We propose a dynamic production function of population health and mortality from birth onwards. Our parsimonious model … provides an excellent fit for the mortality and survival curves for both primate and human populations since 1816. The model … mortality gradients across socio-economic statuses, (ii) non-monotonic dynamic effects of in-utero shocks, (iii) persistent or …

interest-rate derivative markets, and their use by governments. Their stabilizing properties imply that, when bond prices fall …

This paper applies the maximum likelihood panel cointegration method of Larsson and Lyhagen (2007) to test the strong … contrasted to those from the Pedroni (1995) cointegration tests and fully modified OLS and dynamic OLS esimators of the …

degree of exchange rate pass-through. Using recent time-series techniques for the case of imported automobiles in Switzerland …

The paper reviews the historical experience of developing countries with bond issues in international markets in order … to put the recent wave of bond financing by these countries in some perspective. It examines developments in the early … part of this century and during the mid-1970s and early 1980s. The sources and the role played by bond financing during …

interest rates. While bond yields are not fully efficient?reflecting regulation, liquidity, and segmentation?we find they …: changes in PBC rates influence the structure of Treasury, financial, and corporate bond yield curves, which are then …

, which is more pronounced for higher maturities and when risk aversion proxied by bond market volatility is high. Going …

sovereign bonds during 32 crises since 1998, taking into account losses from bond exchanges as well as profits before and after …

We analyze the long-run impact of emerging-market sovereign bond yields on corporate bond yields, finding that the …