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Title:Overcoming uncertainty : Moscow merchants’ wealth and inheritance in the second half of the nineteenth century Author(s):PAVLENKO, Olga
Date:2020Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2020
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of History and CivilizationAbstract:In recent years, there has been an explosion of literature about material inequality and the historical linkages between socio-economic disparities and inheritance strategies. These studies mainly focus on Western Europe ...
Date:2020Citation:
Title:The West Indian web : improvising colonial survival in Essequibo and Demerara, 1750-1800 Author(s):HOONHOUT, Bram MichaelDate:2017Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2017
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of History and CivilizationAbstract:When, in 1796, the British invasion fleet approached the Demerara River, its commanders were in for an unpleasant surprise. The expedition, arriving from Barbados with some 1,300 men, aimed to take possession of the Dutch ...
Date:2017Citation:
Title:Essays in international macroeconomics Author(s):PACZOS, WojtekDate:2016Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2016
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:This thesis studies how frictions shape macroeconomic outcomes and affect policies. The thesis consists of three chapters. The first chapter studies how distortionary taxation and volatile output together with government ...
Date:2016Citation:
Title:Breaking the spell with credit-easing : self-confirming credit crises in competitive search economies Author(s):GABALLO, Gaetano; MARIMON, RamonDate:2016Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:ADEMU Working Paper; 2016/001Abstract:We show that credit crises can be Self-Confirming Equilibria (SCE), which provides a new rationale for policy interventions like, for example, the FRB’s TALF credit-easing program in 2009.We introduce SCE in competitive ...
; MARIMON, RamonDate:2016Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:ADEMU Working Paper; 2016/001Abstract:We show that credit crises can be Self-Confirming Equilibria (SCE), which provides a new rationale for policy interventions like, for example, the FRB’s TALF credit-easing program in 2009.We introduce SCE in competitive ...
Title:The Macroeconomic and Financial Landscape in the Aftermath of the 2007 Crisis: New Challenges and Perspectives Editor(s):CARLETTI, Elena; CORSETTI, Giancarlo; SIMONELLI, SaverioDate:2011Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS PP; 2011/04; Global Governance Programme; Global EconomicsAbstract:The paper by Thomas Cooley (New York University) discusses the challenges for the European Central Bank in the current situation both in terms of long term fiscal adjustments and of potential fragility of the European ...
; CORSETTI, Giancarlo; SIMONELLI, SaverioDate:2011Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS PP; 2011/04; Global Governance Programme; Global EconomicsAbstract:The paper by Thomas Cooley (New York University) discusses the challenges for the European Central Bank in the current situation both in terms of long term fiscal adjustments and of potential fragility of the European ...