This paper studies the implications of cross-border financial integration for financial stability when banks' loan portfolios adjust endogenously. Banks can be subject to sectoral and aggregate domestic shocks. After integration they can share these risks in a complete interbank market. When...

In this paper, we assess the demographic and economic consequences of migrations in Europe and neighbourhood countries. In order to do so, we rely on a multi-region world overlapping generations model (INGENUE2). The rich modeling framework of this multi-regions model allows us to put into...

This paper examines the mechanism of financial globalization and the preconditions needed for its operation, from the aspect of financial development. Using data on financial globalization and financial development from 16 OECD countries during the period of 1988 to 2001, this paper also...

We analyze trading speed and fragmentation in asset markets. In our model, trading venues make technological investments and compete for investors who choose where and how much to trade. Faster venues charge higher fees and attract speed-sensitive investors. Competition among venues increases...

We develop models for portfolio diversification in the sovereign credit default swap (CDS) markets and show that, despite literature findings that sovereign CDS spreads are affected by global factors, there is sufficient idiosyncratic risk to be diversified away. However, we identify regime...

This paper offers a framework for regulating internalities. Using a simple economic model, we provide four principles for designing and evaluating behaviorally-motivated policy. We then outline rules for determining which contexts reliably reflect true preferences and discuss empirical...

Basics -- Economic Growth and Natural Resources -- Efficiency and Market Equilibrium under Resource Abundance -- Intergenerational Efficiency in Log-linear Cobb-Douglas OLG Models -- Intertemporal Market Equilibrium and Short-Run Intergenerational Efficiency -- Steady-State Market Equilibrium,...