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This paper investigates whether exchange rate pass-through (ERPT) into import prices is a nonlinear phenomenon for five heavily indebted Euro area countries, namely the so-called GIIPS group (Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, and Spain). Using logistic smooth transition models, we explore the...
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inflation and unemployment. We focus on the G7 economies plus Spain, and use monthly data –high-frequency data in a macro …
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inflation targeting, exchange rate management benefits households in the tradable goods sector but in the long run these …
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and real wage rigidities. In our analysis, we focus on the differentials in inflation and unemployment between countries … inflation and unemployment differentials. Second, we find that asymmetries in labor market structures tend to increase the … volatility of both inflation and unemployment differentials. Finally, we show that it is important to take into account the …
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The interest rate represents an important monetary policy tool to steer investment in order to reach price stability. Therefore, implications of the exact form and magnitude of the interest rate-investment nexus for the European Central Bank's effectiveness in a low interest rate environment...
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variables (typically the output gap) and solving the model for inflation in terms of the observables. In practice, the equation … not be appropriate. Thirdly, there are arguments that other variables, e.g. interest rates, foreign inflation and foreign … theoretically consistent measure of the steady state and provides a natural route for foreign inflation or output gap to enter the …
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Short-time work is a labor market policy that subsidizes working time reductions among firms in financial difficulty to prevent layoffs. Many OECD countries have used this policy in the Great Recession. This paper shows that the effects of short-time work are strongly time dependent and...
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There is increasing evidence that the interaction between shocks and labour market institutions is crucial to understanding the dynamics of employment. In this paper, we show that the inclusion of labour adjustment costs in a trade model affects the impact of exchange rate movements on...
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in the estimation of an employment regression, focusing on the effect of exchange rate movements. Our estimates indicate …
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with rational expectations. We extend a standard New Keynesian model with a zero-lower bound on inflation expectations …
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