Working Papers
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Myth and Reality in the Great Inflation Debate: Supply Shocks and Wealth Effects in a Multipolar World Economy
Jan 2023
A critical reappraisal of the case in favor of monetary tightening pressed by inflation hawks is overdue.
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Why Economists Should Support Populist Antitrust Goals
Dec 2022
The Consumer Welfare Standard is severely limited or defective, preventing it from being an appropriate standard for modern antitrust.
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Muth鈥檚 Hypothesis Under Knightian Uncertainty
Dec 2022
A Novel Account of Inflation Forecasts
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Separating electricity from gas prices through Green Power Pools: Design options and evolution
Nov 2022
Moving away from fossil fuels, towards a system with a far greater contribution from variable renewables, means that the current system is not fit for purpose.
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Inflation in the Time of Corona and War: The Plight of the Developing Economies
Nov 2022
Fears of 鈥榮tagflation鈥 have come back to haunt macroeconomic policy makers all over the globe
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Working Paper Series
Navigating the Crises in European Energy
Sep 2022
Price Inflation, Marginal Cost Pricing, and Principles for Electricity Market Redesign in an Era of Low-Carbon Transition
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Working Paper Series
China鈥檚 Development Path: Government, Business, and Globalization in an Innovating Economy
Aug 2022
China鈥檚 successful technological development path stands in contrast to the corporate financialization model in the United States
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Working Paper Series
The Role of Public REITs in Financialization and Industry Restructuring
Jul 2022
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) are considered 鈥減assive鈥 investors and are exempt from corporate tax. But in reality, they play a very active role in reshaping whole industries, like healthcare.
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Working Paper Series
Monetary Policy for the Climate? A Money View Perspective on Green Central Banking
Jul 2022
Central banks can encourage climate-friendly investments by offering financial institutions favorable haircuts on green collateral
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Permanent Scars: The Effects of Wages on Productivity
Jul 2022
A persistent regime of low wages may determine very negative long-term consequences on the economy.
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Pari Passu Lost and Found: The Origins of Sovereign Bankruptcy 1798-1873
Jun 2022
Pari passu clauses were deliberately crafted to gain an upper hand in sovereign bankruptcy disputes brought to the London stock exchange鈥檚 jurisdiction
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Inflation in the Time of Corona and War
Jun 2022
Are there alternative, less socially costly, ways to bring inflation down?
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Setting the Record Straight on the Libertarian South African Economist W. H. Hutt and James M. Buchanan
Jun 2022
Despite his opposition to South Africa’s apartheid, Hutt embraced notions of black inferiority
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Government Deficits and Interest Rates: A Keynesian View
Apr 2022
Contrary to the neoclassical loanable funds theory, historical bond yields show Keynes was right that 鈥渃onvictions鈥 anchor long-term interest rates
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Investing in Innovation: A Policy Framework for Attaining Sustainable Prosperity in the United States
Apr 2022
Business firms are not alone in making investments in the productive capabilities required to generate innovative goods and services. Household units and government agencies also make investments in productive capabilities upon which business firms rely for their own investment activities.