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    Title: Regulatory Independence, Ownership and Firm Value: The Role of Political Institutions  Author(s): BORTOLOTTI, Bernardo; CAMBINI, Carlo; RONDI, Laura Date: 2011-07-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: We study the effect of the establishment of independent regulatory agencies on the market-to-book ratios of publicly traded European regulated firms observed from 1994 to 2005. We find that independent regulation in ...
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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, ...