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Productivity and the product scope of multi-product firms : a test of Feenstra-Ma
Raff, Horst; Wagner, Joachim - 2012 - This version: December 7, 2012
firms always have a higher market share, there is no monotonic relationship between firms' productivity level and their … effect". Therefore, the incentive to add more products weakens as productivity rises. This leads to Lemma 3 in Feenstra and … evidence is in line with the results from the theoretical model. -- multi-product firms ; productivity ; optimal product scope …
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German and the rest of euro area fiscal policy during the crisis
Gadatsch, Niklas; Hauzenberger, Klemens; Stähler, Nikolai - 2015
We present the estimated large-scale three-region DSGE model GEAR picturing Germany, the Euro Area and the Rest of the world. Compared to existing models of this type, GEAR incorporates a comprehensive fiscal block, involuntary unemployment and a complex international structure. We use the model...
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German labor market and fiscal reforms 1999 to 2008 : can they be blamed for intra-euro area imbalances?
Gadatsch, Niklas; Stähler, Nikolai; Weigert, Benjamin - 2015
In this paper, we assess the impact of major German structural reforms from 1999 to 2008 on key macroeconomic variables. By many, these reforms, especially the Hartz reforms on the labor market, are considered to be the root of observed imbalances in the Euro Area. Our simulations within a...
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Gauging the effects of the German COVID-19 fiscal stimulus package
Hinterlang, Natascha; Moyen, Stéphane; Röhe, Oke; … - 2021
. The most cost-efficient measure isan increase in productivity-enhancing public investment. However, it materializesonly in …
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Household savings, capital investments and public policies : what drives the German current account?
Ruppert, Kilian; Stähler, Nikolai - 2020
-investment in the corporate sector and productivity gains in emerging economiesafter 2010 significantly contributed to this. …
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Financial literacy, stock market participation, and financial well-being in Germany
Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Janssen, Bennet; Knebel, Caroline; … - 2023
We examine financial literacy in Germany and its relevance for financial well-being. Using data from the Panel on Household Finances collected in 2021, we show that about 62% of German households answer the Big Three financial literacy questions correctly. Those with lower education, who are out...
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German wage moderation and European imbalances : feeding the global VAR with theory
Bettendorf, Timo; León-Ledesma, Miguel A. - 2015
German labor market reforms in the 1990s and 2000s are generally believed to have driven the large increase in the dispersion of current account balances in the Euro Area. We investigate this hypothesis quantitatively. We develop an open economy New Keynesian model with search and matching...
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Fiscal multipliers of central, state and local government and of the social security funds in Germany : evidence of a SVAR
Hollmayr, Josef; Kuckuck, Jan - 2018
By applying a Structural Vector Autoregressive (SVAR) approach this paper estimates the effects of fiscal policy shocks of different government sub-sectors on aggregate GDP in Germany. From a general government perspective, the results show that besides investment, it is particularly changes in...
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Incumbency and expectations of fiscal rule compliance : evidence from surveys of German policy makers
Heinemann, Friedrich; Janeba, Eckhard; Todtenhaupt, … - 2020
In this paper, we analyze politicians’ expectations about future compliance with a fiscal rule, and in particular the dependence of the expectations on their role in parliament (opposition vs. incumbent government coalition). In addition, we explore how opposition and incumbent politicians...
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Foreign exchange interventions and their impact on expectations : evidence from the USD/ILS options market
Hertrich, Markus; Nathan, Daniel - 2022
Using confidential daily data, we analyse how the intervention episode of the Bank of Israel (BOI) from 2013 to 2019 has affected the foreign value of the Israeli new shekel (ILS) and the expectations about its future value. We find that interventions amounting to US dollar (USD) 1 billion are...
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