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Bordo, Michael D. (contributor); Bordo, Michael D. (ed.); … - 2003

As awareness of the process of globalization grows and the study of its effects becomes increasingly important to … doing exactly that and more. The first group of essays explores how the process of globalization can be measured in terms of … geography are both considered, along with the controversial issues of globalization's effects on inequality and social justice …

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Globalization in Historical Perspective

Bordo, Michael D. - 2007

As awareness of the process of globalization grows and the study of its effects becomes increasingly important to … exactly that and more. The first group of essays explores how the process of globalization can be measu …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012675734

Follow the Money : Does the Financial Sector Intermediate Natural Resource Windfalls?

Beck, Thorsten - 2017

in countries that experience an unexpected natural resource windfall as measured by shocks to exogenous world prices …

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Leveraged Bubbles

Jorda, Oscar - 2015

What risks do asset price bubbles pose for the economy? This paper studies bubbles in housing and equity markets in 17 countries over the past 140 years. History shows that not all bubbles are alike. Some have enormous costs for the economy, while others blow over. We demonstrate that what makes...

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The Great Mortgaging : Housing Finance, Crises, and Business Cycles

Jordà, Òscar - 2015

This paper unveils a new resource for macroeconomic research: a long-run dataset covering disaggregated bank credit for 17 advanced economies since 1870. The new data show that the share of mortgages on banks' balance sheets doubled in the course of the 20th century, driven by a sharp rise of...

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Sovereigns Versus Banks : Credit, Crises, and Consequences

Jorda, Oscar - 2014

Two separate narratives have emerged in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis. One interpretation speaks of private financial excess and the key role of the banking system in leveraging and deleveraging the economy. The other emphasizes the public sector balance sheet over the private and...

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Betting the House

Jorda, Oscar - 2015

Is there a link between loose monetary conditions, credit growth, house price booms, and financial instability? This paper analyzes the role of interest rates and credit in driving house price booms and busts with data spanning 140 years of modern economic history in the advanced economies. We...

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The leverage factor : credit cycles and asset returns

Taylor, Alan M.; Davis, Joshua M. - 2019

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Financial crises : a survey

Sufi, Amir; Taylor, Alan M. - 2021

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The Rate of Return on Everything, 1870-2015

Jordà, Òscar - 2018

This paper answers fundamental questions that have preoccupied modern economic thought since the 18th century. What is the aggregate real rate of return in the economy? Is it higher than the growth rate of the economy and, if so, by how much? Is there a tendency for returns to fall in the...

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