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Iceland's Economic and Financial Crisis: Causes, Consequences and Implications
Spruk, Rok - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Iceland experienced a significant financial meltdown and subsequent economic downturn after the 2008/2009 financial … onwards. Since 1980s, Iceland's macroeconomic stability had been constantly deteriorated by the most volatile annual CPI and … also provides a short-term analysis of Iceland's macroeconomic outlook. The main findings of the article conclude that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008919755
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Recessions, Growth and Financial Crises
Dwyer, Gerald P; Devereux, John; Baier, Scott L.; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
We examine the relationship of banking crises with economic growth and recessions. Our data cover 21 economies from around the world, most from 1870 to 2009 with the rest starting in 1901 or earlier. The data include capital investment and human capital formation. We have two major findings....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259781
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A coopetitive approach to financial markets stabilization and risk management
Carfì, David; Musolino, Francesco - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The aim of this paper is to propose a methodology to stabilize the financial markets by adopting Game Theory, in particular, the Complete Study of a Differentiable Game and the new mathematical model of Coopetitive Game, proposed recently in the literature by D. Carfì. Specifically, we will...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652924
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Market Based, Segregated Exchanges with Default Risk
Kilenthong, Weerachart; Townsend, Robert - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
This paper studies a competitive general equilibrium model with default and endogenous collateral constraints. Even though all collateralized contracts are allowed, the possibility and desirability of trade in spot markets (or the equivalent trade in ex ante asset backed securities) creates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008552792
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Causes of Financial Crises Past and Present: The Role of the This Time is Different Syndrome
Reinhart, Carmen; Rogoff, Kenneth - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
In this note, we attempt to place the question of how we got to the global financial crisis that began as the US Subprime debacle in the summer of 2007 in the context of an international and historical comparative setting. It is of some poignancy that the “we” here refers to the wealthiest...
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Crises and the recent recession
Tatom, John - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009220099
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All Things Considered: The Interaction of the Reasons for the Financial Crisis
Rioja, Abdala; E, Yamile - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The present paper reviews the causes that led to the financial crisis. Unlike other interpretations, this paper does not place main significance on a single source or on a set of causes. I consider all major standpoints highlighted by research and media prior, during and after the financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009294924
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Get rid of banks and build up a modern financial world
Lenz, Rainer - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The financial crisis has revealed fatal institutional and structural deficits at the finance market. Politics has reacted to the financial crisis with a sea of legal bills and regulations. But all regulating efforts are merely system-imminent reparation measures and do not solve the core...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009322661
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Sovereign risk and debt sustainability: warning levels for Romania
Zaman, Gheorghe; Georgescu, George - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Despite the governments took rescue and/or stimulus packages, signs of recovery occurring in 2009 and 2010, the global growth sustainability seems uncertain. Romania was hit hard by the crisis, suffering a severe contraction of the economy, estimated at 7.1 percent in 2009. The worsening of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009277873
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The ineffectiveness of state as a controller and owner
Bojańczyk, Mirosław - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The global market is largely a game without rules and without an arbitrator able to dispense necessary medicine. Undoubtedly, the crisis has caused the emergence of new challenges, which require the active role of the state in various areas. States play the role of owners of companies and market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008636530