It is obvious that holding city population constant, differences in cities across the world are enormous. Urban giants ….e., heights), and population per unit interior space (i.e., crowding). The first two are far larger in the cities of developed … countries while the latter is larger for the cities of developing countries. In order to study sources of diversity among cities …

debt increases in the run up to a crisis. But in the face of persistent primary deficits, debt service tends to rise … abruptly-particularly in emerging markets-and a fiscal crisis ensues. There is also evidence that a large part of the debt …

specific language like 'fear', 'risk', 'hedging', 'opinion', and, 'crisis', as well as 'positive' and 'negative' sentiments, in …