from 1982 to 2012. It empirically analyzed causality relationships between related monetary indicators by using quarterly data and time series econometric methods. READ MORE