This paper develops a dynamic model of financial institutions that borrow short-term and invest into long-term marketable assets. Because such intermediaries performmaturity transformation, they are subject to potential runs. We derive distinct liquidity and collateral constraints that...

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Although Central Banks have pursued the same objectives throughout their existence, primarily price and financial stability, the interpretation of their role in doing so has varied. We identify three stable epochs, when such interpretations had stabilised, i.e., a) The Victorian era, 1840s to 1914;...

Very high government debt/GDP ratios will increase uncertainty about inflation and the future path of real interest rates. This will reduce substitutability across the yield curve. In such circumstances, changes in the short-term/long-term mix of government debt held by the public will become...

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The Final Report of the National Commission on the Causes of the Financial and Economic Crisis in the United States was released on January 27 2011. The strong political differences within the commission prevented the draft of a shared report. In addition to the majority report, two dissenting...

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