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Against Amnesia: Re-Imagining Central Banking
Benjamin Braun and Leah Downey | 10 January 2020Discussion Notes, Monetary | Tags: Central Banks, Governing Finance
The purpose of the present paper is to identify and challenge contemporary adherence to the core of the prevailing monetary policy consensus. This consensus consists of what we call the... continue reading
Tax Expenditures and Complexity in a VAT System: The Case of Brazil
Ivan Ozai | 7 January 2020Blog, Fiscal | Tags: Tax Expenditures, VAT
Despite its known regressivity, the value-added tax (VAT) has been considered a robust tool for development, especially if integrated into a well-implemented tax-and-benefit system. VAT is often considered a neutral... continue reading
Climate Risk and Financial Systems of Latin America: Regulatory, Supervisory and Industry Practices in the Region and Beyond
Gianleo Frisari, Matías Gallardo, Chiemi Nakano, Víctor Cárdenas and Pierre Monnin | 18 December 2019Discussion Notes, Monetary | Tags: Central Banks, Climate risk, Financial Regulation, Green Finance, Latin America
In Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), regional supervisors and regulators have not yet explicitly included nor addressed climate-related risks in binding regulations and/or supervisory measures for the financial sector.... continue reading
Housing Taxation in Europe
Salvador Barrios, Viginta Ivaškaitė-Tamošiūnė, Estefanía Vázquez Torres, Cécile Denis and Andriana Reut | 18 December 2019Blog, Fiscal | Tags: Housing, Tax Expenditures
Tax incentives favouring homeownership are widely used in developed economies. Homeownership is often thought to bring a number of positive contributions, from the promotion of households´ saving to enhanced community... continue reading
Climate Risks in Financial Assets
Emanuele Campiglio, Pierre Monnin and Adrian von Jagow | 4 November 2019Discussion Notes, Monetary | Tags: Asset prices, Climate risk, Climate stress tests
This note reviews the empirical evidence available in the academic literature about the impact of climate-related risks on financial assets. It addresses three main questions: does climate change already affect... continue reading