Title:A Modern Reconsideration of the Theory of Optimal Currency Areas
Author(s):CORSETTI, GiancarloDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:What can be learnt from revisiting the Optimal Currency Areas (OCA) theory 50
years from its birth, in light of recent advances in open economy macro and monetary
theory? This paper presents a stylized micro-founded model ...
Title:The Monetary Transmission Mechanism
Author(s):BENHABIB, Jess; FARMER, Roger E. A.Date:1999Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECO
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: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: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: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:More Secrecy...More Knowledge Disclosure? On Disclosure Outside of Patents
Author(s):PONCE, Carlos J.Date:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:It is an important concern that innovators by waiving their patent rights might obstruct
the disclosure of knowledge and therefore retard progress. This paper explores this
concern by using a simple model of two innovators ...
Title:Mortality and Morbidity Transitions in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Adult Height
Author(s):AKACHI, Yoko; CANNING, DavidDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:In most developing countries, rising levels of nutrition and improvements in public health have led to declines in infant mortality and rising adult height. In Sub-Saharan Africa, however, we see a different pattern. ...