I use the global crisis of 1914 as a window onto the phenomenon of investor reaction to complex news — such as sudden political upheaval. Based on a novel database of all stocks traded on the NYSE during 1914, along with “real-time” news accounts from major newspapers, I show that NYSE...

Like many countries, Spain has gone through a series of financial crises, both before and after its industrialization. There are many underlying causes for these crises, as well as for the current Spanish downturn. It is worth noting that there are similarities between recessions throughout the...

This paper reviews the status of Agricultural Biotechnology in Sub-Saharan Africa. It addresses the potential economic benefits to Sub-Saharan Africa and the effect biotechnology policies may have on growth, production and poverty reduction. The extent to which agricultural biotechnology will...

Financial crises, booms and busts are an inherent part of the capitalist system. The current financial crisis that began in 2007 has reignited the debate about the causes and consequences of previous economic downturns. While some look at the differences among crises, both historical and as...

Le présent article analyse l’efficience du marché des changes. L’article reconsidère la définition originelle de l’efficience au sens de Fama (1965) en mettant en lumière les différentes contradictions internes de cette définition. Partant de là, trois définitions de...

This paper explores the rise of money and class society in ancient Greece, drawing historical and theoretical parallels to the case of ancient Egypt. In doing so, the paper examines the historical applicability of the chartalist and metallist theories of money. It will be shown that the origins...

Michael D. Bordo has helped to define the modern field of monetary history, drawing from it important policy lessons for current practitioners. For his seventieth year, we survey his contributions to our understanding of the Great Depression, money and the economy in historical perspective,...

The aim of this paper is to analyse the first two systemic banking crises in Serbia occurred in 1908 and 1912 – their causes, mechanics and consequences. The analysis shows that the crises were caused by decreased confidence in banks in times of political turmoils and wars but were not long...

Az amerikai tőzsde működését és ezredfordulói zavarait Shiller [2000] és Soros [2008] munkái részletesen ismertették. Mivel a jelenlegi elhúzódó és általános depresszió a gazdaság működésére, valamint elméleteire és szabályozására mély hatással lesz, időszerű...

A pénzforgalom és a hitel elsősorban a termelést és a fogyasztást szolgálja. A tisztán pénzügyi műveletek - az egyik fajta pénznek egy másik fajta pénzre való cseréi - azonban másképpen működnek. E tevékenység leírására és értelmezésére, esetleg szükségessé...