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Are Non-Euro Area EU Countries Importing Low Inflation from the Euro Area?
Iossifov, Plamen; Podpiera, Jiri - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
The synchronized disinflation across Europe since end-2011 raises the question of whether non-euro area EU countries are affected by the undershooting of the euro area inflation target. To shed light on this issue, we estimate an open-economy, New Keynsian Phillips curve, in which we control for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959481
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Spillovers to and from the Nordic Economies: A Macroeconometric Model Based Analysis
Vitek, Francis - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
This paper analyzes the transmission of shocks and policies among and across the Nordic economies and the rest of the world. This spillover analysis is based on a pair of estimated structural macroeconometric models of the world economy, disaggregated into thirty five national economies. We find...
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Spillovers in the Nordic Countries
Mircheva, Borislava; Muir, Dirk - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2015
Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden form a tightly integrated region which has strong ties with the euro area as well … independent monetary policy, and Denmark and Norway are net energy exporters while Finland and Sweden are energy importers. We … of integration among the four Nordic economies. These differences are driven by the fact that Denmark and Finland have no …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242239
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Nordic Regional Report; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
and high household debt. The economic performance of the four continental Nordic economies (Denmark, Finland, Norway, and …
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Nordic Regional Report; 2013 Cluster Consultation
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This paper examines 2013 Cluster Consultation—a Nordic Regional IMF staff report. Denmark, Finland, Norway, and … Sweden that form the Nordic region share a set of strong economic and social institutions and policies, with emphasis on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243412
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Das Public Kapital: How Much Would Higher German Public Investment Help Germany and the Euro Area?
Elekdag, Selim; Muir, Dirk - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
Given the backdrop of pressing infrastructure needs, this paper argues that higher German public investment would not only stimulate domestic demand in the near term and reduce the current account surplus, but would also raise output over the longer-run as well as generate beneficial regional...
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A Global Projection Model for Euro Area Large Economies
Jakab, Zoltan; Lukyantsau, Pavel; Wang, Shengzu - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2015
The GPM project is designed to improve the toolkit for studying both own-country and cross-country linkages. This paper creates a special version of GPM that includes the four largest Euro Area (EA) countries. The EA countries are more vulnerable to domestic and external demand shocks because...
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Fiscal Devaluation in a Monetary Union
Engler, Philipp; Ganelli, Giovanni; Tervala, Juha; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
Using a DSGE model calibrated to the euro area, we analyze the international effects of a fiscal devaluation (FD) implemented as a revenue-neutral shift from employer's social contributions to the Value Added Tax. We find that a FD in ‘Southern European countries’ has a strong...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142031
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A Model-Based Analysis of Spillovers: The Case of Poland and the Euro Area
Andrle, Michal; Garcia-Saltos, Roberto; Ho, Giang - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
This paper studies economic and financial spillovers from the euro area to Poland in a two-country semi-structural model. The model incorporates various channels of macrofinancial linkages and cross-border spillovers. We parameterize the model through an extensive calibration process, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142199
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Denmark: Report on Observance of Standards and Codes (ROSC)
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014
This paper discusses findings of the Report on Observance of Standards and codes for Denmark. Denmark has a high level …
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