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    Title: The Crisis in Context: Democratic capitalism and its contradictions  Author(s): STREECK, Wolfgang Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Other Series/Report no.: EUI MWP LS Abstract: The “financial crisis” and its sequel, the current sovereign debt crisis, appear to be the latest permutations of an old conflict between capitalism and democracy that forcefully reasserted itself after the end of the ...
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    Title: Fragile Countries and the 2008-2009 Crisis  Author(s): ALLEN, Franklin; GIOVANNETTI, Giorgia Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: This paper analyses the channels through which the economic and financial crisis of 2008-2009 is transmitted to fragile countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Trade stands out as the main direct channel, even though intra-Africa ...
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    Title: The Great Moderation, the Great Panic and the Great Contraction  Author(s): BEAN, Charles Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Technical Report Series/Report no.: EUI MWP LS Abstract: This lecture examines the causes of the recent financial crisis and subsequent recession. On the macroeconomic side, the Great Moderation encouraged an overly optimistic assessment of risk. Combined with low interest rates, ...
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    Title: Bank Bail-Outs, International Linkages and Cooperation  Author(s): NIEPMANN, Friederike; SCHMIDT-EISENLOHR, Tim Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: Financial institutions are increasingly linked internationally and engaged in cross-border operations. As a result, financial crises and potential bail-outs by governments have important international implications. ...
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    Title: East European Transformations and the Paradoxes of Transnationalization  Author(s): BOHLE, Dorothee Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS Abstract: With the outbreak of the global financial crisis, the vulnerability of democratic capitalism in East- Central Europe has come once again to the fore. Almost all new EU member states have accumulated major economic imbalances, ...
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    Title: Towards a Theory of Trade Finance  Author(s): SCHMIDT-EISENLOHR, Tim Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: Cross border transactions are conducted using diffierent payment contracts, the usage of which varies across countries and over time. In this paper I build a model that can explain this observation and study implications ...