Financial crises have large deleterious effects on economic activity, and as such have been
the focus of a large body of research. This study surveys the existing literature on financial …

Safe assets play a critical role in an (y) economy. A safe asset is an asset that is (almost
always) valued at face value without expensive and prolonged analysis. By design, there is …

Questions about the nature of money have gained a new urgency in the aftermath of the
global financial crisis. Even as many people have less of it, there are more forms and …

We examine historical banking crises through the lens of bank equity declines, which cover
a broad sample of episodes of banking distress with and without banking panics. To do this …

" This Handbook adopts a traditional definition of the subject, and focuses primarily on the
explanation of international transactions in goods, services, and assets, and on the main …

We find a negative relationship between bank distress and the level, quality and trajectory of
firm-level innovation during the Great Depression, particularly for R&D firms operating in …

What is the relationship between bank capital, the risk of a financial crisis, and its severity?
This article introduces the first comprehensive analysis of the long-run evolution of the …

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The global financial crisis of 2007–2008 was both an economic catastrophe and a
watershed event in world politics. In American Power after the Financial Crisis, Jonathan …

Can the lessons of the past help us to prevent another banking collapse in the future? This is
the first book to tell the story of the rise and fall of British banking stability over the past two …