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Trade Intensity and Output Synchronisation : On the Endogeneity Properties of EMU

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria - 2013

Using annual bilateral data over the period 1988-2011 for a panel of 24 industrialised and emerging economies, we analyse in a time-varying framework the determinants of output synchronisation in EMU (European Monetary Union) distinguishing between core and peripheral member states. The results...

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Price Discovery and Trade Fragmentation in a Multi - Market Environment : Evidence from the MTS System

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria - 2013

This paper proposes new metrics for the process of price discovery on the main electronic trading platform for euro - denominated government securities. Analyzing price data on daily transactions for 107 bonds over a period of twenty - seven months, we find a greater degree of price leadership...

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Fiscal Spillovers in the Euro Area

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria - 2012

This paper analyses the dynamic effects of fiscal imbalances in a given EMU member state on the borrowing costs of other countries in the euro area. The estimation of a multivariate, multi-country time series model (specifically a Global VAR, or GVAR) using quarterly data for the EMU period...

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The EU Budget Dispute - A Blessing in Disguise?

Schneider, Ondrej - 2007

This paper analyses the European budget and the position of the ten new member states. We argue that the EU budget … that the current EU budget setting is, at best, neutral with respect to the EU-wide long-term growth potential and may … actually hamper growth in the majority of the EU countries if the distortionary nature of taxation is taken into account …

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Investigating First-Stage Exchange Rate Pass-Through : Sectoral and Macro Evidence from Euro Area Countries

Ben Cheikh, Nidhaleddine - 2017

In this paper, we evaluate the first-stage pass-through, namely the responsiveness of import prices to the exchange rate changes, for a sample of euro area (EA) countries. Our study aims to shed further light on the role of microeconomic factors vs. macroeconomic factors in influencing the...

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Voting in the European Union - Central Europe's Lost Voice

Schneider, Ondrej - 2008

EU's total population; and even though their economic output is much lower, it rises dynamically. New members' impact on … the EU policies has nevertheless been limited. This is due not only to the arcane voting rules within the EU, but also to … together and that their influence is thus fairly limited. We argue that as the EU seemingly lacks energy to implement further …

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Labour Market Institutions and Their Effect on Labour Market Performance in the New EU Member Countries

Fialová, Kamila - 2008

early 2000's both in quot;oldquot; and quot;newquot; EU member states. We estimate effects of labour market institutions on …;oldquot; and quot;newquot; EU members …

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The Pass-Through of Exchange Rate in the Context of the European Sovereign Debt Crisis

Ben Cheikh, Nidhaleddine - 2015

This paper investigates whether exchange rate pass-through (ERPT) into import prices is a nonlinear phenomenon for five heavily indebted Euro area countries, namely the so-called GIIPS group (Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, and Spain). Using logistic smooth transition models, we explore the...

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Recent Estimates of Exchange Rate Pass-Through to Import Prices in the Euro Area

Ben Cheikh, Nidhaleddine - 2015

This paper provides an update on the exchange rate pass-through (ERPT) estimates for 12 Euro area (EA) countries. First, based on quarterly data over the 1990-2012 period, our study does not find a significant heterogeneity in the degree of pass-through across the monetary union members, in...

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Price Formation on the EuroMTS Platform

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria - 2013

This paper examines the process of price discovery in the MTS system, which builds on the parallel quoting of euro-denominated government securities on a number of (relatively large) domestic markets and on a (relatively small) European marketplace (EuroMTS). Using twenty-seven months of daily...

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