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Inter-Temporal Savings, Current Account Dynamics and Asymmetric Shocks in a Heterogeneous European Monetary Union

Schnabl, Gunther - 2013

In the current debate on the reasons and implications of the Greek and Irish euro crisis, the intra-European current account imbalances have gained rising attention. Whereas Greece and Ireland struggle for austerity in private and public spending, Germany is urged to reduce its current account...

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Differences in Euro-Area Household Finances and Their Relevance for Monetary-Policy Transmission

Hintermaier, Thomas - 2019

This paper quantifies the extent of heterogeneity in consumption responses to changes in real interest rates and house … portfolios, observed in the Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS) for these countries. We then show that the … heterogeneity in household finances implies that responses of consumption to changes in the real interest rate and in house prices …

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Fiscal Transfers in a Monetary Union with Exit Option

Hefeker, Carsten - 2015

It is widely debated whether a monetary union has to be accompanied by a fiscal transfer scheme to accommodate asymmetric shocks. We build a model of a monetary union with a central bank and two heterogeneous countries that are linked by a fiscal transfer scheme with repercussions on monetary...

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Macroeconomic Effects of Government Spending Shocks : New Evidence Using Natural Disaster Relief in Korea

Yang, Weonho - 2012

GDP, private consumption, real wage and investment are all positive, which is in accord with the New Keynesian model …

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Growth, Foreign Direct Investment and Urban Concentrations : Unbundling Spatial Lags

Poelhekke, Steven - 2014

Cross-country regressions suggest that urbanization and FDI are important drivers of growth. However, it is not clear that primacy eventually hurts growth performance. Since it is tough to interpret cross-country growth regressions, we provide detailed evidence on the determinants of outward FDI...

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The Propagation of Regional Shocks in Housing Markets : Evidence from Oil Price Shocks in Canada

Kilian, Lutz - 2018

Shocks to the demand for housing that originate in one region may seem important only for that regional housing market. We provide evidence that such shocks can also affect housing markets in other regions. Our analysis focuses on the response of Canadian housing markets to oil price shocks. We...

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Diversification, Dutch Disease, and Economic Growth : Options for Uganda

Gylfason, Thorvaldur - 2014

Natural resource discoveries, even when fairly modest in terms of the revenues they are expected to generate, can have significant macroeconomic effects and implications for the conduct of fiscal and monetary policy. In this respect, Uganda is no different from other oil-rich countries. In five...

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Natural Resources : Curse or Blessing?

van der Ploeg, Rick - 2013

Are natural resources a “curse” or a “blessing”? The empirical evidence suggests either outcome is possible. The paper surveys a variety of hypotheses and supporting evidence for why some countries benefit and others lose from the presence of natural resources. These include that a...

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Transportation Costs and the Great Divergence

Azarnert, Leonid V. - 2014

enhance convergence of the growth rates of trading economies. In contrast, reductions in transportation costs of non …

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An Empirical Growth Model for Major Oil Exporters

Esfahani, Hadi Salehi; Mohaddes, Kamiar; Pesaran, M. Hashem - 2021

This paper develops a long-run growth model for a major oil exporting economy and derives conditions under which oil revenues are likely to have a lasting impact. This approach contrasts with the standard literature on the 'Dutch disease' and the 'resource curse', which primarily focuses on...

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