From Financial Crash to Debt Crisis. Carmen M. Reinhart, Kenneth Rogoff, August 2011, Paper. "The economics profession has an unfortunate…
The Economics of Housing Finance Reform. David Scharfstein and Adi Sunderam, August 1, 2011, Paper. “This paper analyzes the two leading…
Seven possible nominal variables are considered as candidates to be the anchor or target for monetary policy. The context is countries in…
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Surviving the Global Financial Crisis: Foreign Ownership and Establishment Performance. Laura Alfaro, July 2011, Paper. "We examine…
Fiscal policy is taking centre stage. Among advanced countries, the news is bad; Europe’s periphery teeters, the UK slashes, the US…
This paper investigates whether leading indicators can help explain the cross-country incidence of the 2008-09 financial crisis. Rather…
We document the loan provisions in 401(k) savings plans and how participants use 401(k) loans. Although only about 22% of savings plan…
By now just about everybody agrees that the European bailout of Greece has failed (see for example Darvas et al. 2011). The debt will have…
Struggling to Escape from 'Assumption 14.' Benjamin Friedman, May 1, 2011, Book Chapter. “At least four hypotheses, none mutually exclusive…