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Venezuela's Economic Recovery: Is It Sustainable? [PDF]
, 2012 Venezuela's current growth is generally described as unsustainable, with various negative scenarios put forth, including spiraling debt, inflation, and balance of payments crises.
Jake Johnston, Mark Weisbrot
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University High Highlights12/13/1961 [PDF]
, 1961 This is the student newspaper from University High School, the high school that was on the campus of Western Michigan University, then called University High Highlights, in ...
, University High School
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Deflation, Silent Runs, and Bank Holidays, in the Great Contraction [PDF]
This paper argues that the banking crises in the United States in the early 1930s were similar to the twin crises' -- banking and balance of payments crises -- which have occurred in developing countries in recent years.
Hugh Rockoff
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Dollarization as a monetary arrangement for emerging market economies [PDF]
Official dollarization refers to the adoption of the U.S. dollar as legal tender in place of the national currency. Some Latin American countries have recently dollarized, and others have seriously considered dollarization.
Gaetano Antinolfi, Todd Keister
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On the Necessity of Five Risk Measures [PDF]
, 2009 The banking systems that deal with risk management depend on underlying risk measures. Following the Basel II accord, there are two separate methods by which banks may determine their capital requirement. The Value at Risk measure plays an important role
Guégan, Dominique, Tarrant, Wayne
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The Asian crisis took place against a background of exchange rate regimes that were characterized as soft pegs. This has led many analysts to conclude that “the peg did it” and that emerging markets (EMs) should “just say no” to pegged exchange rates. We
Calvo, Guillermo, Reinhart, Carmen
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UK energy security: challenges, threats and solutions [PDF]
, 2011 Over the last few decades, the debate about 'Peak Oil' became increasingly common and frustrating to governments, oil companies and individuals. Also in the last decade or so, some unusual events took places, which have raised the concern about the ...
Abdo, H
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The International Trade Commission's Assessment of the Trans-Pacific Partnership: Main Findings and Implications [PDF]
, 2016 In May of 2016 the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) issued its assessment of the impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). This paper highlights the main findings of the ITC report and explains their derivation and implications. It
Dean Baker
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The reform of october 1979: how it happened and why [PDF]
, 2004 This study offers a historical review of the monetary policy reform of October 6, 1979, and discusses the influences behind it and its significance. We lay out the record from the start of 1979 through the spring of 1980, relying almost exclusively upon ...
Lindsey, David E. +2 more
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