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Production networks in Europe : a natural experiment of the EU enlargement to the east

Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada; Voicu, Anca M.; Vidovic, … - 2020

find that the effect of the 2004 EU enlargement has been positive for both intermediate and final goods trade, and it is in …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012197601

One size must fit all national devergences in a monetary union

Gros, Daniel; Hefeker, Carsten - 2000

decisions on the EU-wide average of inflation and growth or should it instead focus on (appropriately weighted) national rates …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001524212

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 Artist 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/10001474344

Eqilibrium contracts for the central bank of a monetary union

Dixit, Avinash K.; Jensen, Henrik - 2000

We consider the political economy of a monetary union where member governments attempt to influence the policy of the common central bank. Modeling this as a common agency with incentive contracts, we show that if incentives are all that matters for the bank, the equilibrium implements a...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001554692

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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001913438

Asymmetries in the Trans-Atlantic monetary policy relationship : does the ECB follow the Fed? ; presented at CESifo Area Conference on Macro, Money and International Finance, Febru...

Belke, Ansgar; Gros, Daniel - 2005

The belief that the ECB follows the US Federal Reserve in setting its policy is so entrenched with market participants and commentators that the search for empirical support would seem to be a trivial task. However, this is not the case. We find that the ECB is indeed often influenced by the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002658281

Turkey and the Ankara treaty of 1963 : what can trade integration do for Turkish exports?

Nowak-Lehmann D., Felicitas; Herzer, Dierk; … - 2005

This paper investigates the trade effects of Turkey’s trade integration into the EU. To this end sectoral trade flows … to the EU based on panel data from the period 1988 to 2002 are examined concentrating on Turkey's sixteen most important … export sectors. Emphasis is placed on the role of price competition, EU protection, and transport costs in the export trade …

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Who needs foreign banks?

Gros, Daniel - 2003

10 countries from Central and Eastern Europe (CEEC) that will join the EU 2004/7 the banking system is now dominated by …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001807083

MERCOSUR-European Union Trade : how important is EU trade liberalisation for MERCOSUR's exports?

Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada (contributor); … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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CEECs integration into regional and global production networks

Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada; Voicu, Anca M.; Vidovic, … - 2011

This paper examines the involvement of the CEECs into regional and global production networks over the period 1999 to 2009. We employ a theoretically justified gravity model which incorporates the extensive margin of trade and accounts for firm heterogeneity. We first estimate the model for...

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