Title:Monetary Politics in a Monetary Union: A Note on Common Agency with Rational Expectations
Author(s):RUTA, MicheleDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:Is the politicisation of monetary policy in a currency union desirable? This paper shows that in a
setting where political influence by national governments is modeled as a common agency game with
rational expectations, ...
Title:Money is an Experience Good: Competition and Trust in the Private Provision of Money
Author(s):MARIMON, Ramon; NICOLINI, Juan Pablo; TELES, PedroDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:We study the interplay between competition and trust as efficiency-enhancingmechanims in the private provision of money. With commitment, trust is automatically achieved and competition ensures efficiency. Without commitment, ...
Title:Money is an Experience Good: Competition and Trust in the Private Provision of Money
Author(s):MARIMON, Ramon; NICOLINI, Juan Pablo; TELES, PedroDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:We study the interplay between competition and trust as efficiency-enhancing mechanisms in the private provision of money. With commitment, trust is automatically achieved and competition ensures efficiency. Without ...
Title:Money, Financial Stability and Efficiency
Author(s):ALLEN, Franklin; CARLETTI, Elena; GALE, DouglasDate:2011-01-16Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:Wharton Financial Institutions CenterAbstract:Most analyses of banking crises assume that banks use real contracts. However, in
practice contracts are nominal and this is what is assumed here. We consider a standard
banking model with aggregate return risk, aggregate ...
Title:Money, Financial Stability and Efficiency
Author(s):ALLEN, Franklin; CARLETTI, Elena; GALE, DouglasDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:Most analyses of banking crises assume that banks use real contracts. However, in practice contracts are nominal and this is what is assumed here. We consider a standard banking model with aggregate return risk, aggregate ...
Title:Money, Financial Stability and Efficiency
Author(s):ALLEN, Franklin; CARLETTI, Elena; GALE, DouglasDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:Most analyses of banking crises assume that banks use real contracts. However, in practice contracts are nominal and this is what is assumed here. We consider a standard banking model with aggregate return risk, aggregate ...
Title:A Monthly Indicator of the Euro Area GDP
Author(s):FRALE, Cecilia; MARCELLINO, Massimiliano; MAZZI, Gian Luigi; PROIETTI, TommasoDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:A continuous monitoring of the evolution of the economy is fundamental for the decisions of public and private decision makers. This paper proposes a new monthly indicator of the euro area real Gross Domestic Product (GDP), ...
Title:Moral and Social Constraints to Strategic Default on Mortgages
Author(s):GUISO, Luigi; SAPIENZA, Paola; ZINGALES, LuigiDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:We use survey data to study American households‘ propensity to default when the value of their mortgage exceeds the value of their house even if they can afford to pay their mortgage (strategic default). We find that 26% ...
Title:Moral Hazard in Hierarchies and Soft Information
Author(s):ANGELUCCI, Charles; RUSSO, AntonioDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:We investigate the scope for supervisory activities in organizations in which information is non-verifiable (i.e. soft) and opportunism severe. A principal-supervisor agent hierarchy is considered. Side-contracts between ...
Title:More on Presumptions and Burdens of Proof
Author(s):PRAKKEN, Henry; SARTOR, GiovanniDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:This paper extends our previous logical analysis of presumptions and burden of proof by studying the force of a presumption once counterevidence has been offered. In the jurisprudential literature different accounts of ...