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Green paradox and directed technical change : the effect of subsidies to clean R&D
Daubanes, Julien; Grimaud, André; Rougé, Luc - 2013
We borrow standard assumptions from the non-renewable-resource-taxation and from the directed-technical-change literatures, to take a full account of the incentives to perform R&D activities in a dirty-resource sector and in a clean-resource-substitute sector. We show that a gradual rise in the...
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The causal effects of global supply chain disruptions on macroeconomic outcomes : evidence and theory
Bai, Xiwen; Fernández-Villaverde, Jesús; Li, Yiliang; … - 2024
monetary policy is more effective in taming inflation after a global supply chain shock than in regular circumstances. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014469003
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Estimated general equilibrium models for the evaluation of monetary policy in the US and Europe
Leith, Campbell B.; Malley, James R. - 2002
A persistent criticism of general equilibrium models of monetary policy which incorporate nominal inertia in the form of the New Keynesian Phillips Curve (NKPC) is that they fail to capture the extent of inflation inertia in the data. In this paper we derive a general equilibrium model based on...
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Trade with nominal rigidities : understanding the unemployment and welfare effects of the China shock
Rodríguez-Clare, Andrés; Ulate, Mauricio; Vasquez, Jose - 2022
empirical literature studying the "China shock." We find that the China shock leads to average welfare increases in most U …
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Short-time work subsidies in a matching model
Meier, Volker - 2018
We consider positive and normative aspects of subsidizing work arrangements where subsidies are paid in time of low demand and reduced working hours so as to stabilize workers' income. In a matching framework such an arrangement increases labor demand. Tightening eligibility to short-time work...
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Leaning against the wind and crisis risk
Schularick, Moritz; Ter Steege, Lucas; Ward, Felix - 2020
Can central banks defuse rising stability risks in financial booms by leaning against the wind with higher interest rates? This paper studies the state-dependent effects of monetary policy on financial stability. Based on the near-universe of advanced economy financial cycles since the 19th...
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Unemployment and debt dynamics in a highly indebted small open economy
Heer, Burkhard; Schubert, Stefan Franz - 2011
The paper analyzes the dynamic effects of a total factor productivity shock and an interest rate risk premium shock in … bargaining are introduced. We find that a negative total factor productivity shock primarily has effects on the economy … significantly reduces the initial response of the unemployment rate. In case of a temporary productivity shock, sticky wages imply …
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Does institutional change really matter? : inflation targets, central bank reform and interest rate policy in the OECD countries
Muscatelli, V. Anton; Tirelli, Patrizio; Trecroci, Carmine - 2000
We estimate forward-looking interest-rate reaction functions for the G3 economies and for a group of countries which recently adopted inflation targets. Some significant shifts in the conduct of monetary policy are detected in the G3 countries, especially in the US A and Japan. In contrast with...
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Assessing monetary policy in Norway
Andreassen, Harald Magnus; De Grauwe, Paul; Solheim, Haakon - 2001
We evaluate the policy of flexible inflation targeting implemented by the Norges Bank since March 2001. We discuss the reasons why the real interest rates are significantly higher in Norway than in the rest of Europe. Finally we propose some institutional changes that can improve the policy...
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Perceptions about monetary policy
Bauer, Michael D.; Pflueger, Carolin E.; Sunderam, Adi - 2022
We estimate perceptions about the Fed's monetary policy rule from panel data on professional forecasts of interest rates and macroeconomic conditions. The perceived dependence of the federal funds rate on economic conditions is time-varying and cyclical: high during tightening episodes but low...
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