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    Beliefs and the Net Worth Trap
    … threshold level, belief distortions generate a “net worth trap”. A net worth trap causes long-term inefficiencies with infinitely … at the most inefficient region. Beliefs and the Net Worth Trap … Goutham Gopalakrishna … Seung Joo Lee … Theofanis …
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    Managing Roiling Labor Markets Amid COVID-19
    … financial crisis, Moscarini offers recommendations for keeping workers and businesses afloat, productive, and … 2008-2009, the private sector does not have a lot of bad debt to deleverage (unless the current lockdowns last for a … and bails out earlier (workers move, employers shut down) to cut its losses. The government can help them commit …
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    Guy De La Rosa
    … Guy De La Rosa … Guy De La Rosa Email guy.delarosa@yale.edu Office Address … Guy De La Rosa …
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    Jin-Wook Chang
    … through a network of counterparties in a collateralized debt market, and how counterparties borrow and lend when they … through a network of counterparties in a collateralized debt market, and how counterparties borrow and lend when they … through a network of counterparties in a collateralized debt market, and how counterparties borrow and lend when they …
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    Study offers insight into effects of housing eviction on people’s lives
    … households face the prospect of eviction, a disruptive event widely believed to trigger increased financial strain. … data. They found that tenants averaged about $3,000 in debt in collections — past-due debts turned over to … evicted, we find that as a result you are likely to have a little more debt, slightly lower credit scores,” said van …
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    Mark Rosenzweig reappointed as Director of Economic Growth Center
    … democracy. So what are the barriers? You start to break it down: How come they don’t manufacture anything? Your … activity for these folks. My favorite example is the guy who was doing well, and he showed me his proudest … which paid better. The Growth Center never fell into that trap. The field of studying development had died more than 25 …
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    Yale Economics in Washington
    … loathe inflation, Yale economists have argued that a little inflation may be necessary to grease the wheels of the … the Federal budget deficit was large and rising with debt growing faster than GDP and growing foreign borrowing … keep the economy growing, brought long-term interest rates down quickly, providing an immediate short-term economic …
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    With Interest Rates Steady, What’s Next For the Economy? Interview with Yale Economist William English
    … pull actual inflation, which is a bit higher than that, down. But there’s a risk that won’t be true, and inflation … higher—perhaps somewhere around 2.5 percent, so it’s a little bit of a wait and see sort of issue. They’ve basically … higher, the Fed would cut rates more gradually. In any event, I’m confident that the Fed will ultimately get …
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    It's All About Family - Big-sib Program comes to Department
    … students, the Economics Peer Mentors created a Big-Sib/Little-Sib Program last semester. According to peer mentor … about participating in the program as either a big sib or little sib.” The form also allowed students to express a … paths.”     Last term, the mentors matched the big sib/little sibs and held a competition for the best/funniest …
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    When “Abenomics” is the topic, Yale’s Hamada is, too
    … world — third, behind China and the United States — but a debt-laden one that has stagnated for decades. Abe’s return … be working, though concerns remain about Japan’s massive debt, about two-and-a-half times the size of its entire … world — third, behind China and the United States — but a debt-laden one that has stagnated for decades. Abe’s return …
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    Geanakoplos to Present at Santa Fe Institute's 2017 Ulam Lectures
    … Institute’s Ulam Lectures series. His talks will describe debt in history, in literature, and in economic theory, … mortgage crisis of 2007-2010 and the European sovereign debt crisis of 2010-2016. The first talk on Monday, September … 25, titled “Trust and Panic,” will focus on history of debt and default, punishment and collateral, money and bonds, …
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    Digital Giants Don’t Need Your Data to Predict Your Behavior
    … unprecedented amounts of people’s data while offering them little, if any, compensation in return. In a new paper, “ The … control of their information to big-tech firms for little to no compensation.  A recent congressional report, … massive amounts of data while consumers gain very little from handing over their information. “ The big digital …
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    A Yale economist’s take on the Greek debt crisis
    … for further austerity measures to deal with the country’s debt crisis. In the vote’s aftermath, Greece and its European … his take on the referendum and whether a resolution to the debt crisis is still possible. A transcript of that … article in Yale News A Yale economist’s take on the Greek debt crisis … July 7, 2015 A Yale economist’s take on the …
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