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Research Briefs·May 1, 2024

Access to Credit Reduces the Value of Insurance

Sonia Jaffe, Anup Malani, and Julian Reif
Insurance is less valuable when people can also smooth their spending using loans. Access to a five-year loan decreases the...
Topics: Financial Markets
Research Briefs·Mar 25, 2024

Banks in Space

Ezra Oberfield, Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, Nicholas Trachter, and Derek Wenning
The banking deregulation of the 1980s and 90s provides unique evidence of the way in which banks set up their...
Topics: Financial Markets
Research Briefs·Feb 27, 2024

A Commitment Rule for Insolvency Forum

Anthony J. Casey, Aurelio Gurrea-Martínez, and Robert K. Rasmussen
A new commitment rule regarding forums for international insolvency would not only benefit debtors and creditors, but also society at...
Topics: Financial Markets
Research Briefs·Jan 18, 2024

Refinancing Frictions, Mortgage Pricing and Redistribution

Joseph S. Vavra, David W. Berger, Konstantin Milbradt, and Fabrice Tourre
Homebuyers who refinance their mortgages more often end up paying less in the long run than those who rarely refinance....
Topics: Financial Markets
Research Briefs·Jan 17, 2024

Asset Demand of U.S. Households

Xavier Gabaix, Ralph S. J. Koijen, Federico Mainardi, Sangmin Oh, and Motohiro Yogo
New data on households’ portfolios, including ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) households, indicate that households play a limited role in stabilizing fluctuations in...
Topics: Financial Markets
Research Briefs·Jul 26, 2023

Exporting, Global Sourcing, and Multinational Activity: Theory and Evidence from the United States

Pol Antràs, Teresa C. Fort, Evgenii Fadeev, and Felix Tintelnot
Multinational firms (MNEs) are more likely to trade not only with countries in which they have affiliates, but also with...
Topics: Financial Markets
Research Briefs·Jul 20, 2023

Price Level and Inflation Dynamics in Heterogeneous Agent Economies

Greg Kaplan, Georgios Nikolakoudis, and Giovanni L. Violante
This work offers new insights into the effects of persistent fiscal deficits on US inflation, revealing that targeted income redistribution...
Topics: Financial Markets, Monetary Policy
Research Briefs·Jul 6, 2023

Carbon Prices and Forest preservation Over Space and Time in the Brazilian Amazon

Juliano J. Assunção, Lars Peter Hansen, Todd Munson, and José A. Scheinkman
With modest transfers per ton of net CO2, Brazil would find it optimal to choose policies that produce substantial capture...
Topics: Energy & Environment, Financial Markets
Research Briefs·Jun 30, 2023

Monetary Policy Transmission Through Online Banks

Samuel Earnest, Isil Erel, Jack Liebersohn, and Constantine Yannelis
Monetary transmission is significantly larger for online banks; compared to brick-and-mortar banks, a 100-basis point increase in the federal funds...
Topics: Financial Markets, Monetary Policy