Authors: Mario Draghi
ISBN-13: 9781898128687, ISBN-10: 1898128685
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Centre for Economic Policy Research
Date Published: June 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)
The Geneva Reports on the World Economy series was launched by the International Center for Monetary and Banking Studies (ICMB) and CEPR in 1999. Each title focuses on an aspect of the reform of the international financial and economic systems and is written by a team of internationally-known macroeconomists. This year's report looks at transparency, risk management and international financial fragility.
List of Conference Participants | ||
List of Tables | ||
List of Figures | ||
List of Boxes | ||
Acknowledgements | ||
Foreword | ||
Executive Summary | ||
1 | Risk and Transparency | 1 |
2 | Risk and (Lack of) Transparency in US Balance Sheets: the Economic Effects of the Accounting Treatment of Defined-Benefit Pension Plans | 5 |
3 | Balance Sheets and Financial Guarantees | 13 |
4 | Sovereign Spreads, Macroeconomic Volatility and Debt Maturity | 21 |
5 | Observations for the Correct Evaluation of a Country's Exposure to Risk and for the Design of Prudential Rules for Financial Institutions and their Shareholders | 27 |
6 | Managing Risk to Reduce Financial Fragility | 37 |
7 | Conclusions | 45 |
Discussion | 47 | |
Bibliography | 69 |