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The Economics of Insurance, its Borders with Finance and Implications for Systemic Regulation
Thimann, Christian - 2015
Global financial regulators are currently reflecting on the nature of the insurance business. Specifically, they are trying to classify insurance into ‘traditional' and ‘non-traditional' activities, and to distinguish them from ‘non-insurance' activities. Subsequently, they will seek to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013027083
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The Economics of Insurance, its Borders with Finance and Implications for Systemic Regulation
Thimann, Christian - CESifo - 2015
Global financial regulators are currently reflecting on the nature of the insurance business. Specifically, they are trying to classify insurance into ‘traditional’ and ‘non-traditional’ activities, and to distinguish them from ‘non-insurance’ activities. Subsequently, they will seek...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011165510
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The Greek Crisis and Financial Assistance Programmes : An Evaluation
Arghyrou, Michael - 2015
We analyse the background of the Greek debt crisis and evaluate the three Greek financial assistance programme. The crisis and the first programme's (2010-11) failure were mainly the result of misguided internal policies. The second programme (2012-14) achieved progress towards recovery but this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013010491
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Budget Institutions and Government Effectiveness
Dahan, Momi - 2017
budget centralization has a negative and significant effect on government effectiveness in OECD countries after accounting …Do budget institutions play a role in explaining why government effectiveness is higher in some advanced countries than … similar effectiveness in tax collections. The negative impact of budget centralization seems to bite especially at the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012965640
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Macroeconomic Fluctuations in a Stylized DSGE Model with Disequilibrium Dynamics
Van Aarle, Bas - 2012
This study develops a stylised DSGE model, that departs in one aspect: it replaces the general equilibrium approach by disequilibrium economics. In this way, richer macroeconomic adjustment dynamics result, as it is not necessary to assume that goods and labour markets continuously clear. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096548
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Sweden - From Macroeconomic Failure to Macroeconomic Success
Calmfors, Lars - 2012
Major economic reforms have been carried through in Sweden during the last two decades. Most of the reforms have been made in response to long-standing rather than to acute problems. There has usually been a strong perception among economists, policy makers and the general public of the problems...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013107351
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Macroeconomic Fluctuations in a Stylized DSGE Model with Disequilibrium Dynamics
Aarle, Bas van - CESifo - 2012
This study develops a stylised DSGE model, that departs in one aspect: it replaces the general equilibrium approach by disequilibrium economics. In this way, richer macroeconomic adjustment dynamics result, as it is not necessary to assume that goods and labour markets continuously clear. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877936
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Sweden - from Macroeconomic Failure to Macroeconomic Success
Calmfors, Lars - CESifo - 2012
Major economic reforms have been carried through in Sweden during the last two decades. Most of the reforms have been made in response to long-standing rather than to acute problems. There has usually been a strong perception among economists, policy makers and the general public of the problems...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010544185
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Appropriate Fiscal Policy over the Business Cycle: Proper Stimulus Policies Can Work
Graves, Philip E. - CESifo - 2010
Fiscal policy has become quite controversial in the post-Keynesian era, the debate over the Obama stimulus package being a contentious recent example. Some pundits go so far as to take the position that macroeconomic theory has failed to meaningfully progress in terms of providing useful...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008498997
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A Fragile Eurozone in Search of a Better Governance
De Grauwe, Paul - 2013
When entering a monetary union, member-countries change the nature of their sovereign debt in a fundamental way (e.g., they cease to have control over the currency in which their debt is issued). As a result, financial markets can force these countries' sovereigns into default. In this sense,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013092900