This paper studies the network structure and fragmentation of the Argentine interbank market. Both the unsecured (CALL) and the secured (REPO) markets are examined. The aim of this study is to understand their actual fragmentation, as well as its potential implications for monetary policy and...

In this paper bank bailout rules and central bank independence (CBI) are determined by majority voting. The failure of a bank is socially costly, since bailouts are financed by distortionary taxation. The tax distortion can be reduced via monetization, i.e. lowering CBI; but monetization causes...

Today from the UK with Brexit leavers and remainers, to Venezuela and Turkey, the USA and Brazil, South Korea and Kenya we find governments whose legitimacy is under question, and whose voters are almost equally divided between one camp or another. No election goes uncontested and no office...