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This work was completed while the second author was visiting the Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies (IMES), Bank of Japan (BOJ). He would like to thank the Institute for the hospitality and research support. We would also like to thank two referees and the staff of the institute for helpful comments on an early draft. However, the views expressed in this paper are solely the authors’ o...

This panel highlights a selection of the most interesting and provocative papers from the 2004 New Security Paradigms Workshop. This workshop was held September 2004 the URL for more information is . The panel consists of authors of the selected papers, and the session is moderated by the workshop’s general chairs. We present selected papers focusing on exciting major theme...

Article history: Accepted 14 January 2011 JEL classification: D43 J29 J69 L60

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