This session covers Reading 3: The Check System, a chapter from Chapters on the Theory and History of Banking by Charles Dunbar The reading is a description of the checking system in the US in the late 19th century. It reinforces what we covered in Lecture 5 by describing the "decentralized" check-based payment system of …
Calling all YSI'ers in/near San Cristobal de las Casas to join us and celebrate our community's birthday!
“Merit, diversity and social justice” INET and YSI will be participating in the first Turin International Festival of Economics hosted from 31 May - 4 June 2022. We will dedicate the mornings to a variety of YSI sessions at the International University College of Turin. We will, of course, have ample time to enjoy the …
Sofia Tsitou, researcher from University of Macedonia will present her paper The Implications of the Population Exchange between Greece and Turkey on Literacy and Employment Rates of the Native Population. ABSTRACT:This paper sheds lights on the implications of a major historical event, i.e., the population exchange between Greece and Turkey that was officially agreed in …
++ CONFERENCE POSTPONED ONCE AGAIN DUE TO COVID-19. SUGGESTED NEW DATES: JUNE, 2022 YSI HET International Circulation of Economic Ideas throughout History Where: Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Eichstätt, Germany. When: 2022 Motivation Ideas do move. People travel, books travel, networks are built, international meetings are held. And they always have. Historians of economic thought have always, …
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Cheers to YSI! Buenos Aires residents are coming together to celebrate our community.
Between MARCH and JUNE 2022, the Philosophy of Economics WG will conduct four sessions to discussing CHINA’S LAND USE PLANNING AND POLICY. SESSION 3 will focus on two articles on governance. How do a specific take on geography and governance impact urban governance in China? The session will feature a 15 minutes presentation summing up …
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Join us to cheers to YSI's 10th! YSI'ers from Turin and beyond are gathering under the Italian sun.
This session covers Lecture 7: Repos, Postponing Settlement Repurchase agreements (repos or RP) are a form of market-based collateralized lending that can be used for interbank lending much like the Fed Funds market. Borrowers give securities as collateral to borrow money. A key difference between Fed Funds and repo markets is that anyone who can …
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In order to participate in celebrating YSI's 10th Anniversary, on June 5, 2022, a ceremonial event will be held in Palu, Central Sulawesi Indonesia. This informal event will take place at the Palu Peace Monument and will be followed by a casual catch-up at the Patio Terrace Cafe of Swiss-bel Hotel Silae Palu. Participants who …
May 11th Nikolas Schiozer: "Price formation, income inequality and macroeconomic performance as coevolutionary phenomena in an agent-based model" May 19th Apurva Ashish Tudekar "IMPACT OF CURRENT ACCOUNT IMBALANCE ON UNEMPLOYMENT" June 8th Lilian Nogueira Rolim "The impact of international trade shocks on economic growth and income distribution in an agent-based macroeconomic model" July 6th Simon …
As a part of the YSI's 10th anniversary local events, we are organizing this soirée to bring together the Geneva's YSI community.The historic city of Geneva, hub of international and humanitarian organizations, is also part of this celebration! We will celebrate this splendid milestone in Au Coin Mousse, just few steps from the Central Station.