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We consider the optimality of various institutional arrangements for agencies that conduct macro-prudential regulation and monetary policy. When a central bank is in charge of price and financial stability, a new time inconsistency problem may arise. Ex-ante, the central bank chooses the...
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contribution of this role to rising wealth concentration among American households. I highlight the following points: 1) financial … globalization raises wealth inequality in a financially-developed economy initially due to foreign capital pressing up domestic … households to reallocate wealth toward risky assets while impoverished households increase their debt. Wealth concentration …
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This paper models the effect of a HIV/AIDS epidemic on saving behavior and studies the welfare effects of testing for HIV. The model specifies a utility function that includes both regular consumption, and medical expenditures. Medical expenditures generate more utility if individuals are HIV...
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integration has risen. In standard theory, greater financial integration facilitates international borrowing and lending, helping …
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This paper uses consumption patterns across countries to measure capital market integration. It argues that earlier empirical tests of this type were potentially mis-specified and proposes a more robust specification. The results indicate that Japan was the only industrialized country for which...
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Assessing and quantifying the impacts of technological, economic, and policy shifts in the global energy system requires large-scale numerical models. We propose a dynamic multi-fuel market equilibrium model that combines endogenous fuel substitution within demand sectors and in power...
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, income and employment, IEEM generates indicators that describe policy impacts on the use of environmental resources, wealth …
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