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Duchin, Ran - 2009

This paper investigates whether corporate political influence affects government investment decisions. We study the efficacy of the various forms of political influence, ranging from the relatively passive connections between firms and politicians, such as those based on politicians’ voting...

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Safer Ratios, Riskier Portfolios: Banks? Response to Government Aid

Duchin, Ran - 2011

-level data on home mortgages and corporate loans. Our difference-indifference analysis indicates that after the bailout, bailed …

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Workshop "The Impact of the Crisis on SMEs", Brussels, 1 February 2010

Saraiva, António; Braunerhjelm, Pontus; Nowak, Maria - 2010

A workshop on the "The Impact of the Crisis on SMEs" was held in the European Parliament in Brussels on 1 February 2010. This document contains the programme, presentations and proceedings of that workshop.

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Managing household debts : social service provision in the EU ; Workshop report - Brussels, 25 June 2010

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and … - 2010

Overall, household debt levels have risen sharply over the past decades in EU Member States. While certain levels of household debts can be beneficial, they can become problematic especially with a sudden, unexpected decrease of incomes or increase of expenditures. The current financial crisis...

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Saving America's Automobile Industry: The Bailouts of 1979 and 2009, An Overview of the Economic Conditions, Factors for Failure, Government Interventions and Public Reactions

Wall, Taylor A. - 2010

these important factors, the paper will describe the specifics of Chrysler’s bailout experience in 1979 with the positive … paper will explain the specifics of the government’s bailout of General Motors and Chrysler in 2009. The paper will also …, this paper will demonstrate that although the 1979 bailout was better perceived by the American public, the long term …

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The bright side of the doom loop: banks’ sovereign exposure and default incentives

Rojas, Luis E.; Thaler, Dominik

El bucle de retroalimentación entre la insolvencia soberana y la del sector financiero se ha identificado como un impulsor clave de la crisis de deuda europea y ha motivado una serie de propuestas políticas. Revisamos este «bucle de perdición» centrándonos en los incentivos de los...

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Responsible Sovereign Lending and Borrowing

Gulati, Mitu; Buchheit, Lee C. - 2010

and their lenders. First, the flow of capital to sovereign debtors is exceptionally important to the world economy …

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Essays on Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth

Christie, Tamoya A. L. - 2011

This dissertation comprises two essays. The first essay explores how the size of government, as measured by the level of spending, affects growth. Theoretical models suggest a nonlinear relationship; however, testing this hypothesis empirically in cross-country studies is complicated by the...

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The Corporate Choice between Public Debt, Bank Loans, Traditional Private Debt Placements, and 144A Debt Issues

Arena, Matteo - 2010

The main purpose of this study is to examine the determinants of the corporate choice between different forms of debt financing. By analyzing the most comprehensive sample of U.S. corporate debt issues to date, I find that firms that issue 144A debt have significantly lower credit quality and...

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14.05 Intermediate Applied Macroeconomics, Fall 2002

Temin, Peter - 2002

Uses the tools of macroeconomics to study three macroeconomic policy problems in depth. Possible topics include long-run economic growth, the macroeconomics of the transition to a modern capitalist society, federal government surpluses and deficits, Social Security, the distribution of earnings...

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