Papers & Opinions

Corporate finance | Empirics | Political institutions

Finance and Ideology: The Firm-Level Channels

Paper

Posted on 22 June 2021

By Haikun Zhu

We investigate how politicians’ ideologies affect economic outcomes and financial development through firm-level channels. We explore a unique setting of ideological change in China from Mao’s ideology to Deng’s around...
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Central banking | Political institutions | Theory

The Euro as a Diverse Monetary Union

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Posted on 21 May 2021

By Oscar Soons

We analyze the political economy causes and consequences of a monetary unification among countries with different institutional quality. Before a common currency countries with stronger institutions have more efficient public...
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