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Interest subsidies on student loans: A better class of drain
Barr, Nicholas A.; Johnston, Alison - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2010
This paper discusses the problems that arise from interest subsidies in the UK system of student loans; systems in other countries, for example Australia and New Zealand, face similar problems. The topic appears to be narrow and technical, and of significance only to the most nerdy of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005871051
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Divorcing Money from Monetary Policy
Keister, Todd; Martin, Antoine; McAndrews, James - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2008
of money to promote its economic objectives. Forexample, Milton Friedman (1959, p. 24) defined the tools ofmonetary … policy to be those “powers that enable the [FederalReserve] System to determine the total amount of money inexistence or to … alter that amount.” In fact, the very termmonetary policy suggests a central bank’s policy toward thesupply of money or the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005869403
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Money, States and Empire: Financial Integration Cycles and Institutional Change in Central Europe, 1400-1520
Chilosi, David; Volckart, Oliver - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2009
advanced in a cyclical fashion over the fifteenth century. The cycles were associated with changes in the money supply. Long …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005870400
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After the Great Debasement, 1544-51: Did Gresham’s Law Apply?
Li, Ling-Fan - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2009
the disappearance of good money over this period has provided any solid quantitative assessment of the effectiveness of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005870464
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The Effects Of The 1925 Portuguese Bank Note Crisis
Wigan, Henry - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2004
bank through which he concealed over £3m in counterfeit money.[...] …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005870587
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Measuring Instruments in Economics and the Velocity of Money
Morgan, Mary S. - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2006
measure the velocity of money ranging from the 17th to the 20th centuries. These historical experiences suggest that numerical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005870928
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Time is Money: A Re-assessment of the Passenger Social Savings From Victorian British Railways
Leunig, Timothy - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2005
saving money to saving time came when railway technology stopped simply fulfilling existing demand more cheaply (travel for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005870947
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Time and income poverty
Burchardt, Tania - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2008
[...]The research on which this report is based used both qualitative and quantitativemethods. In the first phase, a small number of semi-structured interviews were carriedout with people who were juggling work and family responsibilities, and who feltunder both time and income pressure. These...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008785041
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Working or Shirking? A closer look at MPs' Expenses and Parliamentary Attendance
Besley, Timothy; Larcinese, Valentino - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2005
cast in parliament as a crudemeasure of value for money. We use the results to reflect on twoviews of the motivation of MPs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009138494
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Tasting freedom: Happiness, religion and economictransition
Lelkes, Orsolya - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2002
individuals’ self-reported well-being.Controlling for personal characteristics of the respondents, money is aless important source …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009354069