Publications

1703 publications found

• Working Paper No. 804
  May 21, 2014

  What Do We Know About the Labor Share and the Profit Share? Part II

  Olivier Giovannoni
  Abstract

  In this second part of our study we survey the rapidly expanding empirical literature on the determinants of the functional distribution of income. Three major strands emerge: technological change, international…more

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• Working Paper No. 803
  May 21, 2014

  What Do We Know About the Labor Share and the Profit Share? Part I

  Olivier Giovannoni
  Abstract

  This series of working papers explores a theme enjoying a tremendous resurgence: the functional distribution of income—the division of aggregate income by factor share. This first installment surveys some landmark…more

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• Working Paper No. 802
  May 21, 2014

  Shadow Banking

  Thorvald Grung Moe
  Abstract

  Central banks responded with exceptional liquidity support during the financial crisis to prevent a systemic meltdown. They broadened their tool kit and extended liquidity support to nonbanks and key financial…more

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• Working Paper No. 801
  May 21, 2014

  The Political Economy of Shadow Banking

  Eloy Fisher and Javier López Bernardo
  Abstract

  This paper describes the political economy of shadow banking and how it relates to the dramatic institutional changes experienced by global capitalism over past 100 years. We suggest that the…more

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• Public Policy Brief No. 133
  May 14, 2014

  Dead Economic Dogmas Trump Recovery: The Continuing Crisis in the Eurozone Periphery

  C. J. Polychroniou
  Abstract

  The “happy talk” emanating from eurozone officials regarding the economic crises in the periphery deserves some vigorous pushback. Focusing on the four bailed-out countries of Greece, Ireland, Portugal, and Spain,…more

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• Working Paper No. 800
  May 08, 2014

  Autonomy-enhancing Paternalism

  Martin Binder and Leonhard K. Lades
  Abstract

  Behavioral economics has shown that individuals sometimes make decisions that are not in their best interests. This insight has prompted calls for behaviorally informed policy interventions popularized under the notion…more

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• Working Paper No. 799
  May 06, 2014

  Monetary Mechanics

  Abstract

  This paper develops the framework of analysis of monetary systems put together by authors such as Macleod, Keynes, Innes, and Knapp. This framework does not focus on the functions performed…more

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• Working Paper No. 799
  May 06, 2014

  Νομισματική μηχανική

  Abstract

  Η παρούσα εργασία αναπτύσσει το πλαίσιο της ανάλυσης των νομισματικών συστημάτων που διαμορφώθηκε από οικονομολόγους όπως ο Macleod, ο Keynes, ο Innes και ο Knapp. Το συγκεκριμένο πλαίσιο δεν εστιάζει…more

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• Public Policy Brief No. 132
  May 05, 2014

  How Poor Is Turkey? And What Can Be Done About It?

  Ajit Zacharias, Thomas Masterson, and Emel Memiş
  Abstract

  Gauging the severity of poverty in a given country requires a reasonably comprehensive measurement of whether individuals and households are surpassing some basic threshold of material well-being. This would seem…more

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• Public Policy Brief No. 132
  May 05, 2014

  Πόσο φτωχή είναι η Τουρκία και τι μπορεί να γίνει

  Ajit Zacharias, Thomas Masterson, and Emel Memiş
  Abstract

  H μέτρηση της σοβαρότητας της φτώχειας σε μια δεδομένη χώρα πρέπει να εξετάζει με έναν αρκετά περιεκτικό τρόπο το κατά πόσο τα άτομα και τα νοικοκυριά ξεπερνούν κάποιο βασικό όριο…more

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• Research Project Report
  May 01, 2014

  Time Deficits and Poverty

  Ajit Zacharias, Thomas Masterson, and Emel Memiş
  Abstract

  Official poverty lines in Turkey and other countries often ignore the fact that unpaid household production activities that contribute to the fulfillment of material needs and wants are essential for…more

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• Working Paper No. 798
  May 01, 2014

  Quality of Match for Statistical Matches Using the American Time Use Survey 2010, the Survey of Consumer Finances 2010, and the Annual Social and Economic Supplement 2011

  Fernando Rios-Avila
  Abstract

  This paper describes the quality of the statistical matching between the March 2011 supplement to the Current Population Survey and the 2010 American Time Use Survey and Survey of Consumer…more

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• Strategic Analysis
  April 25, 2014

  Αποτελεί η αυξανόμενη ανισότητα εμπόδιο στην οικονομική ανάκαμψη των ΗΠΑ;

  Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, Gennaro Zezza, and Michalis Nikiforos
  Abstract

  Η οικονομία των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών αναπτύσσεται με μέτριο ρυθμό μετά από την επίσημη λήξη της Ύφεσης το 2009. Το έλλειμμα του προϋπολογισμού μειώνεται σταθερά, ο πληθωρισμός βρίσκεται υπό έλεγχο και…more

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• Strategic Analysis
  April 25, 2014

  Is Rising Inequality a Hindrance to the US Economic Recovery?

  Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, Gennaro Zezza, and Michalis Nikiforos
  Abstract

  The US economy has been expanding moderately since the official end of the Great Recession in 2009. The budget deficit has been steadily decreasing, inflation has remained in check, and…more

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• Working Paper No. 797
  April 23, 2014

  Gender-responsive Budgeting as Fiscal Innovation

  Lekha S. Chakraborty
  Abstract

  Gender-responsive budgeting (GRB) is a fiscal innovation. Innovation, for the purposes of this paper, is defined as a way of transforming a new concept into tangible processes, resources, and institutional…more

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• Research Project Report
  April 11, 2014

  Federal Reserve Bank Governance and Independence during Financial Crisis

  L. Randall Wray
  Abstract

  This monograph is part of the Levy Institute’s Research and Policy Dialogue Project on Improving Governance of the Government Safety Net in Financial Crisis, a two-year project funded by the…more

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• Public Policy Brief No. 131
  April 08, 2014

  Ο Μίνσκι και η δυναμική μακροπροληπτική ρύθμιση

  Jan Kregel
  Abstract

  Στο πλαίσιο των σημερινών συζητήσεων σχετικά με την κατάλληλη μορφή της μακροληπτικής ρύθμισης και των προτάσεων για την επιβολή ορίων στα επίπεδα ρευστότητας και κεφαλαίων, ο ανώτατος μελετητής Jan Kregel…more

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• Public Policy Brief No. 131
  April 08, 2014

  Minsky and Dynamic Macroprudential Regulation

  Jan Kregel
  Abstract

  In the context of current debates about the proper form of prudential regulation and proposals for the imposition of liquidity and capital ratios, Senior Scholar Jan Kregel examines Hyman Minsky’s…more

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• Working Paper No. 796
  April 04, 2014

  Minsky and the Subprime Mortgage Crisis

  Eugenio Caverzasi
  Abstract

  The aim of this paper is to develop a structural explanation of the subprime mortgage crisis, grounded on the combination of two apparently incompatible financial theories: the financial instability hypothesis…more

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• Working Paper No. 795
  April 04, 2014

  Growth with Unused Capacity and Endogenous Depreciation

  Claudio Sardoni and Fabrizio Patriarca
  Abstract

  This paper contributes to the debate on income growth and distribution from a nonmainstream perspective. It looks, in particular, at the role that the degree of capacity utilization plays in…more

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• Working Paper No. 794
  March 31, 2014

  Structural Asymmetries at the Roots of the Eurozone Crisis

  Alberto Botta
  Abstract

  In this paper, we analyze and try to measure productive and technological asymmetries between central and peripheral economies in the eurozone. We assess the effects such asymmetries would likely bring…more

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• Working Paper No. 793
  March 27, 2014

  Quality of Statistical Match and Employment Simulations Used in the Estimation of the Levy Institute Measure of Time and Income Poverty (LIMTIP) for South Korea, 2009

  Thomas Masterson
  Abstract

  The quality of match of the statistical match used in the LIMTIP estimates for South Korea in 2009 is described. The match combines the 2009 Korean Time Use Survey (KTUS…more

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• Working Paper No. 792
  March 05, 2014

  From the State Theory of Money to Modern Money Theory

  L. Randall Wray
  Abstract

  This paper explores the intellectual history of the state, or chartalist, approach to money, from the early developers (Georg Friedrich Knapp and A. Mitchell Innes) through Joseph Schumpeter, John Maynard…more

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• Working Paper No. 791
  March 05, 2014

  Central Bank Independence

  L. Randall Wray
  Abstract

  It is commonplace to speak of central bank “independence” as if it were both a reality and a necessity. While the Federal Reserve is subject to the “dual mandate,” it has…more

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