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    The effects of transition and political instability on foreign direct investment inflows: Central Europe and the Balkans
    (Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2006) Brada, J. C.; Kutan, A. M.; Yigit, T. M.
    This paper examines the effects of transition and of political instability on foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to the transition economies of Central Europe, the Baltics and the Balkans. We find that FDI flows to transition economies unaffected by conflict and political instability exceed those that would be expected for comparable West European countries. Success with stabilization and reform increased the volume of FDI inflows. In the case of Balkan counties, conflict and instability reduced FDI inflows below what one would expect for comparable West European countries, and reform and stabilization failures further reduced FDI to the region. Thus, we find that the economic costs of instability in the Balkans in terms of foregone FDI have been quite high. © 2006 The Authors Journal compilation © 2006 The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
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    Impact of exchange rate fluctuations and political risk on the risk premiums reflected in the cross-sections of individual eqity returns
    (1996) Yılmaz, Özer
    The impact of exchange rate fluctuations and political risk on the risk premiums of individual equity returns trading in Istanbul Stock Exchange will be analyzed empirically. Turkey as an emerging market faced considerable monetary and political turbulence in the past decade. Variables from the currency and sovereign debt markets will be the proxies for exchange rate risk and political risks, respectively. Evidence of the risk premiums as a result of the exposure to the equity markets show valuable inferences although statistically significant conclusions are not the majority. These results have many implications for the corporate and portfolio management. This study also provides tools and data that can be utilized by the emerging market researchers.