Working with the University of Copenhagen’s Dr Søren Leth-Petersen, Dr Ejarque from Essex’s Department of Economics looked at a Danish household panel dataset…
In 2008, its first year of legal independence, KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH achieved strong growth in its volume of new business, which totalled EUR 12.1 billion as at…
Mortgage equity withdrawal is a much more popular and frequent event than previously thought. New figures show that borrowers haven’t just used their housing…
There is no such thing as laying off risk if no one is able to insure it. Big new risks were taken in extending mortgages to far more people than could handle…
Takeovers and acquisitions have become increasingly common in recent decades. Companies grow and expand by buying up other companies, and there has been a…
Morici predicts the trend to continue with this Friday’s release of November employment figures, forecasting the loss of nearly 300,000 more jobs.Based on U.S….
According to one estimate, Christmas holiday sales online are expected to total about $32 billion this year. This represents a 9 percent increase in online…
This is shown by Anders Svensson, who studied this issue in a bachelor's thesis in economics at Lund University School of Economics and Management in Sweden….
The results show that 45% of voters believe the Prime Minister has done a good job in handling the crisis, with just 23% holding him personally responsible for…
While hindsight might be clear as day, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory are trying to create new economic models that…
“Production costs were cut in half, better performance and shorter development time were achieved,” observes Fahad Awaleh in his doctoral thesis.The…
During the last years, the Chinese economy has gone through a rapid development with an impressive growth rate and increase in international trade. Norwegian…
Programs that help low-income and minority individuals and families purchase a home may be doing more harm than good, according to a Kansas State University…
Programs that help low-income and minority individuals and families purchase a home may be doing more harm than good, according to a Kansas State University…
This was a policy response to an unprecedented global financial crisis, aimed at preventing financial meltdown. It succeeded in doing so, according to…
“The history of regulation is largely one of regulators trying to catch up after a crisis has arisen,” says Professor Catherine Schenk, from the World Economy…