Kevin Dowd
Biographic Data
| ID | 1155899 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kevin Dowd |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kevin |
| FAMILY NAME | Dowd |
| SIGNATURE | DOWD K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sheffield Hallam University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6298-1612 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
A market consistent approach to the valuation of no-negative equity guarantees and equity release mortgages
This paper provides a new market consistent approach to the valuation of no negative equity guarantees and equity release mortgages. The paper provides a new approach to the estimation of volatility inputs. The proposed approach to volatility produces a volatility term structure that is dependent on the age and gender of the borrower. Illustrative valuations are provided based on the Black ’76 put pricing formula and mortality projections based o…
Free Banking
This chapter provides an overview of the issues raised by free banking. A central objective is to set out the core theory of free banking, draw out its predictions, and then compare those predictions against the abundant historical evidence from the many free (or relatively free) banking systems of the past. The evidence is largely supportive of the predictions of free banking theory and, in particular, of its claim that an unregulated banking sy…
Facing up to uncertain life expectancy: The longevity fan charts
This article uses longevity fan charts to represent the uncertainty in projections of future life expectancy. These fan charts are based on a mortality model calibrated on mortality data for English and Welsh males. The fan charts indicate strong upward sloping trends in future life expectancy. Their widths indicate the extent of uncertainty in these projections, and this uncertainty increases as the forecast horizon lengthens. Allowing for uncer…
Are free markets the cause of financial instability
As the critics of global financial capitalism recognize, there is excessive financial instability in today's international economy. However, this instability is due not to laissez faire, but to its absence. Comparing the current world financial system to a laissez‐faire benchmark highlights the very significant differences between the two
Anarchy, Warfare, and Social Order: Comment on Hirshleifer
Some Unpleasant Budgetary Arithmetic of A Proposal to End Inflation: A Reply
Journal Article Some Unpleasant Budgetary Arithmetic of A Proposal to End Inflation: A Reply Get access Kevin Dowd Kevin Dowd Sheffield Hallam University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 106, Issue 436, 1 May 1996, Pages 635–636, https://doi.org/10.2307/2235569 Published: 01 May 1996
The Case for Financial Laissez-Faire
Journal Article The Case for Financial Laissez-Faire Get access Kevin Dowd Kevin Dowd Sheffield Hallam University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 106, Issue 436, 1 May 1996, Pages 679–687, https://doi.org/10.2307/2235576 Published: 01 May 1996
A Proposal to End Inflation
This paper suggests how the price level could be stabilised by the Bank of England adopting a rule to peg the price of a new financial instrument. This new instrument would be similar but not identical to a price-index futures contract. The paper explains how the scheme would work, assesses potential objections, and discusses how the Bank could enhance the credibility of its commitment to the rule. It also compares the scheme with the alternative…
The political economy of central banking
In Monetary Sovereignty: The Political Economy of Central Banking in Western Europe, John Goodman argues that the experience of central banking in Germany, France, and Italy illustrates the importance of the degree of central bank independence from the political authorities, and that inflation was lower in Germany in large part because of the Bundesbank's greater independence. These conclusions are very similar to those reached in the economics l…
Currency Competition, Network Externalities and Switching Costs: Towards an Alternative View of Optimum Currency Areas
Journal Article Currency Competition, Network Externalities and Switching Costs: Towards an Alternative View of Optimum Currency Areas Get access Kevin Dowd, Kevin Dowd University of Nottingham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar David Greenaway David Greenaway University of Nottingham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 103, Issue 420, 1 Septem…
The Experience of Free Banking
Journal Article The Experience of Free Banking Get access The Experience of Free Banking. Edited by Dowd (Kevin). (London and New York: Routledge, 1992. Pp. xi + 275. £40.00 hardback. ISBN 0 415 04808 7.) Sheila C. Dow Sheila C. Dow University of Stirling Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 103, Issue 418, 1 May 1993, Pages 743–744, https://doi.org/10.2307/2234549 Published: 01 May…
