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I propose a new term structure model for euro area real and nominal interest rates which explicitly incorporates a time …
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Who benefits from the evasion of value added taxes (VAT)? Using a reform that enforced VAT on previously non-compliant large retailers in Armenia, we estimate a onethird passthrough of the tax burden on prices. This suggests that pre-enforcement evasion rents were broadly shared with consumers...
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What are the effects of austerity on distributional policy? We exploit the autonomy of Italian municipalities in setting non-linear income taxes and the exogenous introduction of a fiscal rule to show that austerity increases income tax progressivity. Consistent with this evidence, we find that...
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This paper investigates interest rate risk exposures of listed euro area banks which fall under the Single Supervisory …
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We study the macroeconomic consequences of the money market tensions associated with the financial crisis in the euro … area. In a structural VAR, we identify a liquidity shock rooted in the interbank market and use its impulse response … persistent fall in investment. The shock can account for one third of the observed, large fall in euro area aggregate investment …
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-varying effective lower bound. These challenges all weigh heavily when estimating a DTSM for the euro area OIS yield curve. Against this …
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On the occasion of related proposals by the European Commission and the Eurogroup, this paper proposes to entrust the ESM with the hosting of the ESRB in the medium term. The novel proposal aims at strengthening the macro-prudential expertise of the ESM and at enhancing the independence of the...
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