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Buch, Claudia M.; Doepke, Joerg; Pierdzioch, Christian - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2002

Stylized facts suggest that output volatility in OECD countries has declined in recent years. However, the causes and … structural breaks in the dynamics and the volatility of the real output process in Germany can be detected. We report evidence … that output volatility has declined in Germany. Yet, this decline in output volatility is not as clear-cut as it is in the …

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Brokers and business cycles: Does financial market volatility cause real fluctuations?

Döpke, Jörg; Pierdzioch, Christian - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1998

This paper elaborates on the link between financial market volatility and real economic activity. Using monthly data … the future stance of the business cycle and on the volatility of industrial production. The results of our empirical … investigation lead us to reject the hypothesis that financial market volatility causes the cycle or real volatility. …

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Consumer Preferences and the Reliability of Euler Equation Tests of Capital Mobility ; Some Simulation-Based Evidence

Buch, Claudia M.; Doepke, Joerg; Pierdzioch, Christian - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2002

The globalization of international financial markets has renewed interest in the measurement of capital mobility. Consumption-based tests such as the Euler equation test are commonly used. These tests, however, are derived under restrictive assumptions on consumer behavior. In this paper, we ask...

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Stock Market Dispersion, Sectoral Shocks, and the German Business Cycle

Döpke, Jörg; Pierdzioch, Christian - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2000

This paper elaborates on the relative importance of sectoral shocks for real economic activity in Germany. Implications of multisectoral real business cycle models are examined by resorting to testing techniques based on stock market returns. The empirical evidence is obtained by calculating...

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Politics and the Stock Market ; Evidence from Germany

Döpke, Jörg; Pierdzioch, Christian - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2004

We analyze the interaction of stock market movements and politics in Germany. In contrast to the empirical evidence available for the U.S., we do not find that German stock market returns tend to be higher during liberal than during conservative governments. Also in contrast to results for the...

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Monetary Policy Rules and Oil Price Shocks

Kamps, Christophe; Pierdzioch, Christian - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2002

This paper studies the relative performance of alternative monetary policy rules in the presence of oil price shocks in a small open economy optimizing model. Our analysis shows that it is important to distinguish between alternative price indices (CPI, core CPI, and GDP deflator) when modeling...

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