World Bank: World Development Report 2015 explores “Mind, Society, and Behavior”

here.

Managing House Price Booms: The Role of Macroprudential Policies

IMF speech by Ratna Sahay here.

Economic and Social Review Winter 2014 Issue

Free online:

Articles

Maternal Country of Birth Differences in Breastfeeding at Hospital Discharge in Ireland PDF
Aoife Brick, Anne Nolan 455-484
Middle Class Squeeze? Social Class and Perceived Financial Hardship in Ireland, 2002-2012 PDF
Peter Mühlau 485–509
Testing the Permanent Income Hypothesis for Irish Households, 1994 to 2005 PDF
Petra Gerlach-Kristen 511–535

Policy Section Articles

Averting Crisis? Commentary from the International Institutions on the Irish Property Sector in the Years Before the Crash PDF
Ciarán Michael Casey 537–557
How Have Contracts for Difference Affected Irish Equity Market Volatility? PDF
Shaen Corbet, Cian Twomey 559–577
Telework Isn’t Working: A Policy Review PDF
Michael Hynes 579–602

 

Do First Time Buyers Default Less? Implications for Macro-prudential Policy

New Central Bank Economic Letter by Robert Kelly, Terry O’Malley and Conor O’Toole here.

PIIE Briefing: Rebuilding Europe’s Common Future: Combining Growth and Reform in the Euro Area

Here.

Contents

Introduction
Adam S. Posen and Ángel Ubide

1 Stimulating Demand to Foster Structural Reform in the Euro Area
Ajai Chopra

2 The European Central Bank Must Act Aggressively to Restore Price Stability in the Euro Area
Ángel Ubide
Data disclosure: The data underlying this analysis are available here [xlsx].

3 Role of Fiscal Policy to Spur Growth in Europe
Paolo Mauro

4 An Agenda for Reform of the Euro Area Labor Markets
Jacob Funk Kirkegaard
Data disclosure: The data underlying this analysis are available here [xlsx].

5 Overhaul of EU Financial System Needed to Foster Growth
Nicolas Véron