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Wednesday, 31 July 2013

Some Spanish lessons

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Summer is upon us; Barcelona is swarming with tourists. Doubtlessly, many are here to brush up their Spanish a bit, too. Mauricio Drelichman...
Thursday, 25 July 2013

Laffer curve reflections (Detroit and Spain edition)

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Tyler Cowan has some interesting observations on tax rates in (now bankrupt) Detroit - high rates, low revenue. Who would want to live there...
Sunday, 21 July 2013

More reasons to worry (Kenen-Mundell edition)

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about the Euro, in case you needed them. If countries suffering negative shocks see their young leaving for greener pastures, there is nobod...

Barcelona is No. 1 in the World!

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in at least one dimension  ... not sure what this is based on it, but there is no doubt that there is a real problem here. Just the other da...
Tuesday, 16 July 2013

Frankfurt gets it...

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perhaps some financial history is not a bad thing. Two banks (Metzler and de Rothschild) have endowed a (visiting) professorship in financia...

bubble time?

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To the man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail... So when I first started to ask myself if there is a bubble brewing in German real ...
Monday, 15 July 2013

Clio's rescue mission...

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The FAZ blog has a small write-up about why economic history has become more important in recent years, and it cites yours sincerely's ...
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Joachim Voth
Zurich, Switzerland
I hold the UBS Chair in Macroeconomics and Financial Markets. My blog contains updates on research findings, observations on economic policy, and thoughts on research.
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