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Is our Economy's Financial Sector Worth What it Costs Us? Benjamin Friedman, November 11, 2011, Opinion. “In 1867, when the American economy was still largely agricultural, Horace…
EconomicDynamics Interviews Gita Gopinath on Sovereign Default. Gita Gopinath, November 2011, Opinion. "The interaction between high public debt and the inability…
The Challenge of Urban Policy. Edward Glaeser, November 1, 2011, Paper. "Urbanization almost invariably accompanies development, and the cities of India and China are experiencing…
Addressing Catastrophic Risks: Disparate Anatomies Require Tailored Therapies. Richard Zeckhauser, November 1, 2011, Paper. "Catastrophic risks differ in terms of their…
Predicting Financial Distress and the Performance of Distressed Stocks. John Y. Campbell, November 2011, Paper. "The authors examine financially distressed companies’ common stock…
Do Powerful Politicians Cause Corporate Downsizing. Lauren Cohen, Joshua Coval, Christopher J. Malloy, October 7, 2011, Paper. "This paper employs a new empirical…
This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly. Carmen M. Reinhart, Kenneth Rogoff, August 7, 2011, Book. "Throughout history, rich and poor countries alike have been…
From Financial Crash to Debt Crisis. Carmen M. Reinhart, Kenneth Rogoff, August 2011, Paper. "The economics profession has an unfortunate tendency to view recent experience in the…
The liquidation of government debt. Carmen Reinhart, March 2011, Paper. "Historically, periods of high indebtedness have been associated with a rising incidence of default or…
Monetary Policy as Financial-Stability Regulation. Jeremy Stein, March 2011, Paper. "This paper develops a model that speaks to the goals and methods of financial-stability…