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the geography of international debt flows using multiple data sources and provide evidence that after the euro …
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We examine the determinants of external crises, focusing on the role of foreign liabilities and their composition. Using a variety of statistical tools and comprehensive data spanning 1970-2011, we find that the ratio of net foreign liabilities to GDP is a significant crisis predictor. This is...
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a special emphasis on the first year of the Euro. A contribution is made as to how to measure these roles, both for … identification of changes in the role of the Euro during 1999 compared to the aggregate of Euro predecessor currencies, net of intra-Euro … examined empirically. It turns out that for almost all important market segments for which data are available, the Euro …
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We investigate the behaviour of gross capital flows and net capital flows for euro area member countries. We highlight …-deficit countries. Finally, we describe the reforms that can improve macro-financial stability across the euro area. …
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The current account has always been a neglected variable in the management of the Euro area and in the assessment of … deficits. It then examines some peculiar features of the growth experience under monetary union in four Euro area countries …
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International financial integration has greatly increased the scope for changes in a country’s net foreign asset position through the “valuation channel” of external adjustment, namely capital gains and losses on the country’s external assets and liabilities. We examine this valuation...
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This paper analyses the role of asset prices in comparison to other factors, in particular exchange rates, as a driver of the US trade balance. It employs a Bayesian structural VAR model that requires imposing only a minimum of economically meaningful sign restrictions. We find that equity...
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Before the crisis, there were strong arguments for reducing global imbalances. As a result of the crisis, there have been significant changes in saving and investment patterns across the world and imbalances have narrowed considerably. Does this mean that imbalances are a problem of the past?...
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This paper analyses the transmission of productivity shocks across countries and how the responses of investment and the current account differ depending on the degree of propagation of the shocks. We explore both issues by estimating a structural model for Japan, the United States and Europe....
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Recent global imbalances and large gross external financial movements have raised interest in modeling the relationship between international financial market structure and capital flows. This paper constructs a model in which the composition of national portfolios is an essential element in...
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