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With the Great Recession and the regulatory reform that followed, the search for reliable means to capture systemic risk and to detect macrofinancial problems has become a central concern. In the United States, this concern has been institutionalized through the Financial Stability Oversight...
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This study analyzes the trends in the financial sector over the past 30 years, and argues that unsupervised financial innovations and lenient government regulation are at the root of the current financial crisis and recession. Combined with a long period of economic expansion during which...
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remains uncertain no matter what European Central Bank President Mario Draghi may promise. Germany's "safe haven" status may …
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This four-part study is a critical analysis of several reports dealing with the reform of the financial system in the United States. The study uses Minsky’s framework of analysis and focuses on the implications of Ponzi finance for regulatory and supervisory policies. The main conclusion of...
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Starting from the mid-nineteenth century, this paper analyzes two periods of financial instability connected with financial globalization. The first culminates with the 1929 crisis, while the second characterizes the more recent experience starting from the 1970s. The period in between is...
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Bank leverage ratios have made an impressive and largely unopposed return; they are mostly used alongside risk …-weighted capital requirements. The reasons for this return are manifold, and they are not limited to the fact that bank equity levels … straightforward real estate loans. Bank leverage ratios are primarily seen as a microprudential measure that intends to increase bank …
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. However, their very success in taming the collapse reduced efforts to radically change the "big bank" business model and …
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