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Even though the current global financial crisis follows the boom/bust dynamics of other episodes, it is atypical in its magnitude, systemic character and especially in the pervasiveness with which, regardless of their risk, assets became ‘prime’ in the boom and ‘sub prime’ in the bust.
The stage for the current crisis was set up by the generalized adoption of off balance sheet funding practices through out the financial system of the developed world. The off balance sheet funding procedure consists in the creation of a financial asset structure that is remote from the possible bankrupt or insolvency status of the originator. In this way, off balance sheet funding seemingly separated the risk of the portfolio of the originating financial institution from that of its own.
Economists believe that learning through experience underpins optimization and generates technological progress. Large literatures measure learning dynamics in the lab, and in the field.
However, because of data limitations, relatively few papers measure learning in the field with micro-level (household) panel data. Among such household studies, most show that households learn to optimize over time. For example, Miravete (2003) and Agarwal, Chomsisengphet, Liu and Souleles (2007) respectively show that consumers switch telephone calling plans and credit card contracts to minimize monthly bill payments.
A consensus has emerged that the sole objective of monetary policy is price stability, however, the interrelationship between monetary policy and financial stability is receiving increased attention. These twin objectives are subject to the same forces, where policies targeting one may affect or even contradict the other, especially since the transmission mechanism of monetary policy, is not independent of the specific structure of financial markets. Under certain conditions, the interplay between market structure and capital regulation may not only block the transmission of monetary policy but even reverse it.
