We determine optimal token issuance and fee rates for issuers with varying degrees of commitment. For the polar cases of no commitment (Markov perfect) and full commitment (Ramsey) we study the conditions under which equilibriums exist. Assuming convex maintenance costs guarantees well-defined...

We evaluate the institutional frameworks developed to implement time-varying macroprudential policies in 58 countries. We focus on new financial stability committees (FSCs) that have grown dramatically in number since the global financial crisis, and their interaction with central banks, and...

Whether to set managerial rules or allow managerial discretion is a key issue in organizations. In this paper, we investigate the boundaries between rules and discretion in the firm. Using an incomplete contract approach, we differentiate between projects that are more efficiently managed under...

Nature conservation scientists and practitioners have voiced the concern that a conservation discourse based on economic arguments and monetary valuation may undermine conservation efforts by eroding ("crowding out") the influence of other arguments for nature conservation. This paper presents...

Our note has two related, albeit separate, goals. First, we extend an interest rate policy rule by appending a financial variable to it. Our key assumption is that the relationship between that financial variable and output is uncertain. This is an important assumption because policymakers seek...

Die Arbeit schlägt für das Eurosystem als Krisenrecht ein neues Verfahren zum besseren und sicheren Erreichen des Preisstabilitätsziels vor. Dazu knüpft es an hohen Teuerungsraten an. Als ultima ratio sieht es die Bank für Internationalen Zahlungsausgleich (BIZ) als Verwalterin vor, um eine...

An organization faces a stream of random events everyday. Whether to set managerial rules or allow managerial discretion is a key issue in organizations. In this paper, we investigate the boundaries between rules and discretion in authority. Using an incomplete contract approach, we...