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Econometric issues in the analysis of contagion

Pesaran, M. Hashem; Pick, Andreas - 2004

This paper presents a canonical, econometric model of contagion and investigates the conditions under which contagion … the solution is not unique, and for sufficiently large values of the contagion coefficients it has interesting bifurcation … contagion effects in the presence of inter-dependencies the equations for the individual markets or countries must contain …

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Sinking land : Optimal control of subsidence

Sen, Suphi; Verhoeven, Dewy; Weikard, Hans-Peter - 2023

Land subsidence threatens the living conditions of roughly 1.2 billion people worldwide in deltaic regions characterized by soft top soil. Economic activity in deltaic regions requires lowering the groundwater levels to keep the land sufficiently dry to maintain productivity, which, however,...

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Experimentation in two-sided markets

Peitz, Martin; Rady, Sven; Trepper, Piers - 2015

We study optimal experimentation by a monopolistic platform in a two-sided market. The platform provider is uncertain about the strength of the externality each side is exerting on the other. Setting participation fees on both sides, it gradually learns about these externalities by observing...

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Harvesting a remote renewable resource

Upmann, Thorsten; Behringer, Stefan - 2017

In standard models of spatial harvesting, the resource is distributed over the complete domain and the agent is able to control the harvesting activity everywhere all the time. In some cases though, it is more realistic to assume that the resource is located at a single point in space and that...

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Climate change and migration : a dynamic model

Mason, Charles F. - 2016 - This version: October 9, 2016

In this paper I explore a model where citizens of a country vulnerable to damages from climate change may migrate to a second country, from which a steady stream of greenhouse gases occur. If this migration imposes costs on the emitting country, then migration induces a sort of pseudo carbon...

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Risk-sharing and contagion in networks

Cabrales, Antonio; Gottardi, Piero; Vega-Redondo, Fernando - 2014 - This version: January 15, 2014

We investigate the trade-off between the risk-sharing gains enjoyed by more interconnected firms and the costs resulting from an increased risk exposure. We find that when the shock distribution displays "fat" tails, extreme segmentation into small components is optimal, while minimal...

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Monetary policies of large industrialised countries, emerging market credit cycles and feedback effects

Andreas, Hoffmann; Schnabl, Gunther - 2014

This paper explores the link between monetary policies of large industrial countries and international credit cycles. Based on an overinvestment framework, we show that in the prevailing asymmetric world monetary system, monetary policies of large centre countries can fuel credit booms in...

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Contagion in financial networks : a threat index

Demange, Gabrielle - 2015

Interbank claims are a concern to regulators as they might facilitate the dissemination of defaults and generate spill-over effects. Building on a simple model, this paper introduces a measure of the spill-over effects that a bank generates when it defaults. The measure is based on an explicit...

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Banking supervision in integrated financial markets : implications for the EU

Stolz, Stéphanie Marie - 2002

-border contagion effects could turn out to be important in the EU because national banking problems could easily spread via the highly … take cross-border contagion effects into account. Supervisors with such a national mandate fail to implement the optimum …

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A panic-prone pack? : the behavior of emerging market mutual funds

Borensztein, Eduardo; Gelos, Gaston - 2001

This paper explores the behavior of emerging market mutual funds using anovel database covering the holdings of individual funds over the periodJanuary 1996 to March 1999. An examination of individual crises shows that,on average, funds withdrew money one month prior to the events. Thedegree of...

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