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The Rise of the Walking Dead: Zombie Firms Around the World

By: Bruno Albuquerque,Roshan Iyer

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The Rise of the Walking Dead: Zombie Firms Around the World

By: Bruno Albuquerque,Roshan Iyer

We build a new dataset of listed and private nonfinancial zombie firms for a large set of Advanced Economies and Emerging Markets over the last two decades. We find that the share of these unproductive and unviable firms has been rising worldwide, especially since the GFC and the Covid-19 pandemic. We show that, perhaps surprisingly, the incidence of zombification is lower among private firms. Lower average survival rates of private firms may explain this phenomenon. We find important negative macrofinancial spillovers from zombie firms: nonzombies’ financial performance is persistently reduced in industries populated with a greater number of zombies. To mitigate these effects, we document that countries with stronger banks, and tighter macroprudential policies tend to have fewer zombies and stronger nonzombies. Strengthening the banking sector may, however, not be sufficient if insolvency frameworks are not well-prepared to deal with the restructuring or insolvency of firms.

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9798400246890

New Evidence on Spillovers Between Crypto Assets and Financial Markets

By: Roshan Iyer

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New Evidence on Spillovers Between Crypto Assets and Financial Markets

By: Roshan Iyer

We analyze returns and volatility spillovers among a representative set of crypto and financial assets. The magnitude of spillovers increases during periods of heightened turbulence due to negative economic-financial news, crypto market events, or exogenous shocks. There is evidence of increasing spillovers over time, with a peak during the COVID-19 pandemic, implying growing interdependence. Crypto assets predominantly transmit spillovers to financial markets, though reversals occur during periods of financial stress. The increased correlation during risk-off episodes suggests that crypto assets could serve as important conduits for financial market shocks, generating financial stability risks.

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9798400256622

Currency Usage for Cross Border Payments

By: Hector Perez-Saiz,Ms. Longmei Zhang,Roshan Iyer

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Currency Usage for Cross Border Payments

By: Hector Perez-Saiz,Ms. Longmei Zhang,Roshan Iyer

While the global usage of currencies other than the U.S. dollar and the euro for cross-border payments remains limited, rapid technological (e.g. digital money) or geopolitical changes could accelerate a regime shift into a multipolar or more fragmented international monetary system. Using the rich Swift database of cross-border payments, we empirically estimate the importance of legal tender status, geopolitical distance, and other variables vis-à-vis the large inertia effects for currency usage, and perform several forecasting simulations to better understand the role of these variables in shaping the future payments landscape. While our results suggest a substantially more fragmented international monetary system would be unlikely in the short and medium term, the impact of new technologies remains highly uncertain, and much more rapid geopolitical developments than expected could accelerate the transformation of the international monetary system towards multipolarity.

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9798400235375

BOM-CDG-GIG

By: Roshan Bourget

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BOM-CDG-GIG

By: Roshan Bourget

How often do we come across the peculiar case of a French dad, an Indian mom and their special needs son, Rafa, shuttling between three countries on three different continents? BOM-CDG-GIG is a tapestry of their unique experiences woven from snippets posted on Facebook. A tearjerker that promises to crack you up too!

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Notion Press

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9798891333611

God’s Own Entrepreneurs

The Success Secrets of 21 Entrepreneurs from Kerala

By: R. Roshan

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God’s Own Entrepreneurs

The Success Secrets of 21 Entrepreneurs from Kerala

By: R. Roshan

Roshan draws from his rich experience as a journalist and an ardent observer of the start-up ecosystem in telling us the stories of 21 different individuals with varied backgrounds connected only by that invisible thread we call “entrepreneurial spirit.” This book is fascinating,revealing and insightful. - Parry Ravindranathan Former MD International, Bloomberg Media 'Connecting the dots, I gather from reading ‘God’s Own Entrepreneurs’ that Roshan has one audience in his mind – future Malayali entrepreneurs. This book will delight their palate.' - Anas Rahman Junaid Founder and MD, Hurun India Malayali entrepreneurs have contributed not just to our economy, but also the GCC and global economy in a big way. Coming from God’s Own Country, the ability to work hard and be opportunistic has allowed them to flourish. Their stories have not been told, as they should have been. ‘God’s Own Entrepreneurs' can not only inspire others but also give Malayalis the credit they deserve for helping build India's entrepreneur ecosystem. - Anupam Mittal Shark, Shark Tank India, and Founder Shaadi.com

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