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Interview : Christopher Ruhm
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Interview : George Selgin
Full interview/Link: https://www.richmondfed.org/-/media/richmondfedorg/publications/research/econ_focus/2009/winter/index.cfm
Briefing
The costs and benefits of bank supervisory disclosure
Bank examinations, like the recent "stress test," yield information of interest to the market. Releasing those results may increase transparency. For routine annual bank exams, however, doing so could impede a supervisor's ability to collect information.
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Federal Reserve : Dollarization explained
In some developing counties, monetary stability might best be achieved by officially adopting a stable foreign currency.
Briefing
Systemic risk regulation and the "too big to fail" problem
A single regulator tasked with preventing threats to systemic stability would need to have considerable power and discretion. But creating such a powerful entity could reinforce the moral hazard problem resulting from the idea that some firms are too big to fail.
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A matter of antitrust: the debate over the role of government as referee of market competition
Related link(s): https://www.richmondfed.org/-/media/richmondfedorg/publications/research/econ_focus/2009/summer/feature3_weblinks.cfm
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Interview : Charles Holt
Economists think out loud online
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Research spotlight: Have free markets failed us?
Related link: https://www.richmondfed.org/-/media/richmondfedorg/publications/research/econ_focus/2009/spring/research_spotlight_weblinks.cfm
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Opinion : In defense of failure