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Utilising panel data for 14 East European transition economies, we find support for the hypothesis that a greater degree of export variety relative to the U.S. helps to explain relative per capita GDP levels. The empirical work relies upon some direct measures of product variety calculated from...
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degrees of credibility, in which commitment and discretion become special cases of what we call quasi commitment. The monetary … measure of the (lack of) credibility of the monetary policy authority, we investigate the welfare effect of a marginal … increase in credibility. Our main finding is that, in a simple model of the monetary transmission mechanism, most of the gains …
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Imperfectly credible trade liberalization can lead to balance of payment deterioration and a subsequent reversal of the reform. Therefore, this paper examines whether the likelihood of policy reversal depends on the rate of tariff reduction or the degree of labor mobility. The analysis shows...
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This paper revisits Keynes’s liquidity preference theory as it evolved from the Treatise on Money to The General Theory … and after, with a view of assessing the theory’s ongoing relevance and applicability to issues of both monetary theory and … policy. Contrary to the neoclassical “special case” interpretation, Keynes considered his liquidity preference theory of …
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Exchange-rate-based stabilisations, even if successful, usually lack credibility initially. This is reflected in high …
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We don't have an abstract yet, sorry. But I think the title is pretty descriptive.
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Sufficiently flexible labour markets are considered an important precondition for countries to benefit from membership in the monetary union. Economic policy coordination within the European Community is extensive and includes issues related to labour market structures. In this paper we study...
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Can developing countries enhance credibility with international markets by adopting a hard currency peg? In this paper …
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consumers somewhat bewildered or cynical. What would happen if the credibility of the appeals made on behalf of one brand should … respond to such a change in credibility? …
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' (investors'?) motives are unobservable. This paper analyzes the crucial role of imperfect credibility in a currency crisis with a … innovations: (1) It specifies the cost of imperfect credibility, and (2) It quantifies the cost of imperfect credibility …. Imperfect credibility generates small (but costly) average interest rate differentials. Imperfect credibility cannot generate …
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