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Zooming Out: The Trade Effect of the Euro in Historical Perspective
Berger, Helge; Nitsch, Volker - CESifo - 2005
currencies and adopted a new common currency, the euro. Several recent papers argue that the introduction of the euro has led (by … put the trade effect of the euro in historical perspective. We argue that the creation of the EMU was a continuation (or … integration, the euro’s impact on trade disappears. Moreover, a significant part of the trend in European trade integration is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005405814
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Is Greece Turning the Corner? A Theory-Based Assessment of Recent Greek Macro-Policy
Arghyrou, Michael G. - CESifo - 2014
We use a macro-theory framework of analysis to assess Greek macro-policy with emphasis on the period of the Greek debt crisis. The latter is mainly the result of misguided past internal policies deviating from the policy lessons of modern macroeconomics. The current policy, however, provides a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010948838
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Short-Term and Long-Term Growth Effects of Exchange Rate Adjustment
Kocenda, Evžen; Maurel, Mathilde; Schnabl, Gunther - CESifo - 2012
the face of asymmetric shocks. Exit from the euro area is to regain rapidly international competitiveness. Exchange rate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877847
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Monetary Policies of Large Industrialised Countries, Emerging Market Credit Cycles and Feedback Effects
Hoffmann, Andreas; Schnabl, Gunther - CESifo - 2014
This paper explores the link between monetary policies of large industrial countries and international credit cycles. Based on an overinvestment framework, we show that in the prevailing asymmetric world monetary system, monetary policies of large centre countries can fuel credit booms in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010756160
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Inflation Targets Versus International Monetary Integration - A Canadian Perspective
Laidler, David - CESifo - 2002
The debate about Canadian-U.S. monetary integration is surveyed. The choice is among overall monetary orders,rather than exchange rate regimes and questions of policy credibility and political accountability are crucial. Canada’s recent economic performance under inflation targets, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005406116
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The Effect of Monetary Unification on Public Debt and its Real Return
Beetsma, Roel; Vermeylen, Koen - CESifo - 2005
We explore the implications of monetary unification for real interest rates and (relative) public debt levels. The adoption of a common monetary policy renders the risk-return characteristics of the participating countries more similar, so that the substitutability of their public debt increases...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005416489
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Real and Nominal Wage Adjustment in Open Economies
Forslund, Anders; Gottfries, Nils; Westermark, Andreas - CESifo - 2006
How are wages set in an open economy? What role is played by demand pressure, international competition, and structural factors in the labour market? How important is nominal wage rigidity and exchange rate policy for the evolution of real wages and competitiveness? To answer these questions, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005094255
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The Greek Debt Crisis: Likely Causes, Mechanics and Outcomes
Arghyrou, Michael G.; Tsoukalas, John D. - CESifo - 2010
We use insights from the literature on currency crises to offer an analytical treatment of the crisis in the market for Greek government bonds. We argue that the crisis itself and its escalating nature are very likely to be the result of: (a) steady deterioration of Greek macroeconomic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008799726
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International Credit Flows and Pecuniary Externalities
Brunnermeier, Markus; Sannikov, Yuliy - CESifo - 2015
This paper develops a dynamic two-country neoclassical stochastic growth model with incomplete markets. Short-term credit flows can be excessive and reverse suddenly. The equilibrium outcome is constrained inefficient due to pecuniary externalities. First, an undercapitalized country borrows too...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011124895
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The Exchange Rate Susceptibility of Some European Core Industries and the Currency Union
Leuwer, David; Süssmuth, Bernd - CESifo - 2013
strengthening Euro on exports and on overall order volume unclear. To quantify the impact of the EUR/USD real exchange rate on … findings indicate that an appreciating Euro hampers exports in the German and French core sectors, but does not cause these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010660136