autoregres-sion (SVAR) framework, that, in response to an adverse financial shock, tangible in-vestment falls more than … intangible investment. This positive co-movement betweentangible and intangible investment as well as the relative resilience of … intangibleinvestment pose a challenge for the theoretical model. We show that investment-specific adjustment costs help in reconciling the …

Investment fell sharply in the euro area after the financial crisis and has not yet returned to pre-crisis levels in … investment dynamics. By doing so, we compare five prominent uncertainty proxies put forward in the recent literature: the … type of uncertainty proxy, we document pronounced negative investment responses to uncertainty shocks. We further show that …

correction models for Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain. Using the weights of the Harmonized Index of Consumer …

Using data from a unique survey of members of parliaments in France, Germany and Italy in 2018, we estimate the effects … a non-populist politician on the political left in France or Italy is most integrationist. Furthermore, the relative …

We present the estimated large-scale three-region DSGE model GEAR picturing Germany, the Euro Area and the Rest of the … present-value multipliers for distinct fiscal instruments, and to assess how discretionary fiscal policy in Germany and the …-on-quarter GDP growth substantially, both in Germany and in the rest of the Euro Area. The main drivers of GDP growth in Europe …