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Leading indicators for Euroland's business cycle

Döpke, Jörg - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1998

The paper investigates a set of possible leading indicators for Euroland's business cycle using aggregated quarterly data. The theoretical plausibility, the behavior at business cycle turning points and the mean leads are analyzed. Furthermore, evidence from cross-correlations and...

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Stylized facts of Euroland's business cycle

Döpke, Jörg - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1998

The paper presents some stylized facts of Euroland's business cycle using aggregated data. The main results are: The determination of turning points in Euroland's business cycle is not very sensitive to the detrending method used, although the level of the recent output gap depends on it....

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Measures of the Output Gap in the Euro-Zone: An Empirical Assessment of Selected Methods

Chagny, Odile; Döpke, Jörg - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2001

methods commonly used have only limited information content for inflation forecasting in the euro-zone. Conclusions for …The paper discusses some widely used methods for estimating output gaps based on aggregated data for the eurozone … Output Gaps auf der Basis von aggregierten Daten für die Euro-Zone. Obwohl die Methoden einige wichtige gemeinsame …

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Real and Financial Integration in Europe ; Evidence for the Accession States and for the Pre-Ins

Buch, Claudia M.; Döpke, Jörg - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1999

The process of European integration has gained considerable momentum during the past couple of years. This paper provides an assessment of the degree of integration of both the accession states of central and eastern Europe and of the pre-ins for monetary union with respect to Germany. Using...

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TAFTA: fuelling trade discrimination or global liberalisation?

Siebert, Horst; Langhammer, Rolf J.; Piazolo, Daniel - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1996

This paper analyses the prospects and problems of a Transatlantic Free Trade Area (TAFTA) between the European Union and the United States. Possible economic reasons for the proposal of TAFFA such as the intensity of bilateral trade and a strong interdependence in investment flows and the...

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The growth effects of R&D spending in the EU: A meta-analysis

Kokko, Ari; Tingvall, Patrik Gustavsson; Videnord, Josefin - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2015

In this paper the authors conduct a meta-analysis to examine the link between R&D spending and economic growth in the EU and other regions. The results suggest that the growth-enhancing effect of R&D in the EU15 countries does not differ from that in other countries in general, but it is less...

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