Based on a connection between network analysis and B-VAR models, this paper provides a first empirical evidence of the relationships between capital centralization expressed in terms of network control on one hand and monetary policy guidelines and business cycles on the other. Our findings...

We examine whether business groups’ influence on cash holdings depends on ownership. Group affiliation can increase firms’ agency costs or benefit firms by providing an internal capital market, especially in transition economies characterized by weak investor protection and difficult...

Central bank independence and governance (CBIG) is a term subject to conflicting definitions and modelling and so its related studies are difficult to compare. This paper therefore focuses on developing of a workable definition, and a robust CBIG index model by identifying its key determinants....

A group of investors with heterogeneous risk preferences maximize their joint, weighted life-time utility from payouts. Group members' utility weights are endogenously deter- mined at startup. Each member receives a non-tradeable claim that is optimally tailored to her risk preferences. Claims...

We lay a ground for a simple comparison of positive and possible side (adverse) effects of zero interest rate policy (ZLB policy) on welfare. Using a standard New Keynesian dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model, we show that if one assumes that the ZLB policy has no side effects, then...

In this paper I discuss Bitcoin’s defining features that make it a unique asset. I argue that Bitcoin should not be considered as a single purpose asset only, but rather as a new digital financial asset serving several function. In addition to functioning as a means of payment (at least...