VoxEU.org: CEPR Policy Research http://www.VoxEU.org CEPR Policy Research articles on VoxEU.org en Financial system reform proposals from first principles http://www.VoxEU.org/index.php?q=node/4544 Alberto Giovannini, 30 January 2010

Alberto Giovannini highlights some fundamental characteristics of the recent financial crisis and identifies ways to make the financial system stronger.

Full Article: Financial system reform proposals from first principles ]]> Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.VoxEU.org/index.php?q=node/4544 The saga of Icesave http://www.VoxEU.org/index.php?q=node/4528 Jon Danielsson, 26 January 2010

This new CEPR Policy Insight looks at the issues arising from the collapse of Landsbanki.

Full Article: The saga of Icesave ]]> Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.VoxEU.org/index.php?q=node/4528 Ambulance economics: the pros and cons of fiscal simuli http://www.VoxEU.org/index.php?q=node/4484 Max Corden, 13 January 2010

This new CEPR Policy Insight suggests that the 'Keynesian ambulance' of fiscal stimuli in response to the crisis may have averted a Great Depression.

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The NYU Stern group – authors of the influential book Restoring Financial Stability: How to Repair a Failed System – have completed a new ebook that assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the US financial reform legislation. This column introduces the new ebook.

Full Article: Real Time Solutions for US Financial Reform]]> Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.VoxEU.org/index.php?q=node/4451 The Unrelenting Pressure of Protectionism: The 3rd GTA Report http://www.VoxEU.org/index.php?q=node/4368 Simon J Evenett, 14 December 2009

The latest Report from Global Trade Alert focuses on the Asia-Pacific region.

Full Article: The Unrelenting Pressure of Protectionism: The 3rd GTA Report]]> Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.VoxEU.org/index.php?q=node/4368 The Great Trade Collapse: Causes, Consequences and Prospects http://www.VoxEU.org/index.php?q=node/4297 Richard Baldwin, 27 November 2009

A new VoxEU.org Ebook aims to inform the world trade ministers what the economists know about the trade collapse.

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The financial position of the UK Government suggests that its university sector may have its funding squeezed. In CEPR Policy Insight 42, Neil Shephard argues that universities should be able to charge income contingent tuition fees if their teaching costs are not met by the current tuition payments.

Full Article: Income contingent tuition fees for universities]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.VoxEU.org/index.php?q=node/4257 Macroeconomics and the Crisis: A Personal Appraisal http://www.VoxEU.org/index.php?q=node/4233 Axel Leijonhufvud, 21 November 2009

In CEPR Policy Insight No.41, Axel Leijonhufvud argues that theories that assume that the economy is a stable general equilibrium system, albeit beset with some frictions and imperfections, do not hold true in general and that we need a new paradigm of economic thought.

Full Article: Macroeconomics and the Crisis: A Personal Appraisal]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.VoxEU.org/index.php?q=node/4233 Liquidity Risk Charges as a Macroprudential Tool http://www.VoxEU.org/index.php?q=node/4174 Enrico Perotti, Javier Suarez, 7 November 2009

Liquidity risk charges were proposed in February 2009 as a new macro-prudential tool to discourage systemic risk creation by banks. CEPR Policy Insight No. 40 refines this proposal in order to clarify challenging issues surrounding the implementation of liquidity risk charges.

Full Article: Liquidity Risk Charges as a Macroprudential Tool ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.VoxEU.org/index.php?q=node/4174 How big are fiscal multipliers? http://www.VoxEU.org/index.php?q=node/4059 Ethan Ilzetzki, Enrique G. Mendoza, Carlos A. Vegh , 1 October 2009

Economists do not agree on one question crucial to evaluating governments' responses to the crisis: how much stimulus does spending provide? CEPR Policy Insight No.39 examines how the characteristics of an economy impact on the size of fiscal multipliers.

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