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Examina la formulacion e instrumentacion de la politica monetaria en Europa y otros paises, en un marco en el que la busqueda de la estabilidad de precios se ha convertido en el fin primordial de la politica monetaria y en el que un creciente numero de bancos centrales ha pasado a disponer de...

What is the main limitation of much modern macro-economic theory, among the failings pointed out by William R. White at the 2010 Mayekawa Lecture? We argue that the main deficiency is a failure to incorporate the possibility of default, including that of banks, into the core of the analysis....

Busts after periods of prolonged prosperity have been found to be catastrophic. Financial institutions increase their leverage and shift their portfolios towards projects that were previously considered too risky. This results from institutions rationally updating their expectations and becoming...

This paper assesses the choice of different regulatory policy instruments for crisis management and prevention. We show that Capital and Liquidity Requirements (as Basel III proposes) are not sufficient to ensure Financial Stability. Three different tools are required to address three different...