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Robert Litterman interview: Climate change, the financial crisis, and other high-risk problems
Douglas Clement | Editor, The Region
September 17, 2019
Article
Staff Reports
A Demand System Approach to Asset Pricing
Ralph S. J. Koijen Motohiro Yogo | Consultant
July 23, 2019
Research
Staff Reports
The Risk of Becoming Risk Averse: A Model of Asset Pricing and Trade Volumes
Fernando Alvarez | Consultant Andrew Atkeson | Consultant
December 31, 2018
Research
Staff Reports
The Role of Uncertainty and Risk in Climate Change Economics
V. V. Chari | Consultant
December 26, 2018
Research
Credit Builders Alliance Jumpstarts Credit Reporting for Native CDFIs
Credit Builders Alliance Jumpstarts Credit Reporting for Native CDFIs and Helps Improve Credit Scores
Dara Duguay | Executive Director, Credit Builders Alliance
November 13, 2018
Article
Evidence of Lower Credit Card Limits in American Indian Neighborhoods, and Hope for Building Credit Capacity
Richard M. Todd | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
September 4, 2018
Article
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Reinventing the agricultural economy in Indian Country
Ben Horowitz | Community Development Project Manager
July 17, 2018
Article
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How small-dollar loan programs can be a big benefit for employees (and their employers)
Ben Horowitz | Community Development Project Manager
June 19, 2018
Article
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Fair lending laws and the CRA: Complementary tools for increasing equitable access to credit
Ben Horowitz | Community Development Project Manager
March 8, 2018
Article
Economic Policy Paper
On the Importance of Easing Consumer Credit Frictions
Patrick J. Kehoe | Consultant Virgiliu Midrigan Elena Pastorino | Visiting Scholar
December 5, 2017
Article
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Right-Sizing a Financial Safety Net
Ann Harrington | Senior Writer
February 3, 2017
Article
Abandoning a Currency Peg
Douglas Clement | Editor, The Region Solomon Polansky
October 4, 2016
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