Issue focused on a single topic Financial Linkages and Financial Stability Zdeněk TŮMA: Introduction Zlatuše KOMÁRKOVÁ, Jitka LEŠANOVSKÁ, Luboš KOMÁREK: Analysis of Sovereign Risk Market Indicators: The Case of the Czech Republic Jan BABECKÝ, Luboš KOMÁREK, Zlatuše KOMÁRKOVÁ: Financial Integration at Times of Financial Instability Tomáš ADAM, Soňa BENECKÁ: Financial Stress Spillover and Financial Linkages between the Euro Area and the Czech Republic Sinem Derindere KOSEOGLU, Emrah Ismail CEVIK: Testing for Causality in Mean and Variance between the Stock Market and the Foreign Exchange Market: An Application to the Major Central and Eastern European Countries Zuzana FUNGÁČOVÁ, Petr JAKUBÍK: Bank Stress Tests as an Information Device for Emerging Markets: The Case of Russia