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Exports and capacity constraints : evidence for several euro area countries

Belke, Ansgar; Oeking, Anne; Setzer, Ralph - 2015

model for six euro area countries suggests domestic demand and capacity constraints as additional variables for export … developments are relevant for short-run export dynamics particularly during more extreme stages of the business cycle. A …

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Export hysteresis, capacity constraints and uncertainty : a smooth-transition analysis for euro area member countries

Belke, Ansgar; Wagemester, Jan - 2017

export market and vice versa takes place in a smooth manner. Areas of weak reaction of exports to changes in domestic demand … constraints as additional variables for export equations. We apply the exponential and logistic variant of a smooth transition … regression model and find that domestic demand developments and uncertainty are relevant for short-run export dynamics …

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Green serves the dirtiest : on the interaction between Black and Green Quotas

Böhringer, Christoph; Rosendahl, Knut Einar - 2009

Tradable black (CO2) and green (renewables) quotas gain in popularity and stringency within climate policies of many OECD countries. The overlapping regulation through both instruments, however, may have important adverse economic implications. Based on stylized theoretical analysis and...

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The impacts of feed-in tariffs on innovation : empirical evidence from Germany

Böhringer, Christoph; Cuntz, Alexander; Harhoff, Dietmar; … - 2014

Feed-in tariffs under the Renewable Energy Sources Act, the so-called Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz (EEG), have triggered a massive expansion of electricity from renewable energy sources in Germany over the last decade. The increase in non-competitive renewable power generation though went hand in...

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Trade and capital flows: substitutes or complements? : an empirical investigation

Belke, Ansgar; Domnick, Clemens - 2019

This paper examines the linkages between the trade of goods and financial assets. Do both flows behave as complements (implying a positive correlation) or as substitutes (negative correlation)? Although a classic topic in international macroeconomics, the empirical evidence has remained...

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Current account imbalances and structural adjustment in the Euro area : how to rebalance competitiveness

Zemanek, Holger; Belke, Ansgar; Schnabl, Gunther - 2009

Low international competitiveness of a set of euro area countries, which have become evident by large current account deficits and rising risk premiums on government bonds, is one of the most challenging economic policy issues for Europe. We analyse the role of private restructuring and public...

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Instability of the Eurozone? : On monetary policy, house prices and labor market reforms

Belke, Ansgar (contributor); Gros, Daniel (contributor) - 2007

"This paper deals with potential instabilities in the Eurozone stemming from an insufficient interplay between monetary policy and reform effort on the one hand and the emergence of intra-Euro area divergences on the other. As a first step, we assess the effect of EMU on structural reform and...

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Mitigating carbon leakage : combining output-based rebating with a consumption tax

Böhringer, Christoph; Rosendahl, Knut Einar; … - 2015

Unilateral climate policy induces carbon leakage through the relocation of emission-intensive and trade-exposed industries to regions with no or more lenient emission regulation. Both analytical and numerical studies suggest that emission pricing combined with border carbon adjustments may be a...

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Enlarging the EMU to the east : what effects on trade?

Belke, Ansgar (contributor); Spies, Julia (contributor) - 2008

, Poland, Latvia and Lithuania, all CEECs can expect increases in the EMU-12 import share. -- Central and Eastern European …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003750287

Different extent of privatisation proceeds in EU countries : a preliminary explanation using a public choice approach

Belke, Ansgar; Baumgärtner, Frank; Schneider, Friedrich; … - 2005

This paper empirically investigates the differences in the motives of raising privatisation proceeds for a panel of EU countries from 1990 to 2000. More specifically, we test whether privatisations can be mainly interpreted (a) as ingredients of a larger reform package of economic liberalisation...

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