La Cabrera Sierra is a granitic paleozoiczone homogeneous in lithology andmorphology 5 km long and 60 km from Madridwith rockfall problems. Mostof the maps used in common practice, aremainly maps of susceptibility toinstability or failure. When rockfall takesplace, the main problem for...

The global financial crisis of 2007–08 resulted from massive institutional failure and proved that a robust regulatory and supervisory frameworks are necessary. Such frameworks are not yet in place. This paper recounts the legacy of the financial crisis in the sovereign debt crisis in Greece...

This paper associates exchange rate crises and capital flight with the possibility of default on public debt resulting from fiscal rigidities. By including interest-bearing debt, both domestic and external, the model can generate the timing of an attack and can explain why domestic public bonds,...