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Real convergence, price level convergence and inflation differentials in Europe
Égert, Balázs - 2007
This paper provides a comprehensive review of the factors that can cause price levels to diverge and which are at the root of different inflation rates in Europe including the EU-27. Among others, we study the structural and cyclical factors influencing market and non-market-based service, house...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264234
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The VARying effect of foreign shocks in Central and Eastern Europe
Jiménez-Rodriguez, Rebeca; Morales-Zumaquero, Amalia; … - 2010
This paper investigates the impact of international shocks - interest rate, commodity price and industrial production shocks - on key macroeconomic variables in ten Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries by using near-VAR models and monthly data from the early 1990s to 2009. In contrast to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273871
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Catching-up and inflation in Europe: Balassa-Samuelson, Engel's law and other Culprits
Égert, Balázs - 2010
periods of very fast growth. We interpret these results as a sign that price level convergence comes from goods, market and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273876
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Unemployment Persistence in Europe: Evidence from the 27 EU Countries
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Gil-Alaña, Luis A.; Trejo, … - 2021
This paper investigates unemployment persistence in the 27 EU member states by applying fractional integration methods to quarterly data (both seasonally adjusted and unadjusted) from 2000q1 to 2020q4. The obtained evidence points to high levels of persistence in all cases. With seasonally...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012799692
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Unemployment Persistence in Europe : Evidence from the 27 EU Countries
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Gil-Alana, Luis A.; Trejo, … - 2021
This paper investigates unemployment persistence in the 27 EU member states by applying fractional integration methods to quarterly data (both seasonally adjusted and unadjusted) from 2000q1 to 2020q4. The obtained evidence points to high levels of persistence in all cases. With seasonally...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013322015
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Real Convergence, Price Level Convergence and Inflation Differentials in Europe
Égert, Balázs - 2021
This paper provides a comprehensive review of the factors that can cause price levels to diverge and which are at the root of different inflation rates in Europe including the EU-27. Among others, we study the structural and cyclical factors influencing market and non-market-based service, house...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316808
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Economic Growth in Africa: Comparing Recent Improvements with the "lost 1980s and early 1990s" and Estimating New Growth Trends
Leibfritz, Willi; Flaig, Gebhard - 2013
In the first part of the paper we look at economic growth in Africa over the past three decades. We divide the past …. Although the improved growth performance has helped to improve human development and reduce poverty, poverty levels remain high … in many countries and more needs to be done to make growth more inclusive .In the second part we estimate the trend …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293975
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Minimum Wage and Collective Bargaining Reforms: A Narrative Database for Advance Economies
Afonso, António; Jalles, João Tovar; Venter, Zoe - 2022
This paper presents and describes a new database of major minimum wage and collective bargaining reforms covering 26 advanced economies over the period 1970-2020. The main advantage of this dataset is the precise identification of the nature and date of major reforms, which is valuable in many...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013266657
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Did US Consumers 'Save for a Rainy Day' Before the Great Recession?
Anundsen, André Kallåk; Nymoen, Ragnar - 2015
consumption and by exploring the direction of Granger causality between the two series. We also give evidence that house price …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010531814
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Common trends and common cycles among interest rates of the G7-countries
Lindenberg, Nannette; Westermann, Frank - 2009
operandi to analyze the time series characteristics of interest rates and to test for common features. We conduct cointegration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264545