The liberalization of the Italian electricity market has led to a situation where the logic of maximizing operators’ profits prevails. In this context, it is essential for electricity producers to be ...

Global imbalances denote the distribution of countries’ current account balances, identically equal to the difference between two forward-looking aggregate variables: national savings and domestic ...

How well stress tests measure a bank’s ability to survive adverse conditions depends on the statistical modeling approach used. Banks can access data on loan characteristics to precisely estimate ...

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Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...