The Great Recession in the Shadow of the Great Depression: A Review Essay on...
This essay reviews Barry Eichengreen's recent book that compares the Great Depression and the Great Recession. Eichengreen focuses on deficient aggregate demand as the key reason for why both downturns...
View ArticleDigital Currencies, Decentralized Ledgers, and the Future of Central Banking...
Central banking in an age of digital currencies is a fast-developing topic in monetary economics. Algorithmic digital currencies such as bitcoin appear to be viable competitors to central bank fiat...
View ArticleTechnology and Education: Computers, Software, and the Internet -- by George...
A substantial amount of money is spent on technology by schools, families and policymakers with the hope of improving educational outcomes. This paper explores the theoretical and empirical literature...
View ArticleGlobal Production with Export Platforms -- by Felix Tintelnot
Most international commerce is carried out by multinational firms, which use their foreign affiliates both to serve the market of the host country and to export to other markets outside the host...
View ArticleImpacts and Determinants of Health Levels in Low-Income Countries -- by...
Improved health in low-income countries could considerably improve wellbeing and possibly promote economic growth. The last decade has seen a surge in field experiments designed to understand the...
View ArticleMoral Costs and Rational Choice: Theory and Experimental Evidence -- by James...
The literature exploring other regarding behavior sheds important light on interesting social phenomena, yet less attention has been given to how the received results speak to foundational assumptions...
View ArticleMaternal Education, Parental Investment and Non-Cognitive Skills in Rural...
The importance of non-cognitive skills in determining long-term human capital and labor market outcomes is widely acknowledged, but relatively little is known about how educational investments by...
View ArticleNon-durable Consumption and Housing Net Worth in the Great Recession:...
In an influential paper, Mian, Rao and Sufi (2013) exploit geographic variation in housing supply elasticities to measure the effect of changes in the housing share of net worth on total household...
View ArticleACERâs Annual Conference: A Look Into The Future As The Agency Turns Five
ACER is glad to invite you to its fifth Annual Conference “ACER: Past, Present and Future”, which will take place on 16 June. The Conference will take stock of ACER’s first five years and aim to define...
View ArticleState Bank Of India & Accuity Win Anti-Money Laundering Technology...
State Bank of India (SBI) and Accuity win the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Technology Implementation of the Year 2016 at The Asian Banker Awards today.read more...
View ArticleU.S. Corporate And Municipal Debt Issuance Projected To Grow, CUSIP Requests...
CUSIP Global Services (CGS) today announced the release of its CUSIP Issuance Trends Report for April 2016. The report, which tracks the issuance of new security identifiers as an early indicator of...
View ArticleSEC Announces Agenda For May 18 Meeting Of The Advisory Committee On Small...
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20 Years Later: The Mount Everest Tragedy
Source: National GeographicThis week marks the 20th anniversary of the tragedy that took the lives of Rob Hall, Scott Fisher, and other members of their expeditions. Many of you may have read Jon...
View ArticleBroadridge Adds Derivatives Clearing To Its Global Post Trade Management...
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR) today announced that it has broadened its Global Post Trade Management (GPTM) solution, adding exchange-traded derivatives functionality through the...
View ArticleSEC Charges Father, Son, Others In Tribal Bonds Scheme
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a father and son and five associates with defrauding investors in sham Native American tribal bonds in order to steal millions of dollars in...
View ArticleEBA Provides Guidance For Computing Financial Soundness Indicators (FSIs)
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View ArticleEuropean Investment Bank: Launch Of Ginkgo Fund 2
Building on its first vehicle, instigated by the Edmond de Rothschild Group in 2010, Ginkgo announces the first closing and launch of its second fund, Ginkgo 2, which targets the sustainable...
View ArticleThe 9th Iran International Exhibition Of Exchange, Bank And Insurance, 10-13...
The Iran International Exhibition of Exchange, Bank & Insurance will bring into focus the latest achievements in Bank, Exchange & Insurance, and is an opportunity for those with an interest in...
View ArticleEBA Acknowledges Another Notification From The Central Bank Of Hungary On The...
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