Sunday, August 7, 2011

THE LIBRARY OF IDEAS

Dear Readers,
This is a collection of interest and recently-written research concerning analysis of sound (and not so sound) economic policies, financial regulation, et cetera. Please cite appropriately if you intend to use this for your own research.
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ALMP: The Path to Less Unemployment
http://www.tinbergen.nl/cost/london/kluve.pdf                       (Timbergen Institute)

An Analysis of the Icelandic Crisis
https://www.opendrive.com/files?41009303_fpmy4               (KHM/Maastricht)

Are Tax Cuts Good for Growth?
http://www.dpcc.senate.gov/files/documents/CRSTaxesandtheEconomy%20Top%20Rates.pdf (US House)
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2006/wp0616.pdf        (IMF Research)
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2011/wp11158.pdf      (IMF Research)

The Case for a Parallel Ratings Agency
https://www.opendrive.com/files?40948052_RQMbj          (KHM Research)

Central Banks as Agents of Development
http://www.wider.unu.edu/publications/working-papers/research-papers/2006/en_GB/rp2006-54/_files/78091779622373109/default/rp2006-54.pdf         (UN University)

Como Obama Debería Haber Respondido a la crisis Económica
What Obama Should Have Done: Thoughts on the Bailout
https://www.opendrive.com/files?40995164_tis5u                (in Spanish)
https://www.opendrive.com/files?40995178_j0avt                (in French)
https://www.opendrive.com/files?43682685_369Tk              (in English)

Contributions of the Stockholm School
http://econjwatch.org/file_download/119/2006-9-carlsonjonung-char-issue.pdf 

Debt Sustainability in the Caribbean
http://www.scribd.com/doc/61998937/Debt-Sustainability-in-the-Caribbean   

ECB Study: Lack of Crisis Response Causing Contagion in Europe
http://www.ecb.int/pub/pdf/scpwps/ecbwp1419.pdf                 (ECB Study)

Economie van België in een Notendop
http://www.scribd.com/doc/85828784/De-Economie-Van-Belgie-in-Een-Notendop

Education's Return on Investment
http://www.oecd.org/edu/eag2012%20(eng)--Ebook%20(FINAL%2011%2009%202012).pdf  (OECD Study)

The Effects of Statewide Minimum Wages on the US Labor Market: What Factors Play a Role? 
https://www.opendrive.com/files?40948325_5MZp7              (KHM/Maastricht)

Ernst & Young on the State-Owned Enterprises (SOE) Debate
http://emcacc.ey1.dedicated.nines.nl/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2011/10/Government-as-in-best-class-shareholder.pdf

EU Financial Transaction Tax
http://www.makefinancework.org/IMG/pdf/schulmeister_-_ftt_pros_and_cons_en_.pdf   (WIFO Study)
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2011/wp11185.pdf       (IMF Research)

European Left Proposes Way Out of Crisis
http://www.feps-europe.eu/uploads/documents/1103_ECLM_WaysOutOfCrisis.pdf      (FEPS Research)

Fed Study: Inflation? What about Deflation?
http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/ifdp/2002/729/ifdp729.pdf   (Federal Reserve)

Following the Tigers
http://www.scribd.com/doc/79961038/Following-the-Tigers        (KHM)

For China, Trade is not Simply About FDI
http://www.hiebs.hku.hk/events_updates/pdf/tongyueting.pdf    (HK University)

Greek Crisis: Shock Doctrine Comes to Europe
http://www.infoshop.org/amp/NaomiKlein-TheShockDoctrine.pdf

German Constitutional Court Accepts Eurozone Bailout 
https://www.opendrive.com/files?45087776_GMJiK

Germany Restricts High-Frequency Trading, Chicago Fed Recommends Same
http://www.chicagofed.org/digital_assets/publications/chicago_fed_letter/2012/cfloctober2012_303.pdf 

Hayek vs. High Tech
http://web.mit.edu/ipc/publications/pdf/02-004.pdf                      (MIT Study)

Iceland Takes a Different Course
http://www.lanamal.is/Assets/nyrlanasysla2/Iceland_Credit%20Analysis_February%202012.pdf (Fitch Ratings)

IMF:: Austerity Has Failed Europe
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2013/wp1301.pdf              (IMF Research)
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2011/wp11158.pdf            (IMF Research)

The Issue of Trust in Developing Countries
https://www.opendrive.com/files?40946940_3MVXz                    (KHM/Maastricht)

Middle-Class Squeeze: Wages are Down, but we Aren't More Competitive
http://www.democraticleader.gov/pdf/MCS.pdf                             (US House)

National Bank of Belgium: Liquidity Doesn't Always Cause Asset Bubbles
http://www.nbb.be/doc/oc/repec/reswpp/wp117en.pdf                   (NBB Study)

A New Way of Bank Stress Testing
https://www.opendrive.com/files?40947680_n2zfV                      (Deloitte/Ghent University)

Oxfam: Austerity Failed in Asia, Latin Am. Europe No Different
http://www.oxfam.org/sites/www.oxfam.org/files/bp174-cautionary-tale-austerity-inequality-europe-120913-en_1.pdf                                                                                       (Oxfam Study)

Policy Response: the Greek Crisis
http://www.scribd.com/doc/62446637/Respopnse-to-the-Greek-Crisis

The Recent Financial Market Volatility
http://www.scribd.com/doc/62241283/Crisis-of-Confidence-Markets

Too Big to Fail in the US Banking Sector
http://www.kc.frb.org/Publicat/Reswkpap/PDF/RWP07-05.pdf   (Fed. Study)

Software Patents vs Competitiveness: Less is More
http://jungla.dit.upm.es/~joaquin/report_en.pdf                       (Madrid-based EU Study)
http://www.researchoninnovation.org/swpat.pdf                       (Boston Law + Federal Reserve Study)

Stamp Scrip: Episodes in Economic History
http://www.clevelandfed.org/Research/commentary/2008/0408.pdf  (Fed Letter)

Swiss Senate: NO to Strict Intellectual Property Law
http://www.ejpd.admin.ch/content/dam/data/pressemitteilung/2011/2011-11-30/ber-br-f.pdf (Swiss Fed. Senate)

US Congressional Study: Is Copyright the Free Market at Work?
http://www.publicknowledge.org/files/withdrawn_RSC_Copyright_reform_brief.pdf  (RSC)

US Debt Ceiling - Canadian Debt Wall
http://www.treasury.gov/connect/blog/Documents/Letter.pdf                 (US Treasury)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/86467138/Gephardt-Rule

Water Privatization in Cochabamba: A Policy Evaluation
https://www.opendrive.com/files?40949175_e2CCb                  (Maastricht University)

Werkgelegenheidsakkoord Hervorming
http://www.scribd.com/doc/61998958/WERKGELEGENHEIDSAKKOORD-HERVORMING (In Dutch)

What Argentina Means for Us: 10 Years After the Fact
http://www.iwar.org.uk/news-archive/crs/8040.pdf 
http://www.webasa.org/Pubblicazioni/Lucchin_2002_3.pdf 
http://www.frbsf.org/publications/economics/letter/2010/el2010-33.pdf

Zero Lower Bound: When Interest Rates Can't Drop Any Further
http://www.princeton.edu/~ceps/workingpapers/201sims.pdf      (Princeton University)
http://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/scpwps/ecbwp1254.pdf         (ECB Study)

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Max Berre is an economist at the EDHEC-Risk Institute (Ecole Des Hautes Etudes Commerciales du Nord) who has worked as a sovereign debt expert at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington and has taught financial economics at Maastricht University in the Netherlands.

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