The beginning of the end for cryptocurrencies
Cryptocurrencies have enjoyed a remarkable run from obscurity to a trillion dollar valuation in just over a decade. This column argues, however, that...
Cultural Stereotypes of Multinational Banks
Using hand-collected data spanning more than a decade on European banks’ sovereign debt portfolios, we show that the trust of residents of a bank’s...
Ukraine’s wages and job loss trends during the war
Many statistical reports in Ukraine have been suspended since the start of Russia’s invasion, including on labour markets. This column uses wage...
ASC Insight: Bank capital regulation and climate change
Climate change has become a major topic of discussion at central banks and financial regulators. Key aspects of this debate include whether and how...
The illusion of control
Global macroprudential and microprudential regulatory changes since 2008 have been designed to make a repeat of a systemic crisis much less likely...
Giant funds and market mispricing
The short-termism of corporate managers has been a recurring concern of policymakers for decades due to the close tie with mispricing in capital...
Layered Networks, Equilibrium Dynamics, and Stable Coalitions
Dynamic Games and Applications, 13, 636–668
Epidemic Exposure, Financial Technology, and the Digital Divide
Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 54 (7), 1913-1940
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Multi-asset Noisy Rational Expectations Equilibrium with Contingent Claims
The Review of Economic Studies, 89 (5), 2445–2490
Assessment of damages to Ukraine’s productive capacity
The ongoing war in Ukraine has resulted in large damages to both public infrastructure and private corporate assets. The extent of these damages will...
Liz Truss has an opportunity to fix a critical financial regulation flaw
Effective financial markets provide the foundation for a highly productive and stable economy, but no UK regulator is responsible for the overall...
Algorithmic Trading and Investment-To-Price Sensitivity
Does the increased prevalence of algorithmic trading (AT) produce real economic effects? We find that AT contributes to managerial learning by...
The Illusion of Control Why Financial Crises Happen, and What We Can (and Can't) Do About It
A challenge to the conventional wisdom surrounding financial risk, providing insight into why easy solutions to control the financial system are...
Choosing a numerical programming language for economic research: Julia, MATLAB, Python or R
Economic researchers can choose between four general purpose programming languages – Julia, MATLAB, Python, and R. This column evaluates the four...
Total factor productivity growth: we need a new drug
Creating the innovations that drive total factor productivity (TFP) growth takes both ideas and firms that process those ideas into new products or...