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The role of fiscal transfers for regional economic convergence in Europe
Checherita-Westphal, Cristina; Nickel, Christiane; … - 2009
-capita output convergence across a large sample of European regions during the period 1995-2005. We find that net fiscal transfers …. -- Fiscal policy, convergence ; regional economic growth ; regional migration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003832335
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Regional bank efficiency and its effect on regional growth in “normal” and “bad” times
Belke, Ansgar; Haskamp, Ulrich; Setzer, Ralph - 2015
The financial crisis affected regions in Europe in a different magnitude. This is why we examine whether regions which incorporate banks with a higher intermediation quality grow faster in “normal” times and are more resilient in “bad” ones. For this purpose, we measure the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011381424
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Regional bank efficiency and its effect on regional growth in "normal" and "bad" times
Belke, Ansgar; Haskamp, Ulrich; Setzer, Ralph - 2015
The financial crisis affected regions in Europe in a different magnitude. This is why we examine whether regions which incorporate banks with a higher intermediation quality grow faster in “normal” times and are more resilient in “bad” ones. For this purpose, we measure the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011443947
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Fiscal transfers and economic convergence
Capella-Ramos, João; Checherita-Westphal, Cristina; … - 2020
Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and increase its resilience, inter alia, by speeding up economic convergence. The impact of … transfers in real and business cycle convergence at a regional level. The paper distinguishes between net fiscal transfers – a … provides evidence that net fiscal transfers have contributed to income redistribution across regions and to faster convergence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012319164
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Bank Efficiency and Regional Growth in Europe : New Evidence from Micro-Data
Belke, Ansgar Hubertus - 2017
This paper examines whether European regions which incorporate banks with a higher intermediation quality grow faster and are more resilient to negative shocks than its less efficient peers. For this purpose, we measure a bank's intermediation quality by estimating its profit and cost efficiency...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012963950
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Bank efficiency and regional growth in Europe : new evidence from micro-data
Belke, Ansgar; Haskamp, Ulrich; Setzer, Ralph - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011619943
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What explains the surge in euro area sovereign spreads during the financial crisis of 2007 - 09?
Attinasi, Maria-Grazia; Checherita-Westphal, Cristina; … - 2009
This paper uses a dynamic panel approach to explain the determinants of widening sovereign bond yield spreads vis-à-vis Germany in selected euro area countries during the period end-July 2007 to end-March 2009, when the financial turmoil developed into a full-blown financial and economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003969288
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The impact of high and growing government debt on economic growth : an empirical investigation for the euro area
Checherita-Westphal, Cristina; Rother, Philipp C. - 2010
This paper investigates the average impact of government debt on per-capita GDP growth in twelve euro area countries over a period of about 40 years starting in 1970. It finds a non-linear impact of debt on growth with a turning point—beyond which the government debt-to-GDP ratio has a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008657130
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The different extent of privatisation proceeds in EU countries : a Ppreliminary explanation using a public choice approach
Belke, Ansgar; Baumgärtner, Frank; Schneider, Friedrich; … - 2006
This paper empirically investigates the differences in the motives of raising privatisation proceeds for a panel of EU countries from 1990 to 2000. More specifically, we test whether privatisations can be mainly interpreted (a) as ingredients of a larger reform package of economic liberalisation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009747664
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The different extent of privatisation proceeds in EU countries : a preliminary explanation using a public choice approach
Belke, Ansgar; Baumgärtner, Frank; Schneider, Friedrich; … - 2005
This paper empirically investigates the differences in the motives of raising privatisation proceeds for a panel of EU countries from 1990 to 2000. More specifically, we test whether privatisations can be mainly interpreted (a) as ingredients of a larger reform package of economic liberalisation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003095430