This report analyses the results of simulations using an agent based model of financial markets to show how excessive levels of leverage in financial markets can lead to a systemic crash. Investors overload on risky assets betting more than they have to gamble creating a tremendous level of...

This comprehensive study responds to the growing concerns of economic, financial, political and social actors regarding the ever increasing exposure to new expanding risks. These risks are particularly related to natural disaster/environment pollution, technology, health and terrorism. For...

The current account balance of payments is a record of a country's international transactions with the rest of the world. The current account includes all the transactions (other than those in financial items) that involve economic values and occur between resident and non-resident entities....

Balance of payments (BOP) statistics are included in this dataset as well as a systematic summary of economic transactions of an economy with the rest of the world, for a specific time period. Balance of payments transactions are further divided into their respective components: current account,...

Balance of payments (BOP) statistics for OECD member and non-member countries according to BPM6 classification are included in this dataset. Also included is a systematic summary of economic transactions of an economy with the rest of the world, for a specific time period. Balance of payments...