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The United States economy has suffered over the past four years from crises in mortgage foreclosures and in financial markets, as well as a long recession that some have referred to as the Great Recession. The links between these events, or more broadly the causes, extent and effects of these...
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MODERN MONETARY THEORY (MMT) notes correctly that money is a creature of the state, and that important macroeconomic and policy conclusions follow from this understanding, e.g., sovereign states are not revenue constrained and spending is primarily limited by inflation. Taxes give value to state...
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banking crises. Recent findings show that government intervention results in only a small proportion of bank recoveries. This …
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different combinations of bank asset and funding sources and assess their impact on the mortgage crisis. We then estimate how … distinct strategies have affected bank profitability and risk before the crisis, and what impact they have put on the mortgage …
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Why were some banks heavily affected by mortgage crises, while others barely? Why were some banking sectors dominated by “originate and distribute” model, while others were trading? Why did some banks decide not to follow the others, and preferred to stay traditional banks? How the models...
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banking crises. Recent findings show that government intervention results in only a small proportion of bank recoveries. This …
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The paper focuses on empirical analysis of major factors that determine innovation activities of Russian manufacturing firms during the crisis. We presume that the crisis has ambiguous effects on firms' behaviour, on one hand limiting their financial capabilities to invest into new products...
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This paper considers developments which have necessitated greater involvement and a greater role for the central bank … legislation such as the Banking Act of 2009 which has not only introduced greater statutory powers for the central bank, but also … the Special Resolution Regime. As well as a consideration of arguments which are in favour of the central bank’s role as …
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one-period probit model used by Cole and Gunther (1998). Using data on U.S. bank failures from 1985 – 1992, we find that …, from an econometric perspective, the hazard model is more accurate than the probit model in predicting bank failures, but … data from the 1980s performs surprisingly well in forecasting bank failures during 2009 – 2010. …
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In this study, we analyze why U.S. commercial banks failed during the recent financial crisis. We find that proxies for commercial real estate investments, as well as traditional proxies for the CAMELS components, do an excellent job in explaining the failures of banks that were closed during...
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