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The future of public debt: prospects and implications
Cecchetti, Stephen G.; Mohanty, M. S.; Zampolli, Fabrizio - Bank für Internationalen Zahlungsausgleich <Basel> - 2010
Since the start of the financial crisis, industrial country public debt levels have increased dramatically. And they are set to continue rising for the foreseeable future. A number of countries face the prospect of large and rising future costs related to the ageing of their populations. In this...
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BEA - Bureau of Economic Analysis - International Economics Accounts
United States / Bureau of Economic Analysis
The international transactions accounts provide information on trade in goods and services (including the balance of payments and the balance of trade), investment income, and government and private financial flows. In addition, the accounts measure the value of U.S. international assets and...
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The US dollar shortage in global banking and the international policy response
McGuire, Patrick M.; Peter, Goetz von - Bank for International Settlements / Monetary and … - 2009
policy response. Using the BIS international banking statistics, we reconstruct the worldwide consolidated balance sheets of … the major national banking systems. This allows us to investigate the structure of banks' global operations across their … misleading guide to where the vulnerabilities faced by that country's national banking system (or residents) lie. It then focuses …
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The Link between Default and Recovery Rates: Theory, Empirical Evidence and Implications
Altman, Edward I.; Brady, Brooks; Resti, Andrea; … - 2003
This paper analyzes the association between aggregate default and recovery rates on credit assets, and seeks to empirically explain this critical relationship. We examine recovery rates on corporate bond defaults, over the period 1982-2002.(...)
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Interest subsidies on student loans: A better class of drain
Barr, Nicholas A.; Johnston, Alison - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2010
This paper discusses the problems that arise from interest subsidies in the UK system of student loans; systems in other countries, for example Australia and New Zealand, face similar problems. The topic appears to be narrow and technical, and of significance only to the most nerdy of...
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Funding higher education: policies for access and quality
Barr, Nicholas A. - London School of Economics and Political Science
This paper puts forward a strategy for achieving two objectives in higher education –improved access and increased quality – about which there is unanimous agreement.[...]
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Repayment Frequency in Micro nance Contracts with Present-Biased Borrowers
Fischer, Greg; Ghatak, Maitreesh - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2010
This paper analyzes the theoretical underpinnings of high-frequency repayment, a featurein nearly all microfi…nance contracts that has been largely overlooked by theorists. The pervasive belief among practitioners that frequent repayment is critical in achieving high repaymentrates is puzzling....
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Allokation der Ausfälle von Studiengebührendarlehen
Buhl, Hans Ulrich; Faisst, Ulrich; Pfaller, Ralph - Universität <Augsburg> / Lehrstuhl für … - 2006
In naher Zukunft werden rund 1,5 Millionen Studierende in DeutschlandStudiengebühren entrichten müssen, da mittlerweile acht Bundesländer deren Erhebungbeschlossen haben. Die Bundesländer sind – nach einer Entscheidung des Bundesverfassungsgerichts– bei Erhebung von Studiengebühren zur...
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Finanzierungsrechnungen als Controllinginstrument
Grob, Heinz Lothar; Coners, André - 1999
Die Finanzierungsrechnung ist als finanzwirtschaftliches Teilsystem des Rechnungswesens anzusehen. In ihr werden die Ein- und Auszahlungen einer Periode in Staffel- oder Kontoform gegenüberstellt. (...)
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