Economic Letters from Central Bank

Economic Letter – Vol 2012, No. 7
Fiscal Consolidation – Does it deliver? – Laura Weymes

Economic Letter – Vol 2012, No. 6
Housing equity withdrawal in Ireland: 2000 – 2011 – Reamonn Lydon & Niall O’Hanlon

Rajoy must enact a radical plan for Spain

Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde and Luis Garicano lay out the necessary steps in this FT op-ed.

ECB limited and conditional lending is not ‘what it takes’

Pierro Ghezzi is one of the smartest City-based economists – he has a new VOX article here.

Home Field Advantage: What Sports Teach Us About Limiting Financial Crises

Jerry Caprio makes a TED-style presentation here.

The European Sovereign Debt Crisis

I have a survey paper on the fiscal dimensions of the euro crisis in the Summer 2012 issue of JEP.

Link here