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Does the Euro-zone diverge? : a stress indicator for analyzing trends and cycles in real GDP and inflation

Flaig, Gebhard (contributor); … - 2007

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003496544

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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011398432

Is there really a European business cycle?

Inklaar, Robert; Haan, Jakob de - 2000

In this paper we argue that in contrast to the conclusion of Artis and Zhang, there is not much evidence in support of the view that increased exchange rate stability is related to more synchronised business cycles in Europe. This finding may have important consequences, as existing differences...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781543

Current account imbalances and structural adjustment in the Euro area : how to rebalance competitiveness

Zemanek, Holger; Belke, Ansgar; Schnabl, Gunther - 2009

Low international competitiveness of a set of euro area countries, which have become evident by large current account deficits and rising risk premiums on government bonds, is one of the most challenging economic policy issues for Europe. We analyse the role of private restructuring and public...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003850175

Output smoothing in EMU and OECD : can we forego government contribution? : a risk sharing approach

Marinheiro, Carlos Fonseca - 2003

This paper analyses the smoothing of asymmetric shocks to output for a sample of OECD countries. It also examines whether the private capital markets will be able to replace the government in providing output smoothing in the euro-area, in the near future. The research finds no evidence of large...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011509508

Close encounters of the European kind: economic integration, sectoral heterogeneity and structural reforms

Campos, Nauro; Eichenauer, Vera; Sturm, Jan-Egbert - 2020

This paper addresses two main questions: (a) Has European integration hindered the implementation of labour, financial and product market structural reforms? (b) Do the effects of these reforms vary more across sectors than across countries? Using more granular reform measures, longer time...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012291887

The euro crisis and economic growth : a novel counterfactual approach

Terzi, Alessio - 2019 - This Draft: 25 June 2019

warranted. To make this claim, this paper uses a Propensity Score Matching Model to produce counterfactuals for the Eurozone … more in the Eurozone periphery than in the standard counterfactual scenario. These results are not dictated by any specific … Eurozone’s specificity, which is instead to be traced back to a sharper-than-expected contraction in investment and fiscal …

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Germany's economic unification : an assessment after ten years

Sinn, Hans-Werner - 2000

A political miracle occurred when Germany was reunited, and at first glance an economic miracle has followed. Real incomes in the east have now reached the western level, and investment per capita has been much higher than in the w est. However, every third deutschmark spent in the east has been...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781521

Growth and convergence in a two-region model of unified Germany

Funke, Michael; Strulik, Holge - 1999

The paper sets up a two-region endogenous growth model to discuss growth and regional convergence of unified Germany. It emphasises the role of private and public capital accumulati on during the developing process. The theoretical part derives fiscal policy rules which establish convergence of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781701

Real convergence, capital flows, and competitiveness in Central and Eastern Europe

Belke, Ansgar; Schnabl, Gunther; Zemanek, Holger - 2009

The paper scrutinizes the role of wages and capital flows for competitiveness in the new EU member states in the context of real convergence. For this purpose it extends the seminal Balassa-Samuelson model by international capital markets. The augmented Balassa-Samuelson model is linked to the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003897541

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