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What is the Risk of European Sovereign Debt Defaults? Fiscal Space, CDS Spreads and Market Pricing of Risk
Aizenman, Joshua - 2011
We estimate the pricing of sovereign risk for sixty countries based on fiscal space (debt/tax; deficits/tax) and other … and economically important determinants of market-based sovereign risk. Although the explanatory power of fiscal space … emergence of TED spread as a key pricing factor. However, risk-pricing of the South-West Eurozone Periphery countries is not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461251
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Fiscal Stimulus and Commercial Bank Lending Under COVID-19
Aizenman, Joshua; Jinjarak, Yothin; Spiegel, Mark - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We investigate the implications of extra-normal government spending under the COVID-19 pandemic for commercial bank lending growth between 2019Q4 and 2020Q4 in a large sample of over 3000 banks from 71 countries. We control for pre-pandemic structural factors, bank characteristics and government...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013172181
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When Is Quality of Financial System a Source of Comparative Advantage?
Ju, Jiandong - 2008
Does finance follow the real economy, or the other way around? This paper unites the two competing schools of thought in a general equilibrium framework. Our key result is that there are threshold effects defined by a set of deep institutional parameters (cost of financial intermediation,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012464662
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Domestic Institutions and the Bypass Effect of Financial Globalization
Ju, Jiandong - 2007
the world than many developing countries. A noteworthy feature of this theory is that financial and property rights …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465505
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Intrinsic Openness and Endogenous Institutional Quality
Jiao, Yang - 2017
Quality of public institutions has been recognized as a crucial determinant of macroeconomic outcomes. We propose that a country's intrinsic level of openness (due to population size, geography, or exogenous trade opportunities) affects its incentives in investing in better institutions. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012453661
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How Does Corporate Governance Risk at Home Affect Investment Choices Abroad?
Kim, Woochan - 2008
Disparity between control and ownership rights gives rise to the risk of tunneling by the controlling shareholder, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012464925
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The Evolution of Inequality, Heterogeneity and Uncertainty in Labor Earnings in the U.S. Economy
Cunha, Flavio - 2007
A large empirical literature documents a rise in wage inequality in the American economy. It is silent on whether the increase in inequality is due to greater heterogeneity in the components of earnings that are predictable by agents or whether it is due to greater uncertainty faced by agents....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465120
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Accounting for Heterogeneity, Diversity, and General Equilibriumin Evaluating Social Programs
Heckman, James J. - 1999
This paper considers the problem of policy evaluation in a modern society with heterogeneous agents and diverse groups with conflicting interests. Several different approaches to the policy evaluation problem are compared including the approach adopted in modern welfare economics, the classical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471559
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Large Fiscal Episodes and Sustainable Development : Some International Evidence
Aizenman, Joshua; Jinjarak, Yothin; Nguyen, Hien Thi Kim; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
This paper examines the association between episodes of large fiscal impulses (expansions and adjustments) and sustainable development indicators (prosperity, resilience, and inclusivity). We provide country studies of Chile, Poland, South Africa, and Thailand, examining the components of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012510619
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Effect of the Jamaica Early Childhood Stimulation Intervention on Labor Market Outcomes at Age 31
Gertler, Paul J.; Heckman, James J.; Pinto, Rodrigo; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
intervention is being replicated around the world. Our analysis provides justification for expanding ECD interventions targeting … disadvantaged children living in poor countries around the world …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012629512