than the act of actually holding a mega-event. We develop a political economy model that formalizes this idea, and derives …

Multiple Cause (MIMIC) model. Our analysis is conducted on a cross-section of 107 countries; we focus on national causes and … consequences of the crisis, ignoring cross-country "contagion" effects. Our model of the incidence of the crisis combines 2008 …

Multiple Cause (MIMIC) model. Our analysis is conducted on a cross-section of 85 countries; we focus on international linkages … that may have allowed the crisis to spread across countries. Our model of the cross-country incidence of the crisis …

Multiple Cause (MIMIC) model. Our analysis is conducted on a crosssection of 107 countries; we focus on national causes and … consequences of the crisis, ignoring crosscountry "contagion" effects. Our model of the incidence of the crisis combines 2008 …

A gravity model is used to assess the separate effects of exchange rate volatility and currency unions on international …

, its basic components and create a model for accomplishing it. Reliability is a key factor considered by the author to …

volatility portion of the model, including methods that are robust to market microstructure noise, and address estimation and … testing questions involving the jump part of the model. As they demonstrate, the practical importance and relevance of jumps …

volatility portion of the model, including methods that are robust to market microstructure noise, and address estimation and … testing questions involving the jump part of the model. As they demonstrate, the practical importance and relevance of jumps …