Focusing on emerging market currency arrangements, we build a model of an exchange rate peg with escape clauses and output persistence. We first show how output persistence works as an additional 'fundamental' so that an exogenous increase in persistence can make the currency peg more vulnerable...

Financial integration in some segments of the financial markets started to deteriorate during the recent period of economic turmoil in Europe. This paper examines whether this phenomenon also holds true for the European retail payments market. In comparison with other segments of the financial...

It is commonly thought that an open economy can accommodate output shocks through either exchange rate or real sector adjustments. We formalise this notion by incorporating labour market rigidities into an “escape clause” model of currency crises. We show that the absence of structural...

Financial integration in some segments of the financial markets started to deteriorate during the recent period of economic turmoil in Europe. This paper examines whether this phenomenon also holds true for the European retail payments market. In comparison with other segments of the financial...

In this paper, we update and summarize the results of the SIMPATIC e-book on the results from microeconometric analysis of how firms apply for R&D subsidies, and how governments grant them, using data from 5 EU countries. We find that older firms are less and larger firms mostly more...

In this paper, we update and summarize the results of the SIMPATIC e-book on the results from microeconometric analysis of how firms apply for R&D subsidies, and how governments grant them, using data from 5 EU countries. We find that older firms are less and larger firms mostly more...

In this paper, we update and summarize the results of the SIMPATIC e-book on the results from microeconometric analysis of how firms apply for R&D subsidies, and how governments grant them, using data from 5 EU countries. We find that older firms are less and larger firms mostly more...

In this paper, we update and summarize the results of the SIMPATIC e-book on the results from microeconometric analysis of how firms apply for R&D subsidies, and how governments grant them, using data from 5 EU countries. We find that older firms are less and larger firms mostly more...

In this paper, we update and summarize the results of the SIMPATIC e-book on the results from microeconometric analysis of how firms apply for R&D subsidies, and how governments grant them, using data from 5 EU countries. We find that older firms are less and larger firms mostly more...

Recent research has documented that competent-looking political candidates do better in U.S. elections and that babyfaced individuals are generally perceived to be less competent than maturefaced individuals. Taken together, this suggests that babyfaced political candidates are perceived as less...