This paper assesses the vulnerability of Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) economies to external crises. It shows that while the average LAC economy has made significant strides to reduce vulnerability to crises to its historical minimum, there is still considerable room for improvement,...

Abstract In this paper, we develop a stochastic model to analyze how financial contagion may affect economic activity. In the deterministic case, we show that, according to specific parameter values, the economy may converge either to a stress-free equilibrium or to a stressed equilibrium: in...

Although substantial current account deficits can be sustained indefinitely, large deficits in goods and services trade cannot be. Even to stabilise the current account deficit, the United States must restore balance in goods and services trade within a decade or so. If this adjustment is to be...

Is the U.S. vulnerable to a full-blown dollar crisis? Why are international finance economists scared and jittery, but domestically-oriented macroeconomists much less concerned?

The book is a revision of prior version that was intended as a text for teaching accounting students about ethics, as well as a book about ethics for professional accountants. As such, the current book serves a useful purpose. Educating accounting students and practicing professionals is an...

Since the 1997 financial crisis in Korea, the incidence of felonies such as murder, robbery, arson, and rape has doubled. We found that the Korean government has not taken adequate countermeasures against the crime-inducing environments, which contributed to the growth of felonies. Resource...

Summary The current financial crisis is often said to be caused by excessive liquidity and distorted incentives in the US subprime real estate sector. Taking this as a starting point, this paper analyzes the relation between house prices and credit respectively money growth between 1992 and 2006...

Abstract We use data from the two leading US platforms, Prosper and Lending Club, to explore the drivers of the growing consumer demand for peer-to-peer (P2P) credit. Despite the online nature of new entrants, we rely on the spatial autoregressive model because spatial effects play an important...