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Beyond Balassa and Samuelson : Real Convergence, Capital Flows, and Competitiveness in Greece

Belke, Ansgar Hubertus - 2015

We scrutinize the role of capital flows for competitiveness in seven euro-area countries in the context of real convergence and crisis with a specific focus on Greece. The paper extends the seminal Balassa-Samuelson model to include international capital markets. Capital flows are assumed to be...

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Europe Agreements and Trade Balance : Evidence from Four New EU Members

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Rault, Christophe; Sova, Robert - 2021

This paper analyses the trade balance effects of Europe agreements (EA) between the EU-15 and four new EU members from …

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Trade Specialisation and Economic Convergence : Evidence from Two Eastern European Countries

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Rault, Christophe; Sova, Robert - 2009

-a-vis the core EU member states (EU-15) over the period 1990-2006. Specifically, we focus on whether there is a shift towards …

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EU Banks Rating Assignments : Is There Heterogeneity between New and Old Member Countries?

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria - 2010

We model EU countries' bank ratings using financial variables and allowing for intercept and slope heterogeneity. Our … aim is to assess whether "old" and "new" EU countries are rated differently and to determine whether "new" ones are … intercepts) are a crucial determinant of ratings. Whilst "new" EU countries typically have lower ratings than "old" ones, after …

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EU Banks Rating Assignments : Is there Heterogeneity between New and Old Member Countries?

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria - 2013

We model EU countries' bank ratings using financial variables and allowing for intercept and slope heterogeneity. Our … aim is to assess whether “old” and “new” EU countries are rated differently and to determine whether “new” ones are … intercepts) are a crucial determinant of ratings. Whilst “new” EU countries typically have lower ratings than “old” ones, after …

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Real Convergence, Capital Flows, and Competitiveness in Central and Eastern Europe

Belke, Ansgar Hubertus - 2009

The paper scrutinizes the role of wages and capital flows for competitiveness in the new EU member states in the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013155099

Real Convergence, Capital Flows, and Competitiveness in Central and Eastern Europe

Belke, Ansgar Hubertus; Schnabl, Gunther; Zemanek, Holger - 2021

The paper scrutinizes the role of wages and capital flows for competitiveness in the new EU member states in the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316298

Are the Baltic Countries Ready to Adopt the Euro? A Generalised Purchasing Power Parity Approach

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Ciferri, Davide; Girardi, … - 2021

This paper focuses on macroeconomic interdependencies between the Euro area and three transition economies (Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia), with the aim of establishing whether the latter are ready to adopt the Euro. The theoretical framework is based on the Generalised Purchasing Power Parity...

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Financial Development and Economic Growth : Evidence from Ten New EU Members

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Rault, Christophe; Sova, Robert - 2009

This paper reviews the main features of the banking and financial sector in ten new EU members, and then examines the …

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Liquidity Risk, Credit Risk and the Overnight Interest Rate Spread : A Stochastic Volatility Modelling Approach

Beirne, John - 2010

In this paper we model the volatility of the spread between the overnight interest rate and the central bank policy rate (the policy spread) for the euro area and the UK during the two main phases of the financial crisis that began in late 2007. During the crisis, the policy spread exhibited...

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