International Comparative Household Finance -- by Cristian Badarinza, John Y....
This paper reviews the literature on international comparative household finance. The paper presents summary statistics on household balance sheets for 13 developed countries, and uses these statistics...
View ArticleSpeculative Fever: Investor Contagion in the Housing Bubble -- by Patrick...
Historical anecdotes of new investors being drawn into a booming asset market, only to suffer when the market turns, abound. While the role of investor contagion in asset bubbles has been explored...
View ArticleToo-Big-To-Fail Before the Fed -- by Gary Gorton, Ellis W. Tallman
"Too-big-to-fail" is consistent with policies followed by private bank clearing houses during financial crises in the U.S. National Banking Era prior to the existence of the Federal Reserve System....
View ArticleSufficient Statistics for Imperfect Externality-Correcting Policies -- by...
Pigouvian taxes can fully correct for market failures due to externalities, but actual policies are commonly forced to deviate from the Pigouvian ideal due to administrative or political constraints....
View ArticleQuantitative Models of Commercial Policy -- by Ralph Ossa
What tariffs would countries impose if they did not have to fear any retaliation? What would occur if there was a complete breakdown of trade policy cooperation? What would be the outcome if countries...
View ArticleOne Month Ahead: ACER Is Ready For 2nd Phase Of REMIT Data Collection
On 7 April 2016, the obligation for market participants to report wholesale energy supply contracts executed over-the-counter, transportation contracts and additional fundamental data under the EU...
View ArticleCBOE And Bloomberg Expand Connectivity To CBOEâS PULSe Trader...
Chicago Board Options Exchangeâ (CBOEâ) announced today that it has joined with Bloomberg to establish direct connectivity between CBOE’s PULSe trader workstationâ (PULSe) and Bloomberg’s Execution...
View ArticleSpanish translation of Debunking Economics
I was recently informed that a Spanish translation of Debunking Economics is now available via Amazon Spain, under the title âLa EconomÃa Desenmascaradaâread more...
View ArticleBorsa Italiana Monthly Update February 2016
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View ArticleWomen In ETFs Ring Bats Closing Bell To Kick Off International Womenâs...
Bats Global Markets (Bats) is pleased to announce that Women in ETFs (WE), along with representatives from the United Nations, International Finance Corporation, Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative,...
View ArticleBank Of England: Additional Indexed Long-Term Repo Operations - EU Referendum
The Bank of England is today announcing that it will offer three additional Indexed Long-Term Repo (ILTR) operations in the weeks around the EU Referendum.read more...
View ArticleNasdaq President Hans-Ole Jochumsen To Present At 2016 Raymond James...
Who: Nasdaq President Hans-Ole Jochumsen read more...
View ArticleUS Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer, At The "Policy...
I am grateful to the National Association for Business Economics (NABE) for conferring the fourth annual NABE Paul A. Volcker Lifetime Achievement Award for Economic Policy on me, thereby allowing me...
View ArticleComptroller Of The Currency Thomas J. Curry Discusses Global Financial...
Comptroller of the Currency Thomas J. Curry today discussed global financial regulation during his remarks at the Institute of International Bankers’ Annual Conference. The Comptroller highlighted the...
View ArticleUS Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard, At The Institute Of International...
This is a fitting moment to take stock of economic and financial developments, following a volatile start to the year. I will begin by reviewing the outlook, then provide a brief recap of how financial...
View ArticleOntario Securities Commission Reports Growth In Enforcement Activity In 2015
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) reported today on its increased enforcement activity in 2015. Last year, the OSC commenced 31 cases (18 before the OSC Tribunal and 13 before the courts),...
View ArticleTMX Group Equity Financing Statistics â February 2016
TMX Group today announced its financing activity on Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange for February 2016.read more...
View ArticlepH Miners Inc. Releases 2 New Cryptocurrency Miners - Developed For Bitcoin...
pH Miners Inc. has officially launched two new, highly powerful miners for Bitcoin and Litecoin, two of the leading cryptocurrencies in the world.read more...
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