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The Integration of Financial Services and Economic Welfare after `1992'
Ryan, Cillian - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1992
This paper uses a computable general-equilibrium model of intertemporal demand to investigate the impact of market integration after 1992 on financial services and economic welfare in the European Community (EC). In contrast to previous work, it assesses the impact of `1992' on the demand for...
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Austerity
Dellas, Harris; Niepelt, Dirk - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
favorable loan package; that it is associated with over-investment even when investment does not create collateral; and that low …
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Austerity in 2009-2013
Alesina, Alberto F; Barbiero, Omar; Favero, Carlo A.; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
The conventional wisdom is (i) that fiscal austerity was the main culprit for the recessions experienced by many countries, especially in Europe, since 2010 and (ii) that this round of fiscal consolidation was much more costly than past ones. The contribution of this paper is a clarification of...
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From strangers to partners in the hemisphere: New Prospects in Australia’s Economic Relations with Latin America
Kenyon, Don; Eng, Pierre van der - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2011
From marginal relevance, the trade and business relations between Australia and Latin America have grown during the past two decades. A proximate reason is that they diversified to encompass a greater range of manufactures and services. Differences in the business environments of Australia and...
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Investment and capital structure of partially private regulated firms
Cambini, Carlo; Spiegel, Yossi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We develop a model that examines the capital structure and investment decisions of regulated firms in a setting that …
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A Gains from Trade Perspective on Macroeconomic Fluctuations
Beaudry, Paul; Portier, Franck - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
Business cycles reflect changes over time in the amount of trade between individuals. In this paper we show that incorporating explicitly intra-temporal gains from trade between individuals into a macroeconomic model can provide new insight into the potential mechanisms driving economic...
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Which Terror at Which Cost? On the Economic Consequences of Terrorist Attacks
Llussá, Fernanda; Tavares, José - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
Consumption and Investment are significantly and negatively affected by all terror indicators, and the largest impact is …
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Habit Formation and Fiscal Transmission in Open Economies
Cardi, Olivier; Müller, Gernot - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
model. We find that i) government spending increases output and induces a simultaneous decline of investment and the current … account, but does not affect consumption; ii) the responses of output and investment are smaller in more open economies, while … simultaneous decline in investment and the current account. …
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Has the U.S. Finance Industry Become Less Efficient? On the Theory and Measurement of Financial Intermediation
Philippon, Thomas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
A quantitative investigation of financial intermediation in the U.S. over the past 130 years yields the following results : (i) the finance industry’s share of GDP is high in the 1920s, low in the 1950s and 1960s, and high again in the 1990s and 2000s; (ii) most of these variations can be...
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Follow the Money: Methods for Identifying Consumption and Investment Responses to a Liquidity Shock
Karlan, Dean S.; Osman, Adam; Zinman, Jonathan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
Identifying the impacts of liquidity shocks on spending decisions is difficult methodologically but important for theory, practice, and policy. Using seven different methods on microenterprise loan applicants, we find striking results. Borrowers report uses of loan proceeds strategically, and...
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