We present 12 facts about the mortgage crisis. We argue that the facts refute the popular story that the crisis resulted from finance industry insiders deceiving uninformed mortgage borrowers and investors. Instead, we argue that borrowers and investors made decisions that were rational and...

This paper addresses the discussion between economic power and the power of politics with particular focus on financial markets. After general reflections about the economic basis of power, the paper discusses in a general equilibrium framework how financial innovations can lead to risk creation...

Within this study we propose different measures to prove the influence of prior retail fund performance on fund flows. In contrast to previous literature, our work indicates that investors behave directly and in a selective manner by redeeming their shares of poor performing funds. By using a...

The steady application of Quantitative Easing (QE) has been followed by big and non-monotonic effects on international asset prices and international capital flows. These are difficult to explain in conventional models, but arise naturally in a model with collateral. This paper develops a...

Diversification through pooling and tranching securities was supposed to mitigate creditor runs in financial institutions by reducing their credit risk, yet many financial institutions holding diversified portfolios experienced creditor runs in the recent financial crisis of 2007-2009. We...

We examine the long-run relationships and short-run dynamic linkages among 9 major cross-currency swap spreads, with specific emphasis on how crisis periods have impacted the long-run relationships and short-run dynamic transmissions. The results show that the long-run relationships were...

We examine the long-run relationships and short-run dynamic linkages among 9 major cross-currency swap spreads, with specific emphasis on how crisis periods have impacted the long-run relationships and short-run dynamic transmissions. The results show that the long-run relationships were...

In a one of its kind study on the subject, weak form efficient market hypothesis (EMH) and Samuelson's dictum has been analyzed for seven major developed (Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, UK and USA) and developing markets (Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Mexico, Russia and South...

We show that cross-border financial flows arise when countries differ in their abilities to use assets as collateral. Financial integration is a way of sharing scarce collateral. The ability of one country to leverage and tranche assets provides attractive financial contracts to investors in the...

We present 12 facts about the mortgage crisis. We argue that the facts refute the popular story that the crisis resulted from finance industry insiders deceiving uninformed mortgage borrowers and investors. Instead, we argue that borrowers and investors made decisions that were rational and...