What caused the housing boom of the 2000s? A number of researchers havesuggested that loose monetary policy during the first half of the 2000s was aprimary cause of the substantial run-up in house prices in many countries.However, using a common statistical approach, we find that monetary policywas not the main factor. That should not be surprising: Although low interestrates raise house prices, the increase in prices during the mid-2000s was muchlarger than the historical relationship between the two variables would suggest.Instead, we investigate further the link between the marked loosening in termsand standards for mortgage credit and the most rapid increases in house prices.This link provides some evidence for a story where credit provision and thedemand for housing fed on each other and helped spur the housing boom. Ourwork suggests a greater role for macroprudential regulation rather than monetarypolicy in managing asset price booms.- Jane Dokko, Brian M. Doyle, Michael T. Kiley, Jinill Kim,Shane Sherlund, Jae Sim and Skander Van Den Heuvel

We use loan-level data from the New York City metropolitan area to examine the extent to which lenders attempted to prevent foreclosures with concessionary modifications during the Great Depression. We find no principal forgiveness in the sample and only a handful of concessionary mortgage modifications of other types. Far more mortgages terminated through foreclosure than received any sort of concessionary modification. The results indicate that there are significant impediments to renegotiation of residential mortgages beyond securitization. As such, less renegotiation seems unlikely to be a major cost of securitization of residential mortgages

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Psychoanalytic culture: psychoanalytic discourse in Western society Ian Parker 0 Resenhas Sage Publications, 1997 - 290 páginas The language of psychoanalysis has irrevocably shaped 20th Century culture in countless ways. In this major book, Ian Parker provides a fascinating and accessible overview of the place of this extraordinary intellectual movement in our culture today. Parker systematically reviews the key psychoanalytic theories while exploring throughout their significance to modern life. Freud and object relations theory is directed toward group processes, religion, and war; the Frankfurt School is used to examine modern individuality, authoritarianism and changes in culture, and the Lacanian tradition to account for language, representation and self-improvement. The theoretical analysis incorporates throughout the work of key figures ranging from Adorno, Habermas, and Fromm to Klein, Kristeva, Winnicott, and Zizek. Psychoanalytic Culture is a magnificent exploration of themes that lie at the heart of contemporary society. It will be essential reading for students and academics in psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, psychology, sociology and cultural studies.

Beyond Drought: People, Policy and Perspectives Linda Courtenay Botterill, Melanie Fisher 0 Resenhas Csiro Publishing, 2003 - 229 páginas Challenges the traditional view of drought as a natural disaster, advocating a policy approach based on risk managemen

Proposta de mitigação da crise provocada pela "olha imobiliária" nos EUA, por meio de uma alteração nas "regras do jogo" que aninham as hipotecas.