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Structural reforms and the enlargement of monetary union

Hefeker, Carsten - 2003

The paper addresses the question what effects the enlargement of a monetary union will have on necessary structural reforms in the (low distortion) member countries and the (high distortion) candidate countries. While monetary union lowers reforms in the candidate countries, members of the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011509539

Fiscal transfers in a monetary union with exit option

Hefeker, Carsten; Neugart, Michael - 2015

It is widely debated whether a monetary union has to be accompanied by a fiscal transfer scheme to accommodate asymmetric shocks. We build a model of a monetary union with a central bank and two heterogeneous countries that are linked by a fiscal transfer scheme with repercussions on monetary...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010492336

Structural reforms and the enlargement of monetary union

Hefeker, Carsten - 2000

The paper addresses the question what effects the enlargement of a monetary union will have on necessary structural refoms in the (low distortion) member countries and the (high distortion) candidate country. While monetary union lowers reforms in the candidate country, members of the monetary...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781545

One size must fit all : national divergences in a monetary union

Gros, Daniel; Hefeker, Carsten - 2000

decisions on the EU-wide average of inflation and growth or should it instead focus on (appropriately weighted) national rates …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781604

Production networks in Europe : a natural experiment of the EU enlargement to the east

Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada; Voicu, Anca M.; Vidovic, … - 2020

find that the effect of the 2004 EU enlargement has been positive for both intermediate and final goods trade, and it is in …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012197601

One country, one vote? : labor market structure and voting rights in the ECB

Berger, Helge; Hefeker, Carsten - 2004

The pending enlargement of the European Monetary Union (EMU) has brought to the fore the discussion of the voting right distribution in the European Central Bank (ECB) council. We show that, in a model where labor unions internalize the inflationary consequences of wage setting, deviating from a...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011402520

Turkey and the Ankara treaty of 1963 : what can trade integration do for Turkish exports?

Nowak-Lehmann D., Felicitas; Herzer, Dierk; … - 2005

This paper investigates the trade effects of Turkey’s trade integration into the EU. To this end sectoral trade flows … to the EU based on panel data from the period 1988 to 2002 are examined concentrating on Turkey's sixteen most important … export sectors. Emphasis is placed on the role of price competition, EU protection, and transport costs in the export trade …

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MERCOSUR-European Union Trade : how important is EU trade liberalisation for MERCOSUR's exports?

Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada (contributor); … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002166923

CEECs integration into regional and global production networks

Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada; Voicu, Anca M.; Vidovic, … - 2011

This paper examines the involvement of the CEECs into regional and global production networks over the period 1999 to 2009. We employ a theoretically justified gravity model which incorporates the extensive margin of trade and accounts for firm heterogeneity. We first estimate the model for...

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Has the financial crisis eroded citizens’ trust in the European Central Bank? : panel data evidence for the euro area ; 1999-2011

Roth, Felix; Gros, Daniel; Nowak-Lehmann D., Felicitas - 2012 - Revised Version: March 2012

In the aftermath of the financial crisis trust, in the European Central Bank (ECB) has reached an historical low. Taking panel data and using a fixed effects DFGLS estimation for a 12–country sample over the time period 1999 to 2011 with a total of 312 observations, this paper detects a...

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