In this paper, we argue that much of the debate regarding the role of government policy in mitigating economic instability has failed to give sufficient attention to the role of capital markets. We argue that in an economy with well-functioning markets for risk-bearing, direct public...

While the monetary base might be a useful concept for analyzing variation in the money supply, it is a misleading indicator of the central bank's monetary policy. Three intervening institutional considerations are: (1) regulation of interest rates and the central bank's trading in LGS assets...

This paper examines three possible sources of "de-industrialization" in an open economy: monetary disinflation, an increase in the international price of oil, and a 'domestic oil discovery. The analysis is conducted using a model which incorporates different speeds of adjustment in goods and...