BACKGROUND Ill health is a risk factor and a consequence of unemployment, which might vary depending on the national rate of unemployment. We investigated the long-term effect of youth unemployment on mental health and explored the possible interaction during periods of high (economic crisis) and low (non-crisis) unemployment rates. METHODS A register-linked population-based cohort study was ...

A food crisis occurs when rates of hunger and malnutrition rise sharply at local, national, or global levels. This definition distinguishes a food crisis from chronic hunger, although food crises are far more likely among populations already suffering from prolonged hunger and malnutrition. A food crisis is usually set off by a shock to either supply or demand for food and often involves a sudd...

The recent episodes of financial turmoil in Mexico, East Asia, Russia, Brazil, and Argentina are often dubbed financial crises. However, the severe downturns in equity markets, abrupt currency devaluations, and massive capital flight that characterize these events can still be deemed compatible with efficient and functioning financial markets. Thus, why is a financial crisis a “crisis?” To answ...

Public economic planning is a pervasive part of the social space of political economy. In times of crisis, public officials in American government agencies at the local and national level increasingly use the vocabulary of economic planning. My PhD dissertation is a collection of papers representing a pointed critique of urban economic planning by public officials in times of crisis and prosper...

The valuation of stock options and currency options has witnessed an explosion of new development in the past twenty years. These models, set up either in a partial equilibrium or a general equilibrium framework, have certainly enriched our understanding of option valuation in one way or the other. However, the main drawback of these models is that stock options and currency options are analyze...

We explore the role of inflation credibility in self-fulfilling debt crises. In particular, we propose a continuous time model of nominal debt with the potential for selffulfilling debt crises as in Calvo (1988) and Cole and Kehoe (2000). We characterize crisis equilibria conditional on the level of commitment to low inflation. With strong commitment, which can be interpreted as joining a monet...

In this study, the impact of youth identity crisis is investigated on the national security of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The research method is qualitative; the library method is used for data collection; and data analysis is carried out with descriptive-analytical method. The main research question is how does the identity crisis in youth affect the national security of the Islamic Republi...

in this study we investigated the impacts of population increase on life quality, with a special focus on its impact on the natural resources and environmental issues. this analysis was conducted using data over a 16 year period. since water is one of the most important factors contributing to the growth and development of countries, the increase in population size, industry sector growth, urba...

This paper analyzes the causes and consequences of the financial crisis in East Asia. We have examined which of the two alternatives--panic or fundamentals--was a crucial feature. While our empirical analysis is inconclusive on the relative importance of the two views, it suggests that the massive inflow of foreign capital into the region during the 1990s was at the center of the East Asian fin...

Using panel data for 68 countries over the period 1975-2002 this paper examines how IMF programs, disbursed loans, and compliance with conditionality affect the risk of currency crises and the outcome of such crises. Specifically, we investigate whether countries with previous IMF intervention are more likely to experience currency crises. In a second step, we analyze the IMF’s impact on a coun...