Title:Cooperation hidden frontiers : the behavioral foundations of the Italian north-south divide
Author(s):BIGONI, Maria; BORTOLOTTI, Stefania; CASARI, Marco; GAMBETTA, Diego; PANCOTTO, FrancescaDate:2013Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:Socio-economic performance differs not only across countries but within countries too and can persist even after religion, language, and formal institutions are long shared. One interpretation of these disparities is that ...
Title:Correlation Breakdown and Extreme Dependence in Emerging Equity Markets
Author(s):BEKIROS, Stelios D.; GEORGOUTSOS, Dimitris A.Date:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:This study investigates the dependence structure of extreme realization of returns between the mature markets of Japan and the U.S. and the emerging markets of Cyprus, Greece and that of six Asia- Pacific counties, with ...
Title:The Cost of Banking Regulation
Author(s):GUISO, Luigi; SAPIENZA, Paola; ZINGALES, LuigiDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:We use exogenous variation in the degree of restrictions to bank competition across Italian provinces to
study both the effects of bank regulation and the impact of deregulation. We find that where entry was
more restricted ...
Title:Costly Portfolio Adjustment
Author(s):BONAPARTE, Yosef; COOPER, RussellDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:This paper studies the dynamic optimization problem of a household when portfolio adjustment is costly. The analysis is motivated by the observation that on a monthly basis, less than 10% of stockholders typically adjust ...
Title:Credit Market Competition and Capital Regulation
Author(s):ALLEN, Franklin; CARLETTI, Elena; MARQUEZ, RobertDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:It is commonly believed that equity finance for banks is more costly than deposits. This suggests that banks should economize on the use of equity and regulatory constraints on capital should be binding. Empirical evidence ...
Title:Credit Market Competition and Liquidity Crises
Author(s):CARLETTI, Elena; LEONELLO, AgneseDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:We develop a two-period model where banks invest in reserves and loans, and are subject to aggregate liquidity shocks. When banks face a a shortage of liquidity, they can sell loans on the interbank market. Two types of ...
Title:Credit within the Firm
Author(s):GUISO, Luigi; PISTAFERRI, Luigi; SCHIVARDI, FabianoDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:We exploit time variation in the degree of development of local credit markets and matched employer-employee data to assess the role of the firm as an internal credit market. In less developed local credit markets firms ...
Title:Cultural Biases in Economic Exchange?
Author(s):GUISO, Luigi; SAPIENZA, Paola; ZINGALES, LuigiDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:How much do cultural biases affect economic exchange? We try to answer this question
by using the relative trust European citizens have for citizens of other countries. First,
we document that this trust is affected not ...
Title:Curbing Cream-Skimming: Evidence on Enrolment Incentives
Author(s):COURTY, Pascal; KIM, Do Han; MARSCHKE, GeraldDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:2009/03Abstract:Using data from a large, U.S. federal job training program, we investigate whether enrolment incentives that exogenously vary the ‘shadow prices’ for serving different demographic subgroups of clients influence case workers’ ...
Title:Current Account Theory and the Dynamics of US Net Foreign Liabilities
Author(s):CORSETTI, Giancarlo; KONSTANTINOU, Panagiotis T.Date:2005Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:CEPR discussion paperAbstract:This paper provides empirical evidence on the adjustment dynamics of the US net foreign liabilities, net output and consumption. We use empirical techniques that allow us to quantify the relative importance of permanent ...