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Enhancing the Liquidity of U.S. Treasury Securities in an Era of Surpluses

Bennett, Paul; Garbade, Kenneth; Kambhu, John - Federal Reserve Bank <New York, NY>; Leonard N. Stern …; … - 2000

[...]Our first suggestion is to reduce the fragmentation oftrading in STRIPS by assigning the same CUSIP number to allSTRIPS maturing on a common date—thus making thoseSTRIPS fungible with each other. In addition to enhancing theliquidity of the STRIPS market, this action would ensure...

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The Anglo-German Productivity Puzzle, 1895-1935: A Restatement and a Possible Resolution

Ritschl, Albrecht - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2008

Recent research on international productivity comparisons has focused on the discrepancies between benchmark … comparisons and time series extrapolations from other benchmarks. For a 1907 benchmark, Stephen Broadberry and Carsten Burhop … benchmark is consistent with their 1907 benchmark, provided that a traditional but disputed industrial production series of …

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Macro Markets and Financial Security

Athanasoulis, Stefano; Shiller, Robert J.; Van Wincoop, Eric - Yale University <New Haven, Conn.> / Department of Economics; … - 1999

[...]We address several questions in this paper. First,how could macro markets be useful to the average person?Second, how large are the potential benefits from diversificationif these markets were to be introduced andused optimally? Third, can existing financial marketsachieve a similar degree...

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Assessing the Impact of Prompt Corrective Action on Bank Capital and Risk

Aggarwal, Raj; Jacques, Kevin T. - London School of Economics and Political Science - 1998

[...]This paper examines the impact that the PCAstandards had on bank portfolios following the passage ofFDICIA in 1991. To do this, the simultaneous equationsmodel developed by Shrieves and Dahl (1992), and latermodified by Jacques and Nigro (1997) to study the impactof risk-based capital, is...

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Towards a new Architecture for Financial Stability: Seven Principles

Garicano, Luis; Lastra, Rosa M - London School of Economics and Political Science; Queen …

In this paper we use insights from organizational economics and financialregulation to study the optimal architecture of supervision. We suggest that thenew architecture should revolve around the following principles: (i) banking,securities and insurance supervision should be further integrated;...

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Autarkic Policy and Efficiency in the Spanish Industrial Sector.An Estimate of Domestic Resource Cost in 1958

Martínez Ruiz, Elena - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2003

The impact that the francoist autarkic economic policy had on the Spanish economy is assessed using the Domestic Resource Cost (DRC) as an indicator. This indicator compares the real opportunity cost of the primary factors used in the production of a certain good with its aggregated value at...

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Efficiency among Private Railway Companies in a weakly Regulated System: The Case of Britain’s Railways in 1893-1912

Mulatu, Abay; Crafts, Nicholas F. R. - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2005

This paper uses a stochastic cost frontier model to investigate the efficiency of Britain’s private railways during the period 1893-1912. We find that there was substantial inefficiency in the industry with no sign of reduction over time. Our main conclusion is that principal agent problems...

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Lectures on Political Competition and Welfare

Besley, Timothy - London School of Economics and Political Science - 1999

There are N citizens who have to make a social decision about a set policies denotedby x ∈ A, where A denotes the set of feasible policies. Citizen’s preferencesover policy are denoted V i (x, j) ( where i = 1, ...,N) ,and j denotes the identityof the policy maker. This specification allows...

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ECONOMICS AND POLITICS OF ALTERNATIVE INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS

Caselli, Francesco; Gennaioli, Nicola - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2008

In a model with heterogeneity in managerial talent, we compare the economicand political consequences of reforms aimed at reducing fixed costs of entry (deregulation)and improving the efficiency of financial markets (financial reform). Theeffects of these reforms depend on the market where...

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Accounting for Cross-Country Income Differences

Caselli, Francesco - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2004

Why are some countries so much richer than others? Development Accounting is a first-passattempt at organizing the answer around two proximate determinants: factors of productionand efficiency. It answers the question “how much of the cross-country income variance canbe attributed to...

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