Did Central Banks Evolve Naturally? A Review Essay of Charles Goodhart's the Evolution of Central Banks
The State and the Monetary System
Journal Article The State and the Monetary System Get access The Stale and the Monetary System. By KEVIN DOWD (New York and London: Philip Allan, 1989. Pp. ix + 213. £27.50 hardback. ISBN 0 86003 088 1).Competition and Currency: Essays on Free Banking and Money. By H. WHITE LAWRENCE (New York University Press, 1989. Pp. ix + 260. US $44.00 hardback. ISBN 0 8147 9224 3). Sheila C. Dow Sheila C. Dow University of Stirling Search for other works by …
Unemployment, Employment and Non-Participation in Canadian Labour Markets
Beyond the Monetarists: Post-Keynesian Alternatives to Rampant Inflation, Low Growth and High Unemployment
Currency Competition, Network Externalities and Switching Costs: Towards an Alternative View of Optimum Currency Areas
Journal Article Currency Competition, Network Externalities and Switching Costs: Towards an Alternative View of Optimum Currency Areas Get access Kevin Dowd, Kevin Dowd University of Nottingham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar David Greenaway David Greenaway University of Nottingham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 103, Issue 420, 1 Septem…
The Case for Financial Laissez-Faire
Journal Article The Case for Financial Laissez-Faire Get access Kevin Dowd Kevin Dowd Sheffield Hallam University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 106, Issue 436, 1 May 1996, Pages 679–687, https://doi.org/10.2307/2235576 Published: 01 May 1996
Facing up to uncertain life expectancy: The longevity fan charts
This article uses longevity fan charts to represent the uncertainty in projections of future life expectancy. These fan charts are based on a mortality model calibrated on mortality data for English and Welsh males. The fan charts indicate strong upward sloping trends in future life expectancy. Their widths indicate the extent of uncertainty in these projections, and this uncertainty increases as the forecast horizon lengthens. Allowing for uncer…
Are free markets the cause of financial instability
As the critics of global financial capitalism recognize, there is excessive financial instability in today's international economy. However, this instability is due not to laissez faire, but to its absence. Comparing the current world financial system to a laissez‐faire benchmark highlights the very significant differences between the two
Anarchy, Warfare, and Social Order: Comment on Hirshleifer
A Proposal to End Inflation
This paper suggests how the price level could be stabilised by the Bank of England adopting a rule to peg the price of a new financial instrument. This new instrument would be similar but not identical to a price-index futures contract. The paper explains how the scheme would work, assesses potential objections, and discusses how the Bank could enhance the credibility of its commitment to the rule. It also compares the scheme with the alternative…
The political economy of central banking
In Monetary Sovereignty: The Political Economy of Central Banking in Western Europe, John Goodman argues that the experience of central banking in Germany, France, and Italy illustrates the importance of the degree of central bank independence from the political authorities, and that inflation was lower in Germany in large part because of the Bundesbank's greater independence. These conclusions are very similar to those reached in the economics l…
The Experience of Free Banking
Journal Article The Experience of Free Banking Get access The Experience of Free Banking. Edited by Dowd (Kevin). (London and New York: Routledge, 1992. Pp. xi + 275. £40.00 hardback. ISBN 0 415 04808 7.) Sheila C. Dow Sheila C. Dow University of Stirling Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 103, Issue 418, 1 May 1993, Pages 743–744, https://doi.org/10.2307/2234549 Published: 01 May…
Beyond the Monetarists: Post-Keynesian Alternatives to Rampant Inflation, Low Growth and High Unemployment
Unemployment, Employment and Non-Participation in Canadian Labour Markets
Did Central Banks Evolve Naturally? A Review Essay of Charles Goodhart's the Evolution of Central Banks
The State and the Monetary System
Journal Article The State and the Monetary System Get access The Stale and the Monetary System. By KEVIN DOWD (New York and London: Philip Allan, 1989. Pp. ix + 213. £27.50 hardback. ISBN 0 86003 088 1).Competition and Currency: Essays on Free Banking and Money. By H. WHITE LAWRENCE (New York University Press, 1989. Pp. ix + 260. US $44.00 hardback. ISBN 0 8147 9224 3). Sheila C. Dow Sheila C. Dow University of Stirling Search for other works by …
