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We analyze the contribution of credit spread, house and stock price shocks to GDP growth in the US based on a Bayesian VAR with time-varying parameters estimated over 1958-2012. Our main findings are: (i) The contribution of financial shocks to GDP growth fluctuates from about 20 percent in...
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Globalization has effected business cycle developments in OECD countries and has increased activities of firms across national borders. This paper analyzes whether these two developments are linked. We use a new firm-level dataset on the foreign activities of German firms to test whether foreign...
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optimal inflation target for the asymmetric union is also discussed. …
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-maximizing central bank should react more aggressively to the inflation pressure generated by the more competitive economy. We extend the …
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house price inflation, strong private debt growth and low credit risk spreads. The results suggest that (i) monetary policy …
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This paper shows how the average maturity of corporate bonds can affect the transmission of shocks if financial frictions prevail. We modify a standard financial accelerator model à la Bernanke, Gertler, and Gilchrist (1999) and allow for market-based debt which has a market-determined price....
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The present paper uses survey data on expected consumer price developments to analyse the role of inflation … expectations in the inflation process. The survey measures of price expectations are derived from the European Commission … estimates of the New Keynesian inflation model presented here underscore the importance of inflation expectations for the short …
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output or inflation as in the empirical "two-pillar" Phillips curves estimated in some recent contributions, it would be …-checking does not require direct effects of money on output or inflation. …
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The dynamics of the Phillips Curve in New Keynesian, Expectations Augmented and Hybrid forms are extremely sensitive to the choice, timing and restrictions on variables. An important element of the debate revolves round what information decision-makers took into account at the time and round...
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with problems of measuring inflation in Gerrnany. This paper met with a lively response. The Research Group of the …
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