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Macroeconomic effects of carbon transition policies : an assessment based on the ECB's New Area-Wide Model with a disaggregated energy sector
Coenen, Günter; Lozej, Matija; Priftis, Romanos - 2023
We use scenario analysis to assess the macroeconomic effects of carbon transition policies aimed at mitigating climate change. To this end, we employ a version of the ECB's New Area-Wide Model (NAWM) augmented with a framework of disaggregated energy production and use, which distinguishes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014315252
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The impact of extreme weather events on budget balances and implications for fiscal policy
Lis, Eliza M.; Nickel, Christiane - 2009
This paper explores implications of climate change for fiscal policy by assessing the impact of large scale extreme weather events on changes in public budgets. We apply alternative measures for large scale extreme weather events and conclude that the budgetary impact of such events ranges...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003866542
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Productivity shocks, the real exchange rate, and the euro puzzle
Miller, Norman C. - In: Journal of international money and finance 27 (2008) 4, pp. 499-515
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003717291
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Economic growth and budgetary components : a panel assessment for the EU
Afonso, António (contributor);  … - 2008
In this paper we test whether a reallocation of government budget items can enhance long-term GDP growth in a set of European countries. We apply modern panel data techniques to the period 1970-2006, and we use three alternative dependent variables in a growth regression: economic growth, total...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003636014
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Government size, composition, volatility and economic growth
Afonso, António (contributor); Furceri, Davide (contributor) - 2008
and EU countries. The results of the paper suggest that both variables are detrimental to growth. In particular, looking …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003636033
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Fiscal consolidation in the euro area : long-run benefits and short-run costs
Coenen, Günter (contributor); Mohr, Matthias (contributor);  … - 2008
In this paper, we examine the macroeconomic effects of alternative fiscal consolidation policies in the New Area-Wide Model (NAWM), a two-country open-economy model of the euro area developed at the European Central Bank (cf. Coenen et al., 2007). We model fiscal consolidation as a permanent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003778833
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Fiscal and monetary policy in the enlarged European Union (forthcoming)
Pogorelec, Sabina (contributor) - 2006
I build a quantitative two-country DSGE model of the European Union (EU) and investigate whether there are welfare … gains from fiscal policy cooperation between the new EU members and the euro area (EMU). Fiscal cooperation is defined in … firms in the new EU countries. When there is no foreign ownership in the new EU countries, the euro area is indifferent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003358603
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Fiscal policy in a monetary economy with capital and finite lifetime
Annicchiarico, Barbara (contributor);  … - 2006
This paper develops a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model with nominal rigidities, capital accumulation and finite lifetimes. The framework exhibits intergenerational wealth effects and is intended to investigate the macroeconomic implications of fiscal policy, which is specified by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003358633
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Rational inattention, inflation developments and perceptions after the euro cash changeover
Ehrmann, Michael (contributor) - 2006
This paper uses the euro cash changeover to test theories of finite informationprocessing capacities on the side of consumers. It argues that the denomination of prices in a new currency has increased the information-processing requirements for consumers by more than for sellers, a wedge that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003280660
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Cross-Border Mergers and acquisitions : financial and institutional forces
Coeurdacier, Nicolas; De Santis, Roberto A.; Aviat, Antonin - 2009
EU and EMU have almost doubled M&As in manufacturing towards their members from all over the globe, with an additional 50 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003831845