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. Initial results show that relative changes in consumer confidence in the USA and the Eurozone (CCI), relative consumer price …
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Theoretically commodity prices are expected to overshoot the money supply in the short run but to vary with unit proportionality in the long run. This follows from the observation that consumer prices are sticky and that commodity prices, set in auction markets are fully flexible. There is...
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between Japan and the USA. The results indicate that high-frequency finance data can reveal the existence of long-term PPP …
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between Japan and the USA. The results indicate that high-frequency finance data can reveal the existence of long-term PPP …
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The subprime crisis raised some fundamental questions about the usefulness of mainstream economics. This paper considers the shortcomings of the new neoclassical synthesis and the new macroeconomic consensus in analysing the causes and consequences of the crisis. It demonstrates that the major...
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.95%) and steel use finished products (CHN 9.38%; ITA 1.65%), whereas the USA have higher average annual growth of imports (13 …
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We develop a model of rational bubbles based on the assumptions of unknown market liquidity and limited liability of … condition for whether rational bubbles are possible. Based on this analysis, we discuss several widely-discussed policy measures … with respect to their effectiveness in preventing bubbles. A reduction of manager bonuses or a Tobin tax can create or …
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The paper introduces the assumption of costly information acquisition to the theory of mechanism design for matching allocation problems. It is shown that the assumption of endogenous information acquisition greatly changes some of the cherished results in that theory: in particular, the...
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Bubbles are generally considered the outcome of investor irrationality or informational asymmetry, both objectionable … prices make a lognormal price process that nests the classic CAPM with a potential for endogenous bubbles through learning … might burst to bubbles or decline to near-zero, “pink-sheet†valuations. When the technology shifts phase to generate …
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We develop a parsimonious model of bubbles based on the assumption of imprecisely known market depth. In a speculative … possibility of bubbles depending on the risk-free rate, uncertainty about market depth, and traders’ degree of leverage. This … allows us to discuss several policy measures. Bubbles always reduce aggregate welfare. Among others, certain monetary policy …
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