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There are some striking similarities between the pre 1914 gold standard and EMU today. Both arrangements are based on fixed exchange rates, monetary and fiscal orthodoxy. Each regime gave easy access by financially underdeveloped peripheral countries to capital from the core countries. But the...
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There are some striking similarities between the pre 1914 gold standard and EMU today. Both arrangements are based on fixed exchange rates, monetary and fiscal orthodoxy. Each regime gave easy access by financially underdeveloped peripheral countries to capital from the core countries. But the...
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We evaluate proposals for independent fiscal authority put forward as a solution to excessive public spending. Our main conclusion is that moving the responsibility to set broad measures of fiscal policy from the hands of government to an independent fiscal council is not necessarily welfare...
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To complement the early warning signals literature, we study the determinants of banking and currency crises for small states and currency boards. Building on the crisis dataset by Laeven and Valencia (2020), we estimate a binominal logit model to identify the determinants of crises, and as a...
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This paper provides an overview of bank funding trends in the euro area following the 2007-09 global financial crisis and the euro area crisis. It shows that funding has become segmented along national borders and that secured instruments are much more prevalent than previously. Rising debt...
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This paper seeks to contribute to the debate on the impact of globalisation on sovereignty by analysing how sovereign … debt crises affect perceptions of sovereignty in the countries where they occur. I argue that sovereign debt crises are … perceived as threats to sovereignty by citizens and politicians due to the debtor government's inability to simultaneously meet …
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In recent years much attention has been given to systemic risk and maintaining financial stability. Much of the focus, rightly, has been on market failures and the role of regulation in addressing them. This article looks at the role of domestic policies and government actions as sources of...
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article will argue that a schism has emerged between the regulation of renewable energy in Europe and North East Asia. While … with nations adopting a policy of energy sovereignty. Unlike the outward looking engagement within the sector in the … concerns around energy security and energy sovereignty, with significant flow on effects on the regulation of renewable energy …
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