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The trade and FDI effects of EMU enlargement
Brouwer, Jelle; Paap, Richard; Viaene, Jean-Marie - 2007
European Monetary Union (EMU) to the ten countries that obtained EU membership in 2004. One-way and two-way error component …. Using a simulation-based technique, we find that estimates of FDI effects of EMU range between 18.5 percent for Poland and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264230
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Uncertainty and Hyperinflation: European Inflation Dynamics after World War I
Lopez, Jose A.; Mitchener, Kris James - 2018
Fiscal deficits, elevated debt-to-GDP ratios, and high inflation rates suggest hyperinflation could have potentially emerged in many European countries after World War I. We demonstrate that economic policy uncertainty was instrumental in pushing a subset of European countries into...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011872123
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Catching Up: The Role of Demand, Supply and Regulated Price Effects on the Real Exchange Rates of Four Accession Countries
MacDonald, Ronald; Wójcik, Cezary - 2003
The main aim of this paper is to examine the exchange rate behavior of a group of four transitional, EU accession countries, with a view to making policy recommendations regarding their accession to full European Monetary Union. We employ a dynamic OLS panel estimator to investigate the relative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010315632
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The bail-out! Positive political economics of greek-type crises in the EMU
Fahrholz, Christian; Wójcik, Cezary - 2010
analysis suggests that, given EMU's present political-economic set-up, i) the bail-out was unavoidable, ii) the lengthy process … with a future moral hazard problem. Based on our analysis, we suggest that the EMU's institutional design could be improved … processes as well as the conditions and parameters on which the scope and limits of fiscal redistribution in EMU depends. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274897
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Fiscal divergence and current account imbalances in Europe
Schnabl, Gunther; Wollmershäuser, Timo - 2013
Since the breakdown of the Bretton Woods System diverging current account positions in Europe have prevailed. While the Southern and Western European countries have tended to run current account deficits, the current accounts of the Central and Northern European countries, in particular Germany,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291505
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Transatlantic Monetary and Fiscal Policy Interaction
van Aarle, Bas; Garretsen, Harry; Huart, Florence - 2003
This paper studies the design, effects and interactions of monetary and fiscal policies in the euro-area and between the euro-area and the non euro-area. To do so, a stylized three-country model of monetary and fiscal policy rules is constructed. It is analyzed how monetary and fiscal rules...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010316007
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Inflation Targets Versus International Monetary Integration - A Canadian Perspective
Laidler, David - 2002
The debate about Canadian-U.S. monetary integration is surveyed. The choice is among overall monetary orders,rather than exchange rate regimes and questions of policy credibility and political accountability are crucial. Canada's recent economic performance under inflation targets, and arguments...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010315333
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On the linkages between stock prices and exchange rates: Evidence from the banking crisis of 2007-2010
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Hunter, John; Ali, Faek Menla - 2013
This study examines the nature of the linkages between stock market prices and exchange rates in six advanced economies, namely the US, the UK, Canada, Japan, the euro area, and Switzerland, using data on the banking crisis between 2007 and 2010. Bivariate GARCH-BEKK models are estimated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292798
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International Portfolio Flows and Exchange Rate Volatility for Emerging Markets
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Ali, Faek Menla; Spagnolo, Fabio - 2015
This paper investigates the effects of equity and bond portfolio in.ows on exchange rate volatility, using monthly bilateral data for the US vis-a-vis eight Asian developing and emerging countries (India, Indonesia, South Korea, Pakistan, Hong Kong, Thailand, the Philippines, and Taiwan) over...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011388287
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Trade and Currency Weapons
Benassy-Quere, Agnes; Bussière, Matthieu; Wibaux, Pauline - 2018
The debate on trade wars and currency wars has re-emerged since the Great recession of 2009. We study the two forms of non-cooperative policies within a single framework. First, we compare the elasticity of trade flows to import tariffs and to the real exchange rate, based on product level data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011887372