Currency Competition, Network Externalities and Switching Costs: Towards an Alternative View of Optimum Currency Areas
Journal Article Currency Competition, Network Externalities and Switching Costs: Towards an Alternative View of Optimum Currency Areas Get access Kevin Dowd, Kevin Dowd University of Nottingham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar David Greenaway David Greenaway University of Nottingham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 103, Issue 420, 1 Septem…
The Experience of Free Banking
Journal Article The Experience of Free Banking Get access The Experience of Free Banking. Edited by Dowd (Kevin). (London and New York: Routledge, 1992. Pp. xi + 275. £40.00 hardback. ISBN 0 415 04808 7.) Sheila C. Dow Sheila C. Dow University of Stirling Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 103, Issue 418, 1 May 1993, Pages 743–744, https://doi.org/10.2307/2234549 Published: 01 May…
A Proposal to End Inflation
This paper suggests how the price level could be stabilised by the Bank of England adopting a rule to peg the price of a new financial instrument. This new instrument would be similar but not identical to a price-index futures contract. The paper explains how the scheme would work, assesses potential objections, and discusses how the Bank could enhance the credibility of its commitment to the rule. It also compares the scheme with the alternative…
The political economy of central banking
In Monetary Sovereignty: The Political Economy of Central Banking in Western Europe, John Goodman argues that the experience of central banking in Germany, France, and Italy illustrates the importance of the degree of central bank independence from the political authorities, and that inflation was lower in Germany in large part because of the Bundesbank's greater independence. These conclusions are very similar to those reached in the economics l…
Some Unpleasant Budgetary Arithmetic of A Proposal to End Inflation: A Reply
Journal Article Some Unpleasant Budgetary Arithmetic of A Proposal to End Inflation: A Reply Get access Kevin Dowd Kevin Dowd Sheffield Hallam University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 106, Issue 436, 1 May 1996, Pages 635–636, https://doi.org/10.2307/2235569 Published: 01 May 1996
The Case for Financial Laissez-Faire
Journal Article The Case for Financial Laissez-Faire Get access Kevin Dowd Kevin Dowd Sheffield Hallam University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 106, Issue 436, 1 May 1996, Pages 679–687, https://doi.org/10.2307/2235576 Published: 01 May 1996
Anarchy, Warfare, and Social Order: Comment on Hirshleifer
Are free markets the cause of financial instability
As the critics of global financial capitalism recognize, there is excessive financial instability in today's international economy. However, this instability is due not to laissez faire, but to its absence. Comparing the current world financial system to a laissez‐faire benchmark highlights the very significant differences between the two
Facing up to uncertain life expectancy: The longevity fan charts
This article uses longevity fan charts to represent the uncertainty in projections of future life expectancy. These fan charts are based on a mortality model calibrated on mortality data for English and Welsh males. The fan charts indicate strong upward sloping trends in future life expectancy. Their widths indicate the extent of uncertainty in these projections, and this uncertainty increases as the forecast horizon lengthens. Allowing for uncer…
Free Banking
This chapter provides an overview of the issues raised by free banking. A central objective is to set out the core theory of free banking, draw out its predictions, and then compare those predictions against the abundant historical evidence from the many free (or relatively free) banking systems of the past. The evidence is largely supportive of the predictions of free banking theory and, in particular, of its claim that an unregulated banking sy…
A market consistent approach to the valuation of no-negative equity guarantees and equity release mortgages
This paper provides a new market consistent approach to the valuation of no negative equity guarantees and equity release mortgages. The paper provides a new approach to the estimation of volatility inputs. The proposed approach to volatility produces a volatility term structure that is dependent on the age and gender of the borrower. Illustrative valuations are provided based on the Black ’76 put pricing formula and mortality projections based o…
Economics (15 works) · Political science (8 works) · Monetary economics (6 works) · Economic Theory and Policy (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Banking stability, regulation, efficiency (4 works) · Inflation (cosmology (4 works) · Keynesian economics (4 works) · Monetary policy (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works)