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Rescue policies for small businesses in the Covid-19 recession
Di Nola, Alessandro; Kaas, Leo; Wang, Haomin - 2022
While the COVID-19 pandemic had a large and asymmetric impact on firms, many countries quickly enacted massive business rescue programs which are specifically targeted to smaller firms. Little is known about the effects of such policies on business entry and exit, factor reallocation, and...
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The macroeconomic policy challenges of balance sheet recession : lessons from Japan for the European crisis
Schnabl, Gunther - 2013
The paper compares the boom-and-bust cycles in Japan and Europe with respect to the reasons for excessive booms, the characteristics of the crises, and the (potential) effects of the crisis therapies. As in Japan the consequence of expansionary monetary and fiscal policies is the hysteresis of...
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Hysteresis and business cycles
Cerra, Valerie; Fatás, Antonio; Saxena, Sweta Chaman - 2020
Traditionally, economic growth and business cycles have been treated independently. However, the dependence of GDP levels on its history of shocks, what economists refer to as 'hysteresis,' argues for unifying the analysis of growth and cycles. In this paper, we review the recent empirical and...
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Die US-Wirtschaft vor der Rezession - was sollte Europa tun?
Rees, Andreas; Hüfner, Martin - In: ifo Schnelldienst 61 (2008) 07, pp. 3-9
für die europäische Wirtschaft und welche Gegenmaßnahmen sollten in Europa eingeleitet werden? Andreas Rees, UniCredit … Wochen Realität sein." Ein "Laissez-faire" der Wirtschaftspolitik sei daher nicht angebracht. Statt die Hände in den Schoss … wieder zu seiner alten Dynamik zurückfinden. Das Gleiche gelte für die Konsumenten. Für Europa sieht Hüfner allerdings nur …
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Lässt sich das erneute Abgleiten in eine Wirtschafts- und Finanzkrise abwenden?
Watzka, Sebastian; Thießen, Friedrich - In: ifo Schnelldienst 64 (2011) 21, pp. 3-10
Die neuesten Wirtschaftsdaten und -prognosen deuten auf eine Rückkehr der Rezession hin. Lässt sich das erneute Abgleiten in eine Wirtschafts- und Finanzkrise vermeiden? Sebastian Watzka, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, sieht Möglichkeiten, durch energisches und glaubhaftes Handeln...
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Wie wehrte Deutschland die Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise ab? Oder: Das Erfordernis übergreifender Erklärungsansätze
Zimmermann, Horst - In: ifo Schnelldienst 66 (2013) 24, pp. 15-18
Warum wurde die Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise 2008/2010 in Deutschland so schnell überwunden? Sicher ist, dass die …
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Automatic stabilizers and economic crisis : US vs. Europe
Dolls, Mathias; Fuest, Clemens; Peichl, Andreas - 2009
This paper analyzes the effectiveness of the tax and transfer systems in the European Union and the US to act as an automatic stabilizer in the current economic crisis. We find that automatic stabilizers absorb 38 per cent of a proportional income shock in the EU, compared to 32 per cent in the...
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The political economy of the Covid-19 fiscal stimulus packages of 2020
Aizenman, Joshua; Jinjarak, Yothin; Nguyen, Hien Thi Kim; … - 2021
Almost all countries announced fiscal support programs once COVID-19 hit. However, there was significant diversity in the magnitude and composition of these fiscal stimulus programs. These differences were determined by myriad political, financial, social, and economic factors - these factors...
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Legislative restraint in corporate bailout design
Grâdšṭayn, Marq; Kaganovič, Michail I. - 2018
The aftermath of the recent economic crisis saw the largest U.S. government bailout of corporate entities ever. While the bailout was carried out with the explicit goal of restoring stability, it aroused much controversy and public criticism based on moral hazard concerns as well as the...
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The Real Effects of Financial Sector Interventions During Crises
Valencia, Fabian - 2011
We collect new data to assess the importance of supply-side credit market frictions by studying the impact of financial sector recapitalization packages on the growth performance of firms in a large cross-section of 50 countries during the recent crisis. We develop an identification strategy...
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