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Public investment: a remedy or a curse? Examining the Role of Public Investment for Macroeconomic Performance
Ismihan, Mustafa; Ozkan, F Gulcin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
This paper explores the implications of public investment for macroeconomic performance within a simple two-period policymaking model. We show that under the balanced-budget rule, the contribution of public investment to future output plays a key role in determining its effects on macroeconomic...
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Macroeconomic Shocks, the ERM, and Tri-Polarity
Bayoumi, Tamim; Taylor, Mark P - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1992
We analyse the importance of ERM membership for macroeconomic performance by comparing the behaviour of real output growth and inflation of members and non-members of the ERM. Taking the traditional aggregate supply and demand model as the basis for the analysis, we propose and implement an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005792086
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Lending Booms: Latin America and the World
Gourinchas, Pierre-Olivier; Landerretche, Oscar; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
Recent theories on the origins of crises put lending booms at the root of financial collapses. Yet lending booms may be a natural consequence of economic development and fluctuations. So, are lending booms dangerous? In this Paper, we investigate this question empirically using a broad sample of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136756
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Unemployment and Inflation in Ireland: 1926-2012
Gerlach, Stefan; Lydon, Reamonn; Stuart, Rebecca - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
We study the determination of Irish inflation between 1926 and 2012. The difference between unemployment and the NAIRU …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272719
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Firm Leverage and Unemployment during the Great Recession
Giroud, Xavier; Mueller, Holger M - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
We argue that firms’ balance sheets were instrumental in the propagation of shocks during the Great Recession. Using establishment-level data, we show that firms that tightened their debt capacity in the run-up (“high-leverage firms”) exhibit a significantly larger decline in employment in...
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What Explains the German Labor Market Miracle in the Great Recession?
Burda, Michael C; Hunt, Jennifer - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
Germany experienced an even deeper fall in GDP in the Great Recession than the United States, with little employment loss. Employers’ reticence to hire in the preceding expansion, associated in part with a lack of confidence it would last, contributed to an employment shortfall equivalent to...
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Returns to Education across Europe
Glocker, Daniela; Steiner, Viktor - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
the indirect wage effect resulting from lower unemployment risks and shorter spells in unemployment associated with higher … accounting for the effects of unemployment on individual wages using EU-SILC data. Across countries we find a high variation of … the effect of education on unemployment duration. Overall, the returns to education are estimated to be the highest in the …
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Fiscal Multipliers Over the Business Cycle
Michaillat, Pascal - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
This paper develops a theory characterizing the effects of fiscal policy on unemployment over the business cycle. The … theory is based on a model of equilibrium unemployment in which jobs are rationed in recessions. Fiscal policy in the form of … government spending on public-sector jobs reduces unemployment, especially during recessions: the fiscal multiplier …
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The Stock Market Crash of 2008 Caused the Great Recession: Theory and Evidence
Farmer, Roger E A - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
and the unemployment rate in U.S. data since 1929. Second, it compares a new model of the economy developed in recent …
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Hyperbolic Discounting and Positive Optimal Inflation
Graham, Liam; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
The Friedman rule states that steady-state welfare is maximized when there is deflation at the real rate of interest. Recent work by Khan et al. (2003) uses a richer model but still finds deflation optimal. In an otherwise standard new Keynesian model we show that, if households have hyperbolic...
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