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Bank Liquidity, Interbank Markets, and Monetary Policy

Freixas, X.; Martin, A.; Skeie, D. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2010

A major lesson of the recent financial crisis is that the interbank lending market is crucial for banks facing large uncertainty regarding their liquidity needs. This paper studies the efficiency of the interbank lending market in allocating funds. We consider two different types of liquidity...

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Optimal Fragile Financial Networks

Castiglionesi, Fabio; Navarro, N. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2007

We study a financial network characterized by the presence of depositors, banks and their shareholders. Belonging to a financial network is beneficial for both the depositors and banks' shareholders since the return to investment increases with the number of banks connected. However, the network...

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Repo Runs

Martin, A.; Skeie, D.; von Thadden, E.L. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2010

This paper develops a model of financial institutions that borrow short- term and invest into long-term marketable assets. Because these financial intermediaries perform maturity transformation, they are subject to runs. We endogenize the profits of the intermediary and derive distinct liquidity...

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The Role of Finance in Economic Development : Benefits, Risks, and Politics

Beck, Thorsten - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2011

Abstract: Theoretical and empirical research has shown that a sound and effective financial system is critical for economic development and growth. The financial system, however, is also subject to boom and bust cycles and fragility, with negative repercussions for the real economy. Further, the...

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Beggar Thy Thrifty Neighbour : The International Spillover Effects of Pensions Under Population Ageing

Meijdam, Lex; Adema, Y.; Verbon, H.A.A. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2006

This paper explores the international spillover effects of ageing through capital markets when countries have different … pension schemes.Two forms of population ageing are considered, namely an increase in longevity and a fall in fertility.It is …

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The Effects of Asymmetric Demographic Shocks with Perfect Capital Mobility

van Groezen, Bas; Leers, T. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2000

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Health and Wealth of Elderly Couples : Causality Tests Using Dynamic Panel Data Models

van soest, arthur; Michaud, P.C. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2004

A positive relationship between socio-economic status (SES) and health, the so-called \health-wealth gradient", is repeatedly found in most industrialized countries with similar levels of health care technology and economic welfare. This study analyzes causality from health to wealth (health...

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Dynamic Investment Behavior Taking into Account Ageing of the Capital Good

Kort, Peter; Feichtinger, G.; Hartl, R.F.; Veliov, V. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2001

.However, due to ageing, in reality it holds most of the time that newer capital goods are more productive. Implications of this …

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Altruism and fairness in a public pension system

van der Heijden, Eline; nelissen, jan; Verbon, H.A.A. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 1995

In this paper it is empirically investigated whether feelings of altruism towards members of other generations and senses of justice have an impact on the individual s evaluation of the public pension system. The data have been obtained from a large-scale survey carried out among a...

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Social Security Reform and Population Ageing in a Two-Sector Growth Model

van Groezen, Bas; Meijdam, Lex; Verbon, H.A.A. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2002

This paper analyses the effects of reducing unfunded social security and population ageing on economic growth and … raises productivity growth in a closed economy, both in the short and long run. Furthermore, ageing will lead to a lower long …-run rate of economic growth in a small open economy, whereas in the short run, the effects depend on the type of ageing and the …

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