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In this paper, we discuss the modern history of monetarism and its alternatives, as well as the changing empirical relationship of various measures of money and inflation. After demonstrating that previous naïve correlations between money and inflation as established in the 20th century...
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In this paper we analyse various instances of supervisory centralization either implemented or proposed in Europe in the aftermath of the financial crisis and the sovereign debt crisis. Our central thesis is that supervisory fragmentation is a cause of systemic risk, as cooperation amongst...
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banks play complex, long horizon games and face more than one tradeoff. We account for these issues in a simple infinite … central banks cannot attain both low inflation and financial stability …
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This paper presents the results of a comprehensive survey conducted with 27 European Union (EU) central banks … complemented by results from a survey of the financial stability department heads in 27 EU central banks. The highest index scores … banks in the EMU, as well as in non-EMU ones. Along with the recent macroprudential reforms, the index level is likely to …
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resiliencequot;, in Brunnen, Switzerland. The event brought together senior representatives of central banks, academic institutions …
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As the world debates the economic crisis, it does so without considering two historically important ideas: the stigmatization of miserliness and the prohibition of usury. Although these ideas were once keystones of society, they are missing from the current discourse. This paper seeks to...
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operating firms has failed to return to normal levels. One explanation suggested is that banks still lack confidence because … they need time to adjust to the new environment. Another is that the reduced flow of credit reflects banks' rational … the prospects of operating firms are interdependent, banks' decisions on whether to lend to a given operating firm depend …
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Climate change has been identified as ldquo;The biggest market failure the World has ever seenrdquo;, (Stern 2006). This paper identifies the cost of finance as an influential element of this market failure and how it can be removed. One approach would be to use a renewable energy backed...
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The United States is now committed to using two relatively sophisticated approaches to measuring capital adequacy: Basel III and stress tests. This paper shows how stress testing could mitigate weaknesses in the way Basel III measures credit and interest rate risk, the way it measures bank...
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