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particularly pronounced in industries with higher volatility. Combining industry-level data on the U.S. offshoring intensity with … measures of labor market rigidity and industry volatility, we find empirical evidence strongly supportive of the model …
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offshoring plays for domestic volatility of employment. Offshoring is modeled as in Antràs & Helpman (2004), but we assume … has a pro-offshoring effect. And 2), under this same condition, offshoring increases volatility in domestic employment of … offshoring firms and the volatility of offshore employment of these same firms is larger than volatility of domestic employment. …
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highlights the fact that high exchange rate volatility may as well signal high costs for labor markets. The impact of exchange … rate volatility on labor markets in the CEECs is analyzed, finding that volatility vis-à-vis the euro significantly lowers … employment growth. Hence, the elimination of exchange rate volatility could be considered as a substitute for a removal of …
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market indices are analysed: DAX30 (Germany), FTSE100 (UK), CAC40 (France), FTSE MIB40 (Italy) and IBEX35 (Spain). In all …
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Our paper examines the effect of oil price changes on Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) stock markets using nonlinear smooth transition regression (STR) models. Contrary to conventional wisdom, our empirical results reveal that GCC stock markets do not have similar sensitivities to oil price...
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dynamics of oil price volatility by examining interactions between oil market and exchange rate in selected MENA countries …) to examine the presence of volatility spillover between oil prices and exchange rates return series. The econometric … rates, and ii) there is significant evidence of volatility spillovers from oil markets to exchange rate markets in the …
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