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Prestigious stock exchanges: a network analysis of international financial centers
In this paper, we use methods from social network analysis to assess the relative importance of financial centers around the world. Using data from virtually the entire universe of global equity activity, we present two sets of complete rankings for up to forty-five separate locations for the 1990-2006 period. The first phase of our analysis evaluates international stock exchanges based on their ability to attract global initial public offerings (IPOs). The second phase compares the capacity of these exchanges to provide an efficient trading platform for cross-listed companies. U.S. exchanges ...
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U.S. international transactions in 1995
In 1995, after three years of substantial increases, the U.S. current account deficit widened only slightly, with some deterioration in the balances on trade and investment income. The current account deficit was counterbalanced by large recorded net capital inflows and a large positive statistical discrepancy.