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Banks, markets, and financial stability
Eder, Armin; Fecht, Falko; Pausch, Thilo - 2014
We use a Diamond/Dybvig-based model with two banks operating in separate regions connected by a common asset market in which banks and sophisticated depositors invest. We study the effect of a potential run (crisis) and subsequent fire sales on the asset price in both the crisis and no-crisis...
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Asset bubbles, unemployment, and financial market frictions
Hashimoto, Ken'ichi; Im, Ryonghun; Kunieda, Takuma; … - 2020
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Are there bubbles in the Sterling-dollar Exchange Rate? : new evidence from Sequential ADF Tests
Bettendorf, Timo; Chen, Wenjuan - 2012
There has been mixed evidence regarding the existence of rational bubbles in the foreign exchange markets. Standard … unit root and cointegration tests are criticized for their low power to detect rational bubbles that periodically collapse …. This paper introduces recently developed sequential unit root tests into the analysis of exchange rates bubbles. Our …
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Financial repression in general equilibrium : the case of the United States, 1948-1974
Kliem, Martin; Kriwoluzky, Alexander; Müller, Gernot J.; … - 2024
Financial repression lowers the return on government debt and contributes, all else equal, towards its liquidation. However, its full effect on the debt-to-GDP ratio hinges on how repression impacts the economy at large because it alters investment and saving decisions. We develop and estimate a...
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Government debt in economic thought of the long 19th century
Holtfrerich, Carl-Ludwig - 2013
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The British foreign exchange reserves puzzle
Hüfner, Felix - 2000
The British foreign exchange reserves decreased by 40 percent during the period August 1996 - December 1999 although the Pound Sterling is considered a floating exchange rate since it left the EMS in 1992. Since changes in the level of foreign exchange reserves are usually taken as indicators...
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Do financial markets react to Bank of England communication?
Reeves, Rachel (contributor); Sawicki, Michael (contributor) - 2005
The effectiveness of a central bank’s monetary policymaking is determined by the merit of its policy actions and their perceived credibility. Since the 1990s central banks have placed more emphasis on clear communications and transparency as additional levers to help achieve their goals. In...
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Financial protectionism: the first tests
Rose, Andrew; Wieladek, Tomasz - 2011
We provide the first empirical tests for financial protectionism, defined as a nationalistic change in bank's lending behaviour, as the result of public intervention, which leads domestic banks either to lend less or at higher interest rates to foreigners. We use a bank-level panel data set...
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German labor market and fiscal reforms 1999 to 2008 : can they be blamed for intra-euro area imbalances?
Gadatsch, Niklas; Stähler, Nikolai; Weigert, Benjamin - 2015
In this paper, we assess the impact of major German structural reforms from 1999 to 2008 on key macroeconomic variables. By many, these reforms, especially the Hartz reforms on the labor market, are considered to be the root of observed imbalances in the Euro Area. Our simulations within a...
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Länderautonomie in der Einkommensteuer : Konsequenzen eines Zuschlagsmodells
Büttner, Thiess; Schwager, Robert - 2000
In der Diskussion um die Reform der föderalen Finanzverfassung wird oft eine Stärkung der Steuerautonomie der Länder gefordert. Seitens der Befürworter wird die damit verbundene Ausweitung der Eigenverantwortlichkeit begrüßt, von der stärkere Anreize für eine solide Haushaltspolitik und...
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