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Democracy and Development: The Devil in the Details
Persson, Torsten; Tabellini, Guido - CESifo - 2006
Does democracy promote economic development? This paper reviews recent attempts to address this question that exploited within-country variation. It shows that the answer is largely positive, but also depends on the details of democratic reforms. First, the sequence of economic vs political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005094434
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Incentive Schemes for Local Government: Theory and Evidence from Comprehensive Performance Assessment in England
Lockwood, Benjamin; Porcelli, Francesco - CESifo - 2011
This paper studies Comprehensive Performance Assessment, an explicit incentive scheme for local government in England. Motivated by a simple theoretical political agency model, we predict that CPA should increase service quality and local taxation, but have an ambiguous effect on the efficiency...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009150641
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A Role Model for China? Exchange Rate Flexibility and Monetary Policy in Japan
Schnabl, Gunther; Danne, Christian - CESifo - 2007
Few papers have tried to project how Chinese monetary policy will behave under flexible exchange rates. As Japan … policy after the shift of Japan from a fixed to a floating exchange rate regime. The econometric estimations allow for regime … soften the appreciation pressure by interest rate cuts have led Japan into the liquidity trap. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005405989
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Effectiveness and Transmission of the ECB's Balance Sheet Policies
Boeckx, Jef; Dossche, Maarten; Peersman, Gert - CESifo - 2014
We estimate the effects of exogenous innovations to the balance sheet of the ECB since the start of the financial crisis within a structural VAR framework. An expansionary balance sheet shock stimulates bank lending, stabilizes financial markets, and has a positive impact on economic activity...
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Macroeconomic Effects of Unconventional Monetary Policy in the Euro Area
Peersman, Gert - CESifo - 2011
I find that the Eurosystem can stimulate the economy beyond the policy rate by increasing the size of its balance sheet or the monetary base, that is so-called quantitative easing. The transmission mechanism turns out to be different compared to traditional interest rate innovations: (i) whilst...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009320781
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The Relevance or Otherwise of the Central Bank's Balance Sheet
Miles, David K.; Schanz, Jochen - CESifo - 2014
This paper explores the impacts on an economy of a central bank changing the size and composition of its balance sheet. One of the ways in which such asset purchases could influence prices and demand is via portfolio balance effects. We develop and calibrate a simple OLG model in which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010739346
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The Value of the Revolving Door: Political Appointees and the Stock Market
Luechinger, Simon; Moser, Christoph - CESifo - 2012
We analyze stock market reactions to announcements of political appointments from the private sector and corporate appointments of former government officials. Using unique data on corporate affiliations and announcements of all Senate-confirmed U.S. Defense Department appointees of six...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877749
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Fundamentals, Misvaluation, and Investment: The Real Story
Chirinko, Robert S.; Schaller, Huntley - CESifo - 2007
Is real investment fully determined by fundamentals or is it sometimes affected by stock market misvaluation? We introduce three new tests that: measure the reaction of investment to sales shocks for firms that may be overvalued; use Fama-MacBeth regressions to determine whether "overinvestment"...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005766115
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Long Run and Cyclical Dynamics in the US Stock Market
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Gil-Alana, Luis A. - CESifo - 2007
This paper examines the long-run dynamics and the cyclical structure of various series related to the US stock market using fractional integration. We implement a procedure which enables one to consider unit roots with possibly fractional orders of integration both at the zero (long-run) and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005094381
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The Environmental and Macroeconomic Effects of Socially Responsible Investment
Dam, Lammertjan; Heijdra, Ben J. - CESifo - 2008
We analyze the effects of socially responsible investment and public abatement on environmental quality and the economy in a continuous-time dynamic growth model featuring optimizing households and firms. Environmental quality is modelled as a renewable resource. Consumers can invest in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005196236