We present a comprehensive analysis to calculate the Basel III liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) and the net stable funding ratio (NSFR) of U.S. commercial banks using Call Report data over the period 2001–2011, and provide indirect empirical evidence on net cash outflow rates of certain...

Comprising original and never-before-published papers by distinguished economists, this book offers insights about lessons that were or should have been learned from recent outbreaks of such crises in East Asia and elsewhere. Recent Financial Crises also presents a set of econometric studies of...

Recent research on the subprime crisis and rollover risk suggests that debt market liquidity is a major factor affecting the risk of default. This implies that firms that rely heavily on short-term debt, such as commercial paper (CP), are at greater risk of default. Debt market illiquidity could...

This paper studies export pricing behavior following exchange rate changes in US manufacturing industries. Through a monopolistic model, the paper predicts that export prices should change, but less than proportionally, in response to exchange rate changes if either or both demand elasticity and...

Conclusions in empirical studies of commuting and urban spatial structure depend on the selection of measures for the job – housing relationship. In order to help to develop urban growth strategies based on coherent empirical results, this paper presents a ‘commuting spectrum’ approach...