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Trade openness and income inequality : new empirical evidence

Dorn, Florian; Fuest, Clemens; Potrafke, Niklas - 2021

We examine how trade openness influences income inequality within countries. The sample includes 139 countries over the period 1970-2014. We employ predicted openness as instrument to deal with the endogeneity of trade openness. The effect of trade openness on income inequality differs across...

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Globalization and income inequality revisited

Dorn, Florian; Fuest, Clemens; Potrafke, Niklas - 2018

This paper re-examines the link between globalization and income inequality. We use data for 140 countries over the … period 1970-2014 and employ an IV approach to deal with the endogeneity of globalization measures. We find that the link … between globalization and income inequality differs across different groups of countries. There is a robust positive …

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Convergence of monetary transmission in EMU new evidence

Toolsema-Veldman, Linda Adriana; Sturm, Jan-Egbert; … - 2001

whether there is convergence in monetary transmission. The countries included are: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the …

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The impact of product and labour market reform on growth : evidence for OECD countries based on local projections

Haan, Jakob de; Wiese, Rasmus - 2020

This paper examines the impact of labour and product market reforms on economic growth in 25 OECD countries between 1985 and 2013, and tests whether this impact is conditioned by the fiscal policy stance, i.e. whether there are fiscal expansions or adjustments. Our local projection results...

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What drives financial development? : a meta-regression analysis

Doucouliagos, Chris; Haan, Jakob de; Sturm, Jan-Egbert - 2020

This paper offers a meta-regression analysis of the literature on the drivers of financial development. Our results based on 1900 estimates suggest that institutional quality is positively correlated to both private sector credit and stock market capitalization (both as share of GDP). Domestic...

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Credibility and transparency of Central Banks : new results based on Ifo s world economicy survey

Hamella, Sandra; Haan, Jakob de - 2004

This paper reports the results of a survey among private sector economists about credibility and transparency of central banks. In line with the survey of Alan Blinder among central bankers, we asked participants in Ifo s World Economic Survey to answer questions on the importance and...

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How can a country 'graduate' from procyclical fiscal policy? : evidence from China

Fuest, Clemens; Xing, Jing - 2015

In this study, we analyze the cyclicality of fiscal policies in China during the period 1978-2013. We find that the cyclicality of local government spending in China significantly affects the cyclicality of total government spending. By employing both time-series and province-level panel data,...

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Coherence of output gaps in the euro area : the impact of the Covid-19 shock

Haan, Jakob de; Jacobs, Jan; Zijm, Renske - 2022

Using the measures proposed by Mink et al. (2012), we reexamine the coherence of business cycles in the euro area using a long sample period. We also analyze the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on business cycle coherence and examine whether our measures for business cycle coherence indicate a...

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Expected effects of the US tax reform on other countries : global and local survey evidence

Boumans, Dorine; Fuest, Clemens; Krolage, Carla; … - 2019

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act constitutes the largest change to the US tax system since the 1980s and thoroughly alters the way in which multinational companies are taxed. Current assessments on the reform's international impact vary widely. This article sheds light on the tax reform's expected...

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Does expert information affect citizens' attitudes toward corona policies? : evidence from Germany

Fuest, Clemens; Immel, Lea; Neumeier, Florian; Peichl, … - 2021

Information provided by experts is widely believed to play a key role in shaping attitudes towards policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper uses a survey experiment to assess whether providing citizens with expert information about the health risk of COVID-19 and the economic costs...

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