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This paper uses sovereign CDS spread changes and their volatilities as a proxy for the informational efficiency of the sovereign markets and persistency of country risks. Specifically, we apply semi-parametric and parametric methods to the sovereign CDSs of 10 eurozone countries to test the...
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One of the main stylised facts that has emerged from the recent literature on global value chains is that bilateral trade imbalances in gross terms can differ substantially from those measured in value added terms. However, the factors underlying the extent and sign of the differences between...
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Over the last two decades there has been a growing debate on the supposedly negative relation between ethnic diversity, public goods production and social cohesion. Despite the amount of evidence, existing in-depth qualitative reviews conclude that the literature is inconclusive. Advancing upon...
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This paper investigates economic convergence in real income per capita between 27 European Union countries. We employ a non-linear latent factor framework to study transitional behavior among economies between 1970 and 2010. Our results offer important insights on the economic catch-up exhibited...
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the real economy in the euro area. Our FSI was shown to perform better than the Euro STOXX 50 volatility index for the … recent banking crisis and the euro-area sovereign debt crisis and to be able to serve as an early warning indicator for …
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the euro area. The model includes real, nominal and financial frictions, and hence both monetary and macroprudential …
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The ECB's one size monetary policy is unlikely to fit all euro area members at all times, which raises the question of … within the euro area has been steadily decreasing prior to the recent financial crisis. Current stress levels are not only … lower today than in the late 1990s, they are also in line with what is commonly observed among U.S. states or pre-euro …
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