From 1976 to 1980, the International Monetary Fund sold by sealed-bid auctions one-fifth of its gold stock and systematically experimented with auction format. Based on data from these auctions, this paper uses nonlinear estimation techniques to estimate demand curves under the alternative...

We identify the major public debt overhang episodes in the advanced economies since the early 1800s, characterized by public debt to GDP levels exceeding 90% for at least five years. Consistent with Reinhart and Rogoff (2010) and other more recent research, we find that public debt overhang...

In No Way Out: Persistent Government Interventions in the Great Contraction, editor Vincent R. Reinhart brings together an array of professional and academic authors to generate a narrative of the 2007–08 financial crisis, its causes, and likely recurrences.

In No Way Out: Persistent Government Interventions in the Great Contraction, editor Vincent R. Reinhart brings together an array of professional and academic authors to generate a narrative of the 2007–08 financial crisis, its causes, and likely recurrences.