project Series LPFMI and the Law

LPFMI and the Law – DEBRIEF – CCPs for OTC Derivatives: the Foundations of the Legal and Regulatory Framework with Dan Awrey (Cornell)

Virtual Project Virtual Project

WEBINAR INFORMATIONIn June 2020, we welcomed Prof. Dan Awrey (Cornell) to the Liquidity Project Financial Market Infrastructure (LPFMI) conversation in a panel discussion on the implications of the law on CCPs for OTC derivatives with Robert Steigerwald (Chicago Fed). We have now the pleasure to further explore the legal and regulatory framework that applies to …

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project Series LPFMI and Economic Development

LPFMI and Economic Development – Central Counter Party Clearing (CCP) Cost-Benefit Analysis for Frontier Countries with Martijn Lathouwers (World Bank and formerly LCH)

Virtual Project Virtual Project

WEBINAR INFORMATIONThe Liquidity Project Financial Market Infrastructure (or LPFMI) would like to start in this mini webinar series a conversation with Economic Development, which will encompass one webinar. This project aims to shed some lights on the connection between financial market infrastructures (FMIs) and economic growth. Martijn Lathouwers (World Bank and formerly LCH) will present …

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KEDG – 3rd Meeting

Virtual Project Virtual Project

23/Sep - Emanuele Citera: The network origins of aggregate fluctuations: a demand-side approach 13/Oct - Gustavo Pereira Serra: Household borrowing for Consumption and Investment in Human Capital: a neo-Kaleckian approach 4/Nov - Vinicius Curti Cícero: Functional distribution of income as a determinant of importing behavior: An empirical analysis 25/Nov - Guilherme Spinato Morlin: Inflation and …

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project Series LPFMI and the Law

LPFMI and the Law – Uncleared margining regulation with Poseidon Retsinas (HedgeLegal)

Virtual Project Virtual Project

WEBINAR INFORMATIONAfter being narrowed in their scope and delayed in their implementation, new rules surrounding initial margin (“IM”) in uncleared OTC transactions - the “UMR Rules” - have been slowly coming into force. In this webinar, lawyer Poseidon Retsinas will describe the legal mechanics of UMR and the significance of these rules for the financial …

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Montesquieu as Dependency Theorist? Capitalism versus Commercial Society

Virtual Project Virtual Project

We are glad to announce the first event of the Webinar series in 18th-Century History of Political Economy. In the opening webinar, Professor Paul Cheney will present the paper "Montesquieu as Dependency Theorist? Capitalism versus Commercial Society in the Intellectual History of Political Economy". He will explore Montesquieu not as a World-Systems theorist avant la …

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YSI – Economic History Graduate Webinar: Adam Frost

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Adam Frost, PhD student at Harvard University, will present his work: Entrepreneurial transformation of socialist China Abstract:China’s socialist era (1957–1980) is often described as having been void of entrepreneurial activity. Generations of scholars argued that beginning with the Communist’s victory over the Nationalists in 1949 and culminating until the establishment of collective economic institutions in …

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project Series Working Papers in Political Economy

Beyond the creditor/debtor divide: the European Unemployment Benefit Scheme

Virtual Project Virtual Project

Despite long-lasting debates, no steps have been taken towards the adoption of a European Unemployment Benefit Scheme (EUBS).Traditional political economy literature explains such impasse by looking at the rationale of the political conflict and arguing that a one-dimensional divide between creditor and debtor Member States characterizes the conflict over the implementation of a EUBS. Conversely, …

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II YSI Alumni Workshop @ Brazilian Keynesian Association Meeting | Online

Online , Brazil

The Keynesian Economics Working Group is glad to announce the II YSI Alumni Workshop at the IV Summer School on Keynesian Theory and the XIII Brazilian Keynesian Association Annual Meeting. Our Workshop will take place on November 23rd, 2020, and will be followed by the School (November 24th-25th, 2020) and the Brazilian Keynesian Association Annual …

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YSI – Economic History Graduate Webinar: Vitantonio Mariella

Virtual Project Virtual Project

Vitantonio Mariella, PhD student at Sapienza University, will present his work: Tenancy contracts and social capital at the origins of the North-South divide in Italy Abstract:This paper investigates the historical determinants of social capital in Italy, widely seen at the root of the North-South divide. By focusing on the rural economic structure of Italy during …

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KEDG – 4th meeting

Virtual Project Virtual Project

23/Sep - Emanuele Citera: The network origins of aggregate fluctuations: a demand-side approach 13/Oct - Gustavo Pereira Serra: Household borrowing for Consumption and Investment in Human Capital: a neo-Kaleckian approach 4/Nov - Vinicius Curti Cícero: Three essays on FDI and uneven development 25/Nov - Guilherme Spinato Morlin: Inflation and conflicting claims in the open economy …

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