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Asset price shocks, real expenditures, and financial structure : a multi-country analysis
Chirinko, Robert S. (contributor); Haan, Leo de (contributor) - 2008
This paper examines the responses of private consumption, residential investment, and business investment in 11 EU …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003730274
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A two-country NATREX model for the euro/dollar
Belloc, Marianna (contributor);  … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003688935
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The New Keynesian Phillips Curve and the role of expectations : evidence from the Ifo world economic survey
Henzel, Steffen (contributor);  … - 2006
We provide evidence on the fit of the hybrid New Keynesian Phillips curve for selected euro zone countries, the US and the UK. Instead of imposing rational expectations and estimating the Phillips curve by the Generalized Method of Moments, we follow Roberts (1997) and Adam and Padula (2003) and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003301367
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Optimal central bank design : benchmarks for the ECB
Berger, Helge (contributor) - 2006
The paper discusses key elements of optimal central bank design and applies its findings to the Eurosystem. A particular focus is on the size of monetary policy committees, the degree of centralization, and the representation of relative economic size in the voting rights of regional (or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003301388
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Liquidity risk, credit risk and the overnight interest rate spread : a stochastic volatility modelling approach
Beirne, John; Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Spagnolo, Nicola - 2010
In this paper we model the volatility of the spread between the overnight interest rate and the central bank policy rate (the policy spread) for the euro area and the UK during the two main phases of the financial crisis that began in late 2007. During the crisis, the policy spread exhibited...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003983199
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Automatic stabilizers and economic crisis : US vs. Europe
Dolls, Mathias; Fuest, Clemens; Peichl, Andreas - 2009
income shock in the EU, compared to 32 per cent in the US. In the case of an unemployment shock 48 per cent of the shock are … absorbed in the EU, compared to 34 per cent in the US. This cushioning of disposable income leads to a demand stabilization of … 26 to 35 per cent in the EU and 19 per cent in the US. There is large heterogeneity within the EU. Automatic stabilizers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003922975
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The effects of monetary policy on unemployment dynamics under model uncertainty : evidence from the US and the Euro area
Altavilla, Carlo; Ciccarelli, Matteo - 2009
This paper explores the role that the imperfect knowledge of the structure of the economy plays in the uncertainty surrounding the effects of rule-based monetary policy on unemployment dynamics in the euro area and the US. We employ a Bayesian model averaging procedure on a wide range of models...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003813633
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What should fiscal councils do?
Calmfors, Lars; Wren-Lewis, Simon - 2011
The paper analyses theoretically what role fiscal councils could play and surveys empirically the activities of existing councils. Case studies of the Swedish Fiscal Policy Council and the UK Office for Budget Responsibility are done. It is concluded that fiscal councils should be advisory,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009011182
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The Euro/Dollar exchange rate : chaotic or non-chaotic?
Federici, Daniela; Gandolfo, Giancarlo - 2011
The aim of this paper is to develop a continuous time exchange rate model that allows for heterogeneity of the agents' beliefs, in order to explore non-linearities and possible chaotic behaviour. The theoretical model contains an intrinsic non-linearity that gives rise to a jerk differential...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009011774
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Tax-benefit systems in Europe and the US : between equity and efficiency
Bargain, Olivier; Dolls, Mathias; Neumann, Dirk; … - 2011
approach to characterize the redistributive preferences embodied in the welfare systems of 17 EU countries and the US. Implicit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009240828