Financial repression lowers the return on government debt and contributes, all else equal, towards its liquidation. However, its full effect on the debt-to-GDP ratio hinges on how repression impacts the economy at large because it alters investment and saving decisions. We develop and estimate a...

Intro -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I - Early Rumblings -- Introduction to Part I -- 1 Capital Inflows and Real Exchange Rate Appreciation in Latin America: The Role of External Factors - Guillermo A. Calvo, Leonardo Leiderman, and Carmen M. Reinhart -- 2 Capital Inflows to Latin America:...

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Performing Theory? -- 2 Transforming Finance -- 3 Theory and Practice -- 4 Tests, Anomalies, and Monsters -- 5 Pricing Options -- 6 Pits, Bodies, and Theorems -- 7 The Fall -- 8 Arbitrage -- 9 Models and Markets -- Appendix A An Example of Modigliani and Miller's...

We exploit the Fed's Treasury purchases conducted from March 2020 to March 2022 to assess whether asset purchases can be tailored to accomplish different objectives: restoring market functioning and providing stimulus. We find that, on average, flow effects are significant in the...

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction: What is Critical Finance Studies? -- Part I: Key Concepts -- 1 Liquidity -- 2 Volatility -- 3 Speculation -- 4 Financial Noise -- 5 Risk and Arbitrage -- Part II:...