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The macroeconomic policy challenges of balance sheet recession : lessons from Japan for the European crisis

Schnabl, Gunther - 2013

The paper compares the boom-and-bust cycles in Japan and Europe with respect to the reasons for excessive booms, the … characteristics of the crises, and the (potential) effects of the crisis therapies. As in Japan the consequence of expansionary … well as gradual real income losses, the economic policy implication for Japan and Europe is the timely exit from the …

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Macroeconomic policy making and current account imbalances in the euro area

Murai, Taiki; Schnabl, Gunther - 2021

The paper analyses the role of fiscal and monetary policy for the development of the current account imbalances in the euro area, including the most recent developments during the coronavirus crisis. Several financial transmission channels such as international bank lending, changes in TARGET2...

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The failure of ECB monetary policy from a Mises-Hayek perspective

Schnabl, Gunther - 2017

The paper analyses the common European monetary policy based on a Mises-Hayek overinvestment framework, which is combined with the theory of optimum currency areas. It shows how since the turn of the millennium a too expansionary monetary policy contributed to unsustainable overinvestment booms...

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Fiscal divergence and current account imbalances in Europe

Schnabl, Gunther; Wollmershäuser, Timo - 2013

Since the breakdown of the Bretton Woods System diverging current account positions in Europe have prevailed. While the Southern and Western European countries have tended to run current account deficits, the current accounts of the Central and Northern European countries, in particular Germany,...

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Has the stability and growth pact impeded political budget cycles in the European Union?

Mink, Mark (contributor); Haan, Jakob de (contributor) - 2005

This paper examines whether there is a political budget cycle (PBC) in countries in the euro area. Using a multivariate model for the period 1999-2004 and various election indicators we find strong evidence that the Stability and Growth Pact has not restricted fiscal policy makers in the euro...

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One country, one vote? : labor market structure and voting rights in the ECB

Berger, Helge; Hefeker, Carsten - 2004

The pending enlargement of the European Monetary Union (EMU) has brought to the fore the discussion of the voting right distribution in the European Central Bank (ECB) council. We show that, in a model where labor unions internalize the inflationary consequences of wage setting, deviating from a...

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The Brexit as a forerunner : monetary policy, economic order and divergence forces in the European Union

Müller, Sebastian; Schnabl, Gunther - 2018

We analyze the effects of the increasingly expansionary monetary policies on the economic order and on the European integration process. We argue that the market orders shaped in postwar Germany and in Margret Thatcher's United Kingdom have long served as cornerstones for growth, prosperity and...

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Convergence of monetary transmission in EMU new evidence

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

This paper examines how the pass-through of monetary policy measures in 6 EMU countries has evolved over time and whether there is convergence in monetary transmission. The countries included are: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain, and the sample period is 1980-2000. We...

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Statements of ECB officials and their effect on the level and volatility of the Euro-Dollar exchange rate

Jansen, David-Jan; Haan, Jakob de - 2003

This paper studies the reaction of the mean and volatility of the euro-dollar exchange rate to statements of ECB officials during the first years of EMU. We focus on statements on monetary policy and the (potential) strength of the euro. We find that the Bundesbank has dominated the news...

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Restructuring the ECB

Berger, Helge; Haan, Jakob de; Inklaar, Robert - 2003

Soon, euro area membership could more than double, with the vast majority of accession countries being quite different in economic terms compared with current members. Under the current decision-making system, this can lead to high decisionmaking costs and there is a risk that monetary policy...

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