This paper discusses the underpinnings of the financial crisis of the last decade. It explores the endogenous reasons of this crisis, and in particular a possible link between delayed and unequal growth of household incomes in post-transition countries on one hand and the instability of their...

The depth of the Great Recession, the slow recovery of job creation, the downward trend in labor force participation, high long-term unemployment, stagnant or declining wages for low-to-medium skill jobs owing to adverse labor demand shifts, and a greater rebound in low-wage than mid- or...

Recently, world financial markets were in the midst of a credit crisis of historic breadth and depth. The crisis had significant impact on the corporate sector. Many firms encountered difficulties surviving and adopting correct strategies. This research provides a picture of Italian industrial...

Low interest rate environment encourages borrowing. During inevitable downturns in business cycles, heavy borrowing makes it more vulnerable to financial crisis. Low interest rate environments also favor high fixed cost investments, which have low variable costs and hence, have more significant...

This paper uses individual-level data from both the 2003-2011 American Time Use Survey and Youth Risk Behavior Survey and state-level unemployment rates to examine the effects of the Great Recession on teenagers' activities. I present results by gender and gender by race/ethnicity. Over the...

There are theoretical and empirical studies that highlight a variety of determinants of economic growth, including investments, physical capital accumulation, human capital, innovation, political and legal institutions, macroeconomic conditions etc. The purpose of our paper is to determine the...

The recent financial crises in emerging markets have motivated a number of proposed measures that might regulate or provide protection against readily reversible external capital flows. Possible reforms include the adoption of self-protection policies by developing countries that augment...