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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, ...
Title: Simulacrum and Re-enactments: the experience of Pompeii in the nineteeth century Author(s): BEARD, Mary Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Technical Report Series/Report no.: EUI MWP LS Abstract: This lecture traces the changing experience of visiting Pompeii through the nineteenth century. It argues against the standard idea that there was a shift over the century from a Romantic view of the site to a more ...
Title: Why are Developing Countries so Resistant to the Rule of Law? Author(s): WEINGAST, Barry R. Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Technical Report Series/Report no.: EUI MWP LS Abstract: This paper draws on my new book (North, Wallis, and Weingast 2009) to provide a new explanation for why it is so difficult to transplant institutions, such as markets and democracy, from developed societies into developing ...

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