If you're in SF for the ASSA meetings, why not come to our session on international trade in history on Friday at 230 PM? www.aeaweb.org/conference/2...

Come to my #ASSA2025 session on #Finance #Development and #Growth! Presenters: Muhammad Meki Nishant Vats @emilverner.bsky.social Rebecca De Simone Discussants: Gautam Rao @raissafabregas.bsky.social Kristina Manysheva @sumudu.bsky.social www.aeaweb.org/conference/2... #EconSky #EconConf

Here is an interesting figure from Demirguc-Kunt et al on the adoption of deposit insurance over time across countries. US was much earlier than other countries in adopting federal deposit insurance (and some US state banking systems experimented earlier). DI is relatively recent in most countries.

Thank you @petercontibrown.bsky.social for featuring our paper on Failing Banks in your PCB Central blog!

New paper: benjaminmoll.com/challenge/

Here is the full transcript of the show: www.mercatus.org/macro-musing... and his paper on bank failures: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... (2/2)

Remember when "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" tried to teach us about tariffs and no one was paying attention

Excited to debut my new paper, "Housing Is the Financial Cycle: Evidence from 100 Years of Local Building Permits,” joint with @cortesgustavos.bsky.social. We document that building permits predict financial market volatility across a century of U.S. economic history. papers.ssrn.com/abstract=485...

Uninsured depositors in a recent bank failure i Oklahoma set to lose 50 cents on the $ (though this may fall over time)-- much higher than the typical loss rate of 6 cents on the $ for bank failures since 1992. www.ft.com/content/91c7...