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Over the past century, Israel has been transformed from an agricultural colony, to a welfare-warfare state, to a globally integrated “market economy” characterised by great income disparities. What lies behind this transformation? Why the shift in emphasis from “war profits” to “peace...
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The purpose of this article is to offer an alternative analytical framework for understanding the long term transformation in Israel. First, we argue against the conventional separation between the “political system” and the “economic system.” This separationist approach has been popular...
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A theoretical and historical account of the global political economy of oil, armament and capital accumulation in the …
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We study the development of bank lending in the U.S. after four large jumps in uncertainty using an event study approach. We find that more liquid banks reduce lending less than banks with smaller liquidity ratios after a surge in uncertainty. Lending by smaller banks is also less responsive to...
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The impact of U.S. bank loan announcements on the stock prices of the corporate borrowers has been decreasing during the two last decades with estimated two-day cumulative abnormal returns slipping from almost 200 basis points in the beginning of the 1980s to close to zero by the turn of the...
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The purpose of this paper is to examine the wealth effect of the Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act, also known as Check 21, on bank stock return. We use event study analysis on thirty-four U.S. bank stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Our analysis reveals that Check 21 is...
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