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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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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; 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 …

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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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