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Spatial inequality, geography and economic activity
Achten, Sandra; Leßmann, Christian - 2019
We study the effect of spatial inequality on economic activity. Given that the relationship is highly simultaneous in nature, we use exogenous variation in geographic features to construct an instrument for spatial inequality, which is independent from any man-made factors. Inequality measures...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012018238
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Forecasting ECB monetary policy: accuracy is (still) a matter of geography
Berger, Helge; Ehrmann, Michael; Fratzscher, Marcel - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Freie Universität … - 2006
countries, we find remarkable differences in forecast accuracy, and show that they are partly related to geography and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008533521
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Geography or skills: what explains Fed Wachters' forecast accuracy of US monetary policy?
Berger, Helge; Ehrmann, Michael; Fratzscher, Marcel - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Freie Universität … - 2008
found to be related to both the skills of analysts - such as their educational and employment backgrounds - and to geography …